<p>Amanda Fields and Eva Langston chat with Chloe Yelena Miller, author of <em>Perforated</em>, about impossible wishes and material fears in parenting and poetry.</p><p>In her second full-length poetry collection, <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/perforated-chloe-yelena-miller/82b209874d841ce2?ean=9781957755649&#38;next=t"><em>Perforated</em></a><em>, </em>Miller’s<em> </em>poems span the grief of public and private losses. The poems are situated in both the US and Italy, ruminating on topics such as immigration, climate change, school shootings, and 9/11.</p><p>Chloe Yelena Miller is a writer and teacher living in Washington, DC, with her partner and child. She’s the author of <em>Perforated</em> (2026) and <em>Viable</em> (2021), both published by Lily Poetry Review Books, and the poetry chapbook <em>Unrest </em>(Finishing Line Press, 2013). She co-founded and co-directs <a target="_blank" href="https://www.brownbaglit.com/">Brown Bag Lit</a>, an online writing community. Miller teaches writing and literature through University of Maryland’s Global Campus, Politics and Prose bookstore, and New Directions in Writing. Miller has a Bachelor of Arts in Italian language and literature from Smith College (1998) and an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College (2003.)</p><p><strong>Socials and Links</strong>:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/">Substack</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/chloeyelenamiller/">Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bsky.app/profile/chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social">Bluesky</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.brownbaglit.com/milkjournal">Milk Journal</a></p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://literarymama.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">literarymama.substack.com</a>