Dylan Krieger - NO ONE IS DADDY - Episode 371

About this episode

Kyler Bingham interviews poet Dylan Krieger about her collection 'No One Is Daddy' and her unique approach to heavy themes through humor and linguistic play.

I had a great time talking with poet Dylan Krieger about her latest collection, No One Is Daddy . Dylan has such a sharp, singular voice, and we spent a lot of time talking about how she uses humor and linguistic play to navigate some pretty heavy themes like religious and patriarchal trauma. It was interesting to hear her perspective on the "Southern Gothic" identity and how growing up in a certain kind of environment shaped her need to push back against literal and figurative authority figures. She has a way of balancing high-level literary ideas with a raw, unpolished energy that fits right in with what we try to do here. We also talked about her creative process and how this book serves as a bit of a "divine comedy" that draws on her own family history and "auto-fictional" elements. Dylan isn't afraid to get a little heretical or uncomfortable, finding a weird kind of grace in the messy intersections of history and poetry. Whether you've followed her work since Giving Godhead or are just discovering her now, it was a really honest conversation with one of the most provocative minds writing today. Thanks for listening! Kyler --- Episode Links: PURCHASE No One Is Daddy…

People in this episode

Host: Kyler Bingham

Guest: Dylan Krieger

Topics covered

• poetry
• humor
• religious trauma
• patriarchal trauma
• Southern Gothic
• creative process
• auto-fiction

Keywords

• Dylan Krieger
• No One Is Daddy
• poetry
• Southern Gothic
• religious trauma
• patriarchal trauma
• creative process
• auto-fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DylanKrieger.com, SALT LAKE DIRT

Books & works: No One Is Daddy, Giving Godhead

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