A Violent Act of Desperation - Episode 1 - Ben Kassoy

Ben Kassoy is a poet, author, and some other things. Though he dances a lot and has taken two clown classes, he denounces both the labels of "dancer" and "clown." We very immediately get into why that is, and spend almost the whole conversation discussing when and whether one should embrace labels and feel a part of communities. At the end, Ben reads a poem. We laugh along the way.
Buy Ben's chapbook, The Funny Thing About a Panic Attack here:
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Check out his Substack, A Strawberry Spinning Like a Dreidel, here:
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Follow him on Instagram here: / bkassoy

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