{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Interview with Cyr\u00e9e Jarelle Johnson","description":"This episode, I had the chance to speak with Cyr\u00e9e Jarelle Johnson about their book, SLINGSHOT. Cyr\u00e9e Jarelle Johnson (He\/They) is a poet and writer from Piscataway, NJ. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Boston Review, Wussy, The Wanderer, Vice, Rewire News, The Root, and Nat. Brut among other publications. They earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University with support from Davis Putter Scholarship Fund. SLINGSHOT, his first collection of poetry, is available now from Nightboat Books. Development of the work was supported by Astraea Foundations' Global Arts Fund, Culture\/Strike Climate Change and Environmental Justice Fellowship, and Rewire News Disabled Writers Fellowship. They tweet with significant queer millenial ennui at @CyreeJarelle&amp;nbsp; Cyr\u00e9e's website&amp;nbsp; Cyr\u00e9e's TED Talk &quot;What is Autism Neutrality?&quot;&amp;nbsp; Authors and books mentioned in the episode:  Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's Tonguebreaker&amp;nbsp;and Care Work&amp;nbsp; Kay Undlay Barrett's When the Chant Comes Britteney Black Rose Kapri's Black Queer Hoe Yanyi's Year of Blue Water&amp;nbsp;  The Sound of Waves Breaking was &quot;Natural Disaster&quot; by @davidthomascairns&amp;nbsp; Editor, Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz Host, Producer: Avren Keating ","author_name":"Waves Breaking","author_url":"http:\/\/wavesbreaking.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11948552\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/397ea9\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/11948552"}