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Of Poetry Podcast

Danika Stegeman (Of Relentlessness, Gendered Maximalism, and Harryette Mullen and the Mirrored Cinquain)

Broadcast on:
15 Apr 2025

Of Poetry is hosted by Han VanderHart, author of Larks (Ohio UP, 2025).

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Purchase: Ablation (11:11 Press) 

Read: "Relentless" (at cloak.wtf, the relentless reading experience) 

Danika Stegeman’s second book, Ablation, was released by 11:11 Press November 1st, 2023. Her first book, Pilot (2020), was published by Spork Press. She’s a 2023 recipient of a grant from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. Her video poem, “Then Betelgeuse Reappears” was an official selection for the 2021 Midwest Video Poetry Festival. She’s an assistant editor for Conduit and does light bookkeeping for Fonograf Editions. Along with Jace Brittain, she co-curates the virtual collaborative reading series It’s Copperhead Season. She currently lives in St. Paul, MN. Her website is danikastegeman.com.

Recommended Reading:

Harryette Mullen Urban Tumbleweed 

The Cinquain

Gertrude Stein

Alice Notley's Certain Magical Acts

Anne Carson’s Nox

Molly Spencer's Invitatory

Jake Skeets’ essay "Poetry as Field" and "The Memory Field"