Have you met the Poetry Fox? I have, and I’m a fan.

In this episode I’m talking with the human behind the fox, Chris Vitiello.

Chris Vitiello is a writer, performer, critic, and independent curator based in Durham, NC. His poetry books include Obedience (Ahsahta, 2012), Irresponsibility (Ahsahta, 2008), and Nouns Swarm A Verb (Xurban, 1999). He is a chief contributor at Indy Week. The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation recently recognized his art criticism with their inaugural Rabkin Prize for Arts Journalism. Chris  frequently stages performances and arts events in the NC Triangle. He has organized exhibitions for The Carrack, the Click Photography Festival, and the Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. And of course Chri Vitiello is the Poetry Fox, a giant fox who bangs out custom, on-demand poems on vintage typewriters.

During our conversation, you’ll hear Chris share his experiences as a performance writer for the Poetry Fox and the Worry Cabinet, about audience and connection and writing as that connective conduit. Enjoy the episode.

This interview was recorded virtually on March 22, 2020. We do discuss the COVID-19 pandemic.

Relief Funds + Resources:

• The Orange County Arts Commission Page has a long list of  support resources for artists, arts industry workers, arts nonprofits, and art organizations whose livelihoods have been negatively affected by COVID-19. Check it out. 
• Equal Sound Corona Relief Fund (Musicians)
• Durham Artist Relief Fund
• NC Artists Relief Fund
• Orange County Arts Relief Fund (NC)
• Chatham County Artist and Art-Worker Relief Effort (NC)
• Covid-19 Freelance Artist Resources
• Emergency Funds (All Art Forms)
• Parent Artist Advocacy League Emergency Fund apply
• Parent Artist Advocacy League Emergency Fund donate

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