Bread & Poetry

Everything Bagels & "Leaning into Softness" with Bob Sykora

Episode Summary

On this episode, we break bread with poet and penpal Bob Sykora and talk about everything bagels, "leaning into softness," and Joyce Peseroff.

Episode Notes

On this episode, we break bread with poet and penpal Bob Sykora and talk about everything bagels, "leaning into softness," and Joyce Peseroff. 

Guest: Bob Sykora, IG: @bob_sykora_, Twitter: @bob_sykora_, Website: bobsykora.com

Bio: Bob Sykora is the author of the chapbook I Was Talking About Love–You Are Talking About Geography (Nostrovia! 2016). A graduate of the UMass Boston MFA program, he teaches at community college, serves as an editor for Garden Party Collective, and co-hosts The Line Break podcast.

Poem(s) discussed: "The Hardness Scale" by Joyce Peseroff and "Crying on the Exercise Bike While Watching The Great British Bakeoff, February 2021" by Bob Sykora