Halsey Hyer is a poet, activist, and student who is simultaneously working on a manuscript and synchronous communities dedicated to expression and harm reduction. They are active with the Goat Farm Poetry Society and Filler Zine and Distro, two communities dedicated to the power of the written word to change the world and to shape lives. Recently, Halsey’s poems were published in Blue Nib, and they are currently working on a poetry manuscript entitled Ritter’s Psychiatric Diner and Clinic.
Please check out the Goat Farm Poetry Society on Facebook and check out Filler Zine and Distro on Facebook. During the course of our conversation, we discuss why poetry and community are important, the power of memes, and Pizza Fiesta. Halsey reads for us, we discuss a 2002 Honda Civic, and we find out what book they would donate their skin to preserve. Also, we discuss why it’s important to write poems about sex.
This podcast is a recording of a landline phone call, which is why it sounds different, and of course we swear.
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