Badass Bookworm Cassandra Dallett sits down with poet Ruth Crossman to talk about her forthcoming chapbook All The Wrong Places, on Naked Bulb Press. The two have a great time talking poetry, lockdown, bad choices in partners, and the joy in leaving them all behind. 

The Badass Bookworm sits down with documentary filmmaker Ken Paul Rosenthal to discuss his current film project https://www.kenpaulrosenthal.com/films/between-spirit-and-stone/
a documentary based on the prolific poet Julia Vinograd's collection  Jerusalem Poems. This is an intense and  interesting conversation about an artist and his examination of another artist's life and art. https://www.kenpaulrosenthal.com/about/  and how deeply that art can effect us.

Badass Bookworm sits down to chat with Daphne Gottlieb poet and author of Saint 1001 soon to be released on Madhat Press. This book is like no other. 

Badass Bookworm Cassandra Dallett sits down with friend of the Pod Poet and photographer Rohan DaCosta and poet Joy Elan for some drinks and talk of new music and such. 

Badass Bookworm sits down with the delightfully juicy and joy filled writer and activist, Vanessa Rochelle Lewis to talk about her work in reclaiming ugly. Vanessa is doing amazing work in the world while encouraging all of us to decolonize our ideas of what ugly means. Please visit reclaimugly.org and look into the Pleasureness Literary Academy.

Poet JosiahLuis Alderate joins Badass Bookworm to talk about the recent controversy surrounding the book American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. JosiahLuis talks about how bad he thought the book was and how badly we need to hear from the real voices of Latinx writers who have made the crossing. He recommends writers and makes the argument for representation.

Writer Joe Clifford chop it up with BaBw about being a prolific writer while being and Dad and husband, politics, and junkiedom.

episode is being re-released from 2019

BaBw gets Blowsy with Jennifer Blowdryer getting 86'd, laying tracks on the new album, and synthetic drug zombies.


This is a re-released Episode from 9/24/2019