Writer’s Block Party Episode 5: She

It is us, Invisible Disco Productions, and we are, once again, asking you: Is it Friday? Really? Again? Well, if it is indeed, then that means Episode 5 of IDP’s podcast, Writer’s Block Party, is out now! Tune in on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to hear our wonderful guest, Irmak Hatırlı wax poetic (see what we did there??) about her new poem, She.

Irmak and the two episode hosts, Deniz and Amelia, discuss the academic and cultural biases that permeate the world of poetry and how to combat that as writers, craving and creating art as an international theatre student in a world consumed by a global pandemic, using writing as a way to physiologically process thoughts that don’t want to be intellectually processed and subsequently finding yourself with a piece of workable art, the various stages of writing and editing verse, Irmak and Deniz’s specific experiences writing as bilingual people, theatre and literature that is raw and potent because of its treatment of violence, content warnings and censorship, and Irmak’s inspirations in this time of self-generated work.

We are cool and trendy, so check out the cool and trendy pop culture references you will find in this episode: post-modern movement (?); journaling; architecture; the color black; Viewpoints; Marina Abramović’s Rhythm 0; End of Eddy, History of Violence, and Who Killed My Father by Edouard Louis; Thomas Ostermeier and the Schaubühne; St. Ann's Warehouse; Brechtian theatre; autofiction; and The Art of Letting Go.

Irmak was a fantastic guest, and we are so excited for you all to get to experience her work! Thanks, and have a great week!

The Disco Team