Interviewing Eileen Myles — Legendary Lesbian Poet & “F-Boy” | WHGS Ep. 316

About this episode

Eileen Myles joins Ashley Gavin to discuss their career, love life, and the intersection of art and queer culture.

This episode is POETIC, listener! Eileen Myles (they/them) is a celebrated poet, novelist, and journalist best known for “Chelsea Girls” and poems that queers everywhere tattoo onto their arms, but today they’re in the apartment to SEDUCE! We break format this episode to interview Eileen and learn about their career, history, and legendary love life. In-between, we discuss art, coming out, New York in the 70s, and how camp is the best place to have queer sex. Oh - and Ashley might even read one of her original poems… and BOY is it embarrassing. FOLLOW EILEEN MYLES Pre-order their upcoming book, “Bird Watching and Their First Three Books of Poetry”: https://fonografeditions.com/catalog/fono42-bird-watching-and-their-first-three-books-of-poetry-by-eileen-myles/ Read their other works: https://www.eileenmyles.com/books/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eileen.myles/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/EileenMyles FOLLOW ASHLEY GAVIN @ashgavs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ashgavscomedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashgavs/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ashgavs Twitter: https://twitter.com/ashgavs Tour Dates & Newsletter: https://www.ashleygavin.com/#dates PRODUCED BY ALEX…

People in this episode

Host: Ashley Gavin

Guest: Eileen Myles

Topics covered

• poetry
• queer culture
• interview
• art
• coming out
• New York history
• love life

Keywords

• Eileen Myles
• poetry
• queer sex
• Chelsea Girls
• New York 70s
• Ashley Gavin
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Studio71, Fonograf Editions, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter

Books & works: Chelsea Girls, Bird Watching and Their First Three Books of Poetry

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