Social Yet Distanced: An Evening with Poet and Performer, Rich Ferguson

Social Yet Distanced: An Evening with Poet and Performer, Rich Ferguson Pushcart Prize-nominated poet Rich Ferguson has shared the stage with Patti Smith, Wanda Coleman, Moby, and other esteemed poets and musicians. Ferguson has been selected by the National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. (NBPF), to serve as the State of California Beat Poet Laureate (Sept. 2020 to Sept. 2022). He is a featured performer in the film, What About Me? featuring Michael Stipe, Michael Franti, k.d. lang, and others.  His poetry and award-winning spoken-word music videos have been widely anthologized, and he was a winner in Opium Magazine’s Literary Death Match, L.A. He is the author of the poetry collection, 8th& Agony (Punk Hostage Press), and the novel, New Jersey Me (Rare Bird Books). Ferguson’s newest poetry collection, Everything Is Radiant Between the Hates, has recently been released by Moon Tide Press.  "Everything Is Radiant," credit the drummer Butch Norton (co-founder of The Eels and currently Lucinda Williams' drummer). Butch played drums on this track. "Soundcheck," I'd appreciate it if you could credit it as being a collaboration with myself and a musician/producer named Bo Blount. Both of these tracks were created remotely during quarantine. Rich Ferguson rich-ferguson.com youtube.com/fuzzydoodah facebook.com/rich.ferguson1 https://www.instagram.com/fergiebeat/ http://richrantferguson.tumblr.com/ https://richrantblog.wordpress.com Twitter: @Versiferguson wevoicesing.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emotionalorphan/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/emotionalorphan/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/emotionalorphan/support</a>