ICYMI, Part I - Page 3

Fuck, what were we talking about?

KJPG:  "i wish that there was a bridge between people of color but there is still a lot of division and so we're not all speaking with the same tongue which is fine, we don't need to have one tongue. but what we can share is a lexicon and grammar. we need to be able to speak to one another in order to create a bridge."

FM: I often wonder if my writing is more like a kendo stick, meant to splinter and alienate people. I certainly exude this character flaw in atypical meetings with administrative officials or fentanyl addicts in the neighborhood. I'm known to initially engage with a raised level of defensiveness. Oftentimes, in wrestling, when you see someone hold their ankle, or limp, or bleed, they've gigged, or they're selling. On the contrary, after a nasty bump in the corner or a miscalculated belly to belly suplex leads to a broken neck (Big E, I miss your in-ring performances), a referee will cross his arms in the air like an X, to alert production and medical staff that it's a legitimate injury. 

What project from your past would you say a referee is holding up an X for? How'd you walk away from it?

KJPG:  "this is tough because now i'm also thinking about who my Ridge Holland was. but, i feel like every single thing i did before reclaiming my title as a diarist was a serious injury to what i want to do as a writer. line breaks were broken bones slowing me down from grabbing the big belt which for me are volumes of anti-novels, serial essays, and notes. i don't want art. i want ideas and feelings and fuck how it sounds and forget about images and metaphors. just get shit done which wasn't happening when i was worrying about writing poems."

FM: We've seen more inclusion of celebrity appearances in professional wrestling as of late. Alternately, there has been more dialogue amongst the fanbase/live crowds concerning political issues in the news (AEW crowds chanting FUCK ICE for instance,) and considering the source of ownership in 2/3 major companies, what is your position on TKO Enterprises vs. Vince McMahon ownership in the WWE, or Tony Khan's supposed association with the Royal Saudi Family? Do you think digital content/creators/politics have a more pervasive influence on storyline writing?

KJPG: "i definitely know that social media plays a role in wrestling storylines, but i don't want to take anything away from Brody King and various other wrestlers who have been saying the same things in the ring as well as elsewhere. and, i appreciate that Tony Khan is allowing people to say whatever and not muting the chants. as for WWE, i don't watch Raw/Smackdown nor any main roster PLEs anymore and as NXT seems to be slowing down their involvement with TNA, i may stop watching that as well. that company both under Vince and TKO is pushing an agenda more so than listening to the wrestlers and the fans online. one of the things that will always irritate me is Daniel Bryan being an eco friendly champ and this is a heel persona. it's like how Poison Ivy isn't really a villain. anyway, i know these people are trying to see what sticks and what doesn't so they have to be aware of what's going on with TikTok and whatnot."

Kenning JP García is a diarist, crônista, performer, and antipoet. Xe has given many extemporaneous talks both live and virtual about various authors and musicians, but xe is maybe best known for talking about Marcel Proust. Xe was an editor at Dream Pop Press as well as Rigorous. Check out xir book Suffused.