Hunger And Nourishment In Poet Tommy Pico's 'Feed'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Apr 30, 2021

Tommy Pico, a rising queer poet and Kumeyaay Indian joins to discuss Feed, his 2019 book-length poem, about what it means to hunger and to be nourished as a colonized person in America. Feed is the fourth and final book in his "Teebs Cycle," which uses scenes from the poet's life in New York City as gateways into deeper explorations of authenticity, heritage, love and striving. 

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