Episode 235 with Jesse Tovar, Creative and Innovative Editor of Mobile Data Mag on Substack, and Dynamic Performer and Promoter of Standout Poetry

Notes and Links to Jesse Tovar’s Work

 

 

   For Episode 235, Pete welcomes Jesse Tovar, and the two discuss, among other topics, his role as editor and poet, influences and inspirations in his own work, digital collections and his dynamic Substack, themes in his poetry, what he looks for in submissions, and his co-sponsoring of the reading series “Voices of California.”

 

 

   Jesse Tovar is the founding editor of Mobile Data Mag on Substack and Systemic Dreaming on Threads. Tovar's work can be found in various anthologies, including Zzyzx (Size-icks) Writerz Podcast.

 

Jesse's Substack-Mobile Data Mag

 

Jesse’s Work with Los Angeles Literature

 

At about 2:25, Jesse discusses his early reading and relationship with the written word, and his bilingual childhood

At about 6:20, Jesse talks about transformative and formative works for him

At about 8:50, Jesse details his work at bookstore and promoting poetry 

At about 11:00, Jesse cites Kazuo Ishiguro as a contemporary writer who inspires and thrills

At about 12:20, Jesse talks about how Chen Chen has inspired his own Substack and his goals with the project

At about 13:30, Pete and Jesse shout out Andrew Liu, a shared friend and standout 

At about 14:10, Jesse describes the benefits of his digital journal 

At about 15:30, Jesse responds to Pete’s question about what it’s like to be a submitter and a publisher

At about 17:20, Pete and Jesse read and discuss a poem from his digital journal-by Sacred Mami

At about 21:00, “Rackets and Grammy Origins,” a poem from Jesse, is read and explored

At about 26:35, The two read and discuss “Inner City,” a piece by Jesse, emulating José Vadi’s work for a prompt

At about 33:15, Pete and Jesse discuss October 2024’s “Voices of California, Part V,” set to be held at Medicine for Nightmares in San Francisco, the two shout out past guests and events, and shout out 2024’s performers 

At about 38:40, Poetry and activism as inseparable is discussed by the two

At about 41:00, Jesse talks about upcoming projects

At about 42:20, Jesse discusses his recent collection as “super niche”

At about 43:10, Jesse shouts out his projects and contact info and social media

At about 46:25, Libros in Lincoln Heights and Pages Against the Machine are shouted out

 

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