RU187: TOM BLAND, JASON HAAF & ZAII VALDES ON WRITING, POETRY, QUEER, SEXUALITY, ART, MAGIC

Rendering Unconscious welcomes Tom Bland, Jason Haaf & Zaii Valdes to the podcast!

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Check out Tom Bland’s books Camp Fear and The Death of a Clown available from Bad Betty Press. Follow Tom at Twitter: @physis93

Jason Haaf’s forthcoming book is Harsh Cravings. Stay tuned at Instagram: @haafwit

Zaii Valdes new book is Poetry is Both the Compass and Machete. Follow Zaii at Instagram: @ronin_vs_strawberryicecream and @violetsilhouetteofficial

Zaii’s band Violet Silhouette will be performing this Saturday, February 26th at Las Rosas, Miami

Tom will be reading poetry on Monday, February 28th at Queerotica at The Glory, London

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Check out previous episodes with Jason and Tom:

Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at your favorite podcasting platforms, including: Spotify / iTunes / Soundcloud / Podbean

Dr. Sinclair is the author of The Pathways of the Heart (Trapart Books, 2021), Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art: the Cut in Creation (Routledge, 2020) and Switching Mirrors (Trapart Books, 2016).

Dr. Sinclair is the editor of Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry (Trapart Books, 2019) Outsider Inpatient: Reflections on Art as Therapy (Trapart Books, 2021) with Dr. Elisabeth Punzi, On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives (Routledge, 2018) co-edited with Dr. Manya Steinkoler, and The Fenris Wolf, vol 9 (Trapart Books, 2017) co-edited with Carl Abrahamsson.

The song at the end of the episode is “Godstar (Psychic TV cover)” by Violet Silhouette available digitally on Bandcamp and streaming.

Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast.

Image: Artwork by Jason Haaf