Cami DuMay and Tim Kahl

On the 12/11/24 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:

Cami DuMay phones in to discuss her move to Austin, Texas in pursuit of her MFA where she has written 41 poems this past semester. She describes her warm feelings for the Davis writing community and its instrumental effect on her undergraduate writing journey. DuMay outlines how the variety of workshop voices is helping shape her poetic practice, before sharing two poems, “Infancy” and “What Would You Give to Be So Hungry.” The next guest on the show is Tim Kahl, who has a reading this upcoming Sunday with poet Joshua McKinney. Kahl states the themes informing his most recent book, Drips, Spills, Bursts, Tangles, and Washes, which is composed mostly of prose poems and arose from a magazine prompt. He talks about the musical elements of his poetry, and how he tries to utilize traditional sounds, before sharing a poem about when he taught in Brazil “The Little Way of the Brazilian.”

Cami DuMay is a UC Davis aluma currently in her first year at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas. She writes about myriad aspects of life, but has a fascination with nature, madness, worship, and the human animal.

Tim Kahl is the author of six books of poems, most recently Omnishambles (Bald Trickster, 2019), California Sijo (Bald Trickster, 2022) and Drips, Spills, Bursts, Tangles, and Washes (Cold River Press, 2024). He is also an editor of the literary space Clade Song He builds flutes, plays them and plays guitars, ukuleles, charangos and cavaquinhos as well. He currently teaches at California State University, Sacramento, where he sings lieder while walking on campus between classes.

The Poetry Night Reading Series takes place on first and third Thursdays of the month at 7 PM, is generously supported by the people and poets of the Sacramento Valley, by John Natsoulas, and by Thea and the other members of the staff at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Your host will be Dr. Andy Jones, the poet laureate emeritus of the City of Davis. 

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Find out more about Dr. Andy's Poetry Night Reading Series in Davis, California by visiting http://www.poetryindavis.com. Invite your friends to sign up for the mailing list. To learn more about Dr. Andy’s tiny media fiefdom, subscribe to his weekly newsletter at https://andyjones.substack.com.