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EPISODE · May 11, 2026 · 40 MIN

Mothered into Art

from Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast · host Aaron Smith and James Allen Hall

The queens take on two impossible topics: death, and mothers.Support Breaking Form by reviewing the show on Apple Podcasts here.Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE is available from Bridwell Press. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books. Show Notes:Aaron mentions the Marie Howe poem "Letter to My Sister" from The Good Thief, which Howe talks about here. Aaron reads his poem "After My Mother Apologized for My Childhood, We Went to Brunch," which you can hear him read again here -- on his cd Outside the Lines. You can read James's poem "Family Portrait" here. 

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