juj e. lepe: The Poetry of Place and Belonging

In this episode of Philly in the Middle, host Phil Surkis sits down with poet and educator juj e. lepe to talk about identity, adaptation, and how place seeps into poetry and daily lifejuj shares stories of being a “banana slug for life” at UC Santa Cruz 🐌, the culture shock of Midwest winters, and why directness can sometimes read as “aggressive” in a land of Midwest Nice. They talk about lakes with memory and the poetry of the Driftless landscape.#PhillyInTheMiddle 🎙️#jujelepe ✍️#PoetryAndPlace 🌊#MadisonStories 🏙️#MidwestLife 🦌