Crafting Words, Building Community: Poet Liv Mammone on Creativity, Publishing, and Disability Advocacy

Liv Mammone (she/her) is an editor and poet from Long Island. Her poetry has appeared with Button Poetry, The Poetry Foundation, The Medical Journal of Australia, and in many places. In 2017, she competed for Union Square Slam as the first disabled woman to be on a New York national poetry slam team She was also a finalist in the Capturing Fire National Poetry Slam in 2017. A Brooklyn Poets Fellow and Zoeglossia fellow, she is currently an editor at Game Over Books. In 2022, hers was one of the top ten most read poems at Split This Rock’s poetry database, The Quarry. Her first collection is forthcoming in 2025. Follow her on Instagram @mammoneliv. 

Liv Mammone is a poet with Cerebral palsy. Liv is a published poet and performs regularly. She talks to Keith about her start in poetry, what it is like to publish poetry, and the importance of community to her craft. Liv also talks to Keith about music and how she navigates the world as a disability advocate.

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