About this episode

This episode features poet and musician Alexis Quin discussing her artistic journey and influences.

Latest up from Spoken Label (Poetry Podcast) features making her debut, the amazing Alexis Quin. Alexis is a poet, writer, musician, and shamanic/Reiki practitioner originally from the United States, now based in Manchester with her wife Danielle and their two cats, Jade and Salem. Raised between New York and the American South, her relationship to language was shaped early through literature, music, queerness, spirituality, and the emotional landscapes that exist between people.Though classically trained in music with foundations in blues and jazz, poetry remains the art form most deeply connected to her soul. Influenced by writers such as E. E. Cummings, Walt Whitman, and Audre Lorde - alongside the lyrical intimacy of Meshell Ndegeocello - Alexis writes toward feeling rather than simple description. Her work explores love, longing, devotion, power dynamics, queer identity, spirituality, memory, and the ways human connection can transform us.Her poetry is often shaped by the people who have crossed her path as teachers, whether through tenderness, heartbreak, desire, or revelation. Alongside Danielle, she is currently developing a collaborative poetry collection tracing the…

People in this episode

Host: Andy N

Guest: Alexis Quin

Topics covered

• poetry
• queer identity
• spirituality
• human connection
• love and longing
• creative community

Keywords

• poet
• musician
• Reiki practitioner
• queerness
• emotional landscapes
• collaborative poetry
• literary voice
• spiritual practice

Mentioned in this episode

Places: United States, Manchester, New York, American South

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