#171 Pt 1 – “Poetry Saved My Life”: A Love Of Poetry, Writing & Book Recommendations With Ada McCartney

 

All things literature are the focus of this week’s GCC episode where Mike is joined by Ada McCartney discussing her love of poetry, books and swear words, especially “the C bomb” (which is mainly discussed in the second half)!

 

This week is part 1 of their discussion (all Patreon supporters already have access to part 2), where Ada explains how she started listening to and guesting on podcasts through friend of the show Tony Farina, the duo then discuss some of their recent favourite (audio)books, their respective opinions on Shakespeare and then Ada delves into her own love of poetry; how it started, her published works and why she enjoys it so much. Part 1 of their conversation draws to a close with Ada talking about her published works and their conversation on the C word (cunt) begins!

 

Next week, for part 2, the discussion on the swear word Cunt goes into full-swing! Ada talks about her chapbook release “Cunt Poems” and why she wrote a collection of poems surrounding the word, how the UK & US view the word differently, which leads to Mike telling Ada about the UK Channel 4 show “Naked Attraction” and the conversation nears its end when Ada explains why she is such a proponent for Yoga and her experiences with it!

 

Ada’s Site: https://aamccartney.com - Her Poetry Site: https://aa-mccartney.medium.com – On Twitter & Instagram @aa_mccartney – Ada’s Appearance on Indie Comics Spotlight: https://pod.fo/e/11bf5b

 

Ada's Blog Post On The Word Cunt: https://aa-mccartney.medium.com/creating-a-chapel-of-cunt-origins-and-opportunities-in-the-most-taboo-word-in-united-states-7a676aa59253

 

Inga Muscio’s book “Cunt”: https://goodreads.com/book/show/52588.Cunt

 

Ada & Mike mentioned a great many things in this conversation including the British TV show “I May Destroy You”, the poem Half-Caste by John Agard, the spoken word piece Omega by Stone Sour, the books;

 

His Name Is George Floyd by Robert Samuels & Toluse Olorunnipa, Catherynne M. Valente’s work, Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde and Dopefield by Donald Goines. And Mike also mentioned his appearance on the 52 Love Podcast with Megan: https://youtu.be/MUi9nPlC4Qw

 

Last week was a special episode taken from Mike’s Patreon about Mike & Megan’s trip to the Isle Of Wight, while the last full episode of GCC (170) featured Mike & Megan discussing “Man’s Best Friend” with Dave Horrocks, where they talk about owning a dog, training, naming, fireworks, habits, some dog-related media and much more!

 

Check out Mike’s Patreon, where he releases at least 1 episode of his & Megan’s “Afterthoughts” a week, plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of GCC and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat  

 

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com   

 

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-106 are out now, in ep 106 Mike delved into the third batch of Crimson Reign comics, the release before that was Mike’s review of Shadow Of the Sith and ep 105 was about the Galactic Starcruiser Tie-In comic; The Halcyon Legacy! Previous episodes include the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover (all 34 tie-in issues), every other canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more – https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion  

 

Mike’s guest spots:

 

Mike’s appearance on Marvel+ to talk about She-Hulk episode 3: https://pod.fo/e/13ccdc
Mike & Megan both appeared on Femme On Film to talk Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette: https://pod.fo/e/1381bf
Mike & Megan discussed Jason Statham in Collateral on Back To The Filmography: https://pod.fo/e/1383ea
Mike appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores to talk about Maximum & Absolute Carnage: https://pod.fo/e/13304a
Mike appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight, discussing Cavan Scott’s Shadow Service with Tony, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion! https://pod.fo/e/1259e4 

 

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