Producer Picks: Tommy Pico

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Aug 26, 2021

[REBROADCAST FROM April 30, 2021] Tommy Pico, a queer poet and Kumeyaay Indian joins to discuss Feed, his 2019 book-length poem about what it means to hunger and to be nourished spiritually 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.

This segment was picked by our Producer Zach Gottehrer-Cohen.

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