Jericho Brown returns to finish the conversation about Reginald Shepherd, (in)formalism, and inspiration. If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the

Book Club

8 days ago 29m 47s

If you bring along to Breaking Form Book Club an extra bottle of chardonnay, we'll read some poems from books you may have missed....If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP

Make Myself a Myth (guest Jericho Brown on Reginald Shepherd)

15 days ago 31m 21s

If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.You can purchase The Sele

Love at First Hate

22 days ago 32m 4s

The queens love to love you--but it didn't always start out like that. Stick around for our game: "Pulitzer Prize Winning Titles from an Alternate Universe."Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books:

Fan Fic

29 days ago 27m 20s

The queens remake the endings of iconic poems, then play a round of "Gay or Homophobic?"Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's RO

Outside the Lines

Mar 25th, 2024 27m 31s

Aaron spills the tea about recording a spoken word album, then the queens get on all fours for some Poet Sex Positions. Woof woof, darlings!Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is a

The King Is Dead (with guest Diane Seuss)

Mar 18th, 2024 26m 34s

It's a queens' jubilee as we discuss Clifton and Glück poems with Diane Seuss, who concludes by reading a new poem!Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Diane Seuss's MODERN POETRY is available now f

Satan Says

Mar 11th, 2024 30m 48s

Get ready to unlock your box with the Breaking Form queens as they discuss Sharon Olds's icon poem, "Satan Says"Read the text of "Satan Says" here.Check out the wild facts about Valerie Bertinelli on her IMDB page!Read Sharon Olds's poem, "I Go

Queer Eye for the Str8 Poet

Mar 4th, 2024 32m 1s

Join the gals for the queer makeover you secretly knew straight cis guy poetry needed.Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROMAN

The Bones of Power (with special guest Diane Seuss)

Feb 26th, 2024 25m 58s

In every symptom is a seed of power, ladies! Diane Seuss joins to talk Adrienne Rich and Gwendolyn Brooks.Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Serie

Hanky Code

Feb 19th, 2024 29m 52s

The ladies reach into your back pocket to talk gay hanky codes and the poets they ASSociate with them.Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.

Galentine's Day (with Guest Diane Seuss)

Feb 12th, 2024 30m 41s

The ladies are joined by the Queen herself, Diane Seuss, to spread some love for Galentine's Day. Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Diane Seuss's MODERN POETRY is available March 5, 2024 from Grayw

Dead Poets Society

Feb 5th, 2024 30m 31s

The queens discuss some unusual, at times outlandish (or downright made-up), and unfortunate ends some poets have met. Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pit

Red Flags

Jan 29th, 2024 30m 54s

The queens issue a BOLO for poetry red flags before getting around to a satisfying Jack-Off.Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James

Your Next Seduction

Jan 22nd, 2024 28m 31s

Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.Please consider supporting the poets we m

Sex Lives of Poets: Eliot

Jan 15th, 2024 31m 5s

It's the love song of J. Alfred Prufcock--er, Prufrock this week as the queens discuss the sex life of T.S. Eliot.Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poet

Frankly

Jan 8th, 2024 29m 30s

Get frankly franking frank with the queens this week--then let's talk about sex, baby! Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROM

Queer-Ass Poems

Jan 1st, 2024 27m 17s

The queens help you start your new year off right: with some fierce, unapologetic, fabulous queer writers!Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Serie

Winter Poems

Dec 25th, 2023 28m 58s

The queens have a mind of winter in this showcase of iconically cold poems. Ice, ice, baby!Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's

James Does a Prompt

Dec 18th, 2023 30m 14s

Write with the Breaking Form queens before we play a game of poetry homonyms.Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROMANTIC COME

True Crime Part 2

Dec 11th, 2023 29m 13s

The queens talk more True Crime poems in an episode so good, it'll feel like you're breaking the law!Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.

True Crime Part 1

Dec 4th, 2023 30m 26s

The queens play poetry detective in this episode devoted to true crime-inspired poems.Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROMAN

Kiss Kiss

Nov 27th, 2023 30m 44s

The queens' Kissing Booth is now open! We talk poetic kisses and then read some recent poetry crushes.Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.

Bonus

Cranberry Shade: A Thanksgiving Mess

Nov 23rd, 2023 14m 14s

The queens get stuffed as they rehash Thanksgivings past. No poetry, but this episode does make hilarity rhyme with vulgarity. After all, a Breaking Form Thanksgiving special wouldn't be complete without talk of clitoris, lesbian octogenarians,

Cher Revises Poetry

Nov 20th, 2023 25m 53s

Snap out of it! The queens use Cher to revise some poems and the result is ICONIC!Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROMANTIC