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THE CRIMSON COYOTE EPISODE #6: TYLER VILE

The Crimson Coyote podcast welcomes writer, performer, and organizer TYLER VILE to Episode #6! 

Tyler Vile is a writer, performer, and organizer from Baltimore, MD whose novel-in-verse, Never Coming Home, is available on Topside Press. She is a founding member of Hinenu: The Baltimore Justice Shtiebl, a radically inclusive synagogue.  Her work has appeared in the Lambda Literary Award nominated anthology, Resilience, published by Heartspark Press, as well as the magazines Femmescapes, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, and Rogue Agent.

I met Tyler through a writing community spearheaded by our very talented friend, Isobel O’Hare. Tyler is– forgive my expression– punk as fuck. She has existed on the margins for her entire life; a physically disabled trans woman and trauma survivor. She’s an activist who performed vocals in a band called Anti-Androgen, with songs like “Buffalo Bill,” where she would conclude her set by shouting, “Goodbye, horses!” She also dabbles in divination, and you can book a tarot reading with her at Dvar Tarot. Did I mention that she has the cutest ears!

*Trigger Warning: In this episode, there is discussion of sexual, physical, and psychological abuse, so if you believe that this conversation will be traumatizing, please reconsider listening.

You can find Tyler on Twitter and Facebook.

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The Crimson Coyote Episode #5: Mimi Mutesa

The Crimson Coyote podcast welcomes Photographer and Poet MIMI MUTESA to Episode #5! 

Mimi Mutesa (she/her) is a photographer at heart and has had work published in Elle UK and AfroPunk, to name a few. Mimi grew up in Uganda, but by the time she graduated with a bachelor’s in Film production and Media, she added Kenya, Congo, Zimbabwe and China to the list of countries she’d lived in. She now works in journalism in Washington, DC where she finds poetry a safe haven from ceaseless news cycles. Her biggest guilty pleasure is sunbathing, and she wants you to know it.

Toni Cade Bambara once said, “The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.” Mimi Mutesa echoes this sentiment in her often-joyful photography, which challenges the “trauma porn” disseminated by the media. We are living in a time where the circulation of distressing images is pervasive, and the bulk of this content typically depicts the suffering of black and brown people. Mimi’s vibrant, laughter-filled images offer an alternative to the constant consumption of pain we have become accustomed to.

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THE CRIMSON COYOTE EPISODE #4: MICHAEL IAN BLACK

The Crimson Coyote podcast welcomes Comedian, Actor, and Author, MICHAEL IAN BLACK to Episode #4! 

Michael Ian Black is perhaps best-known for creating and starring in the alt-comedy television series The State and Stella, as well as the cult-classic film Wet Hot American Summer. Michael regularly tours the country as a stand-up comedian and is the bestselling author of the memoirs You’re Not Doing It Right and Navel Gazing, as well as several children’s books, including A Child’s First Book of Trump. He traveled across the country in an RV with Meghan McCain (who is essentially his political opposite), and the pair chronicled what they observed in a book called America, You Sexy Bitch. He’s hosted several podcasts, including How to Be Amazing and Obscure (new season on Patreon!). Currently, he is trying his hand as a “Cameo Artist,” so book him on Cameo for personalized video messages.

We discuss comedy as a healing mechanism, being funny, persona, childhood trauma, vulnerability, masculinity, gender, and pig videos!

Michael’s new book, A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son is out on 9/15! Pre-order now!

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The Crimson Coyote Episode #3: Ariana Delawari

The Crimson Coyote podcast welcomes Filmmaker, Musician, and Activist, ARIANA DELAWARI to Episode #3! 

Ariana Delawari is an Afghan-American filmmaker, musician, and activist, who is based in Los Angeles, California. We collaborated together on an art benefit I directed and curated called #YESALLWOMEN, where she contributed a mixed-media piece that incorporated photos, memories, and text from her journeys to Afghanistan. A year after 9/11, Ariana found herself on a plane to Afghanistan for the first time and began a 10-year documentation of her father’s homeland. We Came Home is her award-winning feature length directorial debut; the film is a culmination of this documentation, her family story, and the making of her album Lion of Panjshir. Ariana was a performer and speaker at the inaugural TEDxKabul. She also started a movement in Afghanistan called Inspire Peace. She wrote and directed a short surreal docu-musical film, Entelechy, that accompanies her second double album Entelechy I & II. She recently collaborated with filmmaker Joey Soloway in co-writing and performing a song for the show I Love Dick. Ariana co-created an app called Afghanistan Connect with the CEO and Afghan female coding students of Code to Inspire, Afghanistan’s first coding school for girls.

In Episode #3, we discuss the recent loss of her mother, her father’s political work, post-9/11 Afghanistan, war, filmmaking, recording music, the Taliban, the Muslim Ban, Islamophobia, and much more.

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(Photo: Naj Jamai)

The Crimson Coyote Episode #1: Tongo Eisen-Martin

THE CRIMSON COYOTE welcomes Tongo Eisen-Martin to Episode #1!

Originally from San Francisco, Tongo Eisen-Martin is a poet, movement worker, and educator. His latest curriculum on the extrajudicial killing of Black people, “We Charge Genocide Again,” has been used as an educational and organizing tool throughout the country. His book titled, “Someone’s Dead Already” was nominated for a California Book Award. His latest book “Heaven Is All Goodbyes” was published by the City Lights Pocket Poets series, was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and won a California Book Award and an American Book Award.

We discuss poetry, the George Floyd protests, performance, the extrajudicial killings of Black people, gentrification, craft, corporate violence, and more.

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The Crimson Coyote · #1 Tongo Eisen-Martin

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Here are some of Tongo’s poems:

Literary Hub

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Jam Tarts Magazine

The Crimson Coyote Trailer

After months of hard work, I am pleased to announce that The Crimson Coyote podcast is now live!

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Learn more about the show by listening to Episode #0 – the trailer – below:

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Recording CC01

Last night, I recorded an overview of my health journey at Dream Machine Recording Co. for Episode 01 of The Crimson Coyote podcast.

For most of my life, I taught myself to hide what I was going through and what I had been through, because I felt a great deal of shame around being unable to function like most. As I work to collect transformative stories from my fellow creatives, I thought it was important to kickstart the project with my own path. I also hope that sharing my story will help others who may be suffering in silence to be less afraid to reach out.

Stay tuned to learn more about my experience with invisible illness, and how creativity has helped me persevere.

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