Episode 48: Kym Deyn - "My poetry goes squelch"

On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way Gregory Kearns speaks to Kym Deyn about the fundamental creativity of tricksters, what they’ve learnt being an editor of their own press, and tarot card reading as structured improv.

Kym Deyn is a poet, editor, and professional Tarot Card reader. They are the editor of The Braag, a poetry and speculative fiction micro press, including micro journal Carmen et Error. Kym was published in Primers Vol 6 by Nine Arches Press and their pamphlet Dionysia was published by Verve Poetry Press. Kym’s debut collection Folkish is published by Nine Arches Press.

Books and other things

Folkish: https://ninearchespress.ecwid.com/Folkish-Kym-Deyn-p814015064

Dionysia: https://www.vervepoetrybookshop.com/product-page/dionysia-kym-deyn

Unfurl: https://thebraag.co/product/pre-order-unfurl-by-kym-deyn-nathaniel-spain-and-finlay-worrallo/

You can also use our affiliate link for Bookshop to find most of the books by most of the guests from the show. They are organised into lists for each series. If you use this link, we get a fraction of the money you spend: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/series-six-the-poems-we-made-along-the-way

We’d also recommend enquiring with your local bookshops or libraries as well.

Things to read/watch/listen/etc in relationship to this interview:

Rebel Heroines Bonus Episode-Interview with Kym Deyn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFMLEHji_BE&t=962s

The Braag: https://thebraag.co/

Carmen et Error Issue 3: https://carmenerror.com/?page_id=142