In this episode, Kaitlin talks with K. Lorraine Graham about the process—versus the production—of art, and the unfinished work of art and parenting. They also delve into what it means to be forever in postpartum.

Lorraine makes poems and texts that sometimes manifest as drawings, games and performances. She is the author of The Rest Is Censored, Terminal Humming and a recent chaplet of new work from Belladonna. Her work appears in Flarf: An Anthology of Flarf, Omniverse, and Postmodern Culture.

Lorraine and Kaitlin talk about:

• How the different phases of depression/depressive moments she goes through play into her identity as an artist and her role as a mother.
• Navigating the practice of actively challenging & defying the false expectations faced by women in general, and creative mothers in particular, most of which are steeped in gender and marital heteronormative norms.
• The endlessly generative, but unfinished nature of both parenting and creative practice.
• The sense of liberation and boldness that postpartum, middle age, and motherhood often afford us, especially as artists and creatives.

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Website: https://klorrainegraham.com/

Instagram:@klorrainegraham

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