Replay of The Collective, from 2/2/25.
Welcome poet, collaborator, performer, artist, and educator Nicelle Davis. We chat about animals, sex, Orson Wells’ Animal Farm, education, prison, and what they all have in common with her new book Penguin Noir. It’s a fun one! Nicelle is always funny, creative, and great at planting seeds.
Nicelle’s Bio: Nicelle Davis is a California poet, collaborator, and performance artist. Her poetry collections include The Language of Fractions (Moon Tide Press 2023). The Walled Wife (Red Hen Press, 2016), In the Circus of You (Rose Metal Press, 2015), Becoming Judas (Red Hen Press, 2013), and Circe (Lowbrow Press, 2011). Penguin Noir recently won the Changing Light Novel in Verse Prize from Livingston Press and will be released Summer of 2025. Her poetry film collaborations with Cheryl Gross have been shown across the world. She has taught poetry at Youth for Positive Change, an organization that promotes success for youth in secondary schools, MHA, Volunteers of America in their Homeless Youth Center, Red Hen’s WITS program, and with MEP. She currently teaches Middle School in the High Desert. Learn more about Nicelle at nicelledavis.net.
Listen in on The Collective for poetry, plays, art and more, this Sunday on @kqbhla, 3-4pm PST, on 101.5fm in Los Angeles area, world wide on kqbhla.com, or nationwide on the LPFM La app. This episode was previously recorded and edited for live radio. Find all the links to KQBH, Spotify, and Substack on @byginaduran’s website at byginaduran.com. Link in bio.
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