A conversation between Sabrina Guo—activist, former Stone Soup contributor and current Refugee Project Consultant, and nine-time national medalist from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards—and Shivanshi Dutt, poet and former Stone Soup contributor, about Sabrina Guo’s debut chapbook Catalogue of Ripening. 0:23 — What first sparked your interest in language and writing? 1:28 — Did certain pieces of literature or media act as inspiration for your chapbook? 3:05 — What is the message behind your poem “Altar for Daughterhood”? 4:29 — How did your voice develop as you wrote Catalogue of Ripening? 5:59 — What was the most memorable part of writing/publishing Catalogue of Ripening? 7:19 — Which poem from Catalogue of Ripening resonates with you the most? 9:28 — What message do you want to convey with Catalogue of Ripening? 10:19 — What advice would you give to aspiring writers? You can purchase Catalogue of Ripening via our Amazon storefront, here.
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“Adagio in A Minor” by Tejo Madhavarapu, 12
From the composer: “‘In Adagio in A Minor,’ the rhythm keeps changing under the same time signature of 9/8, with very few common features between different bars. This piece does not maintain a standard rhythm or use lots of closely related ones, so it sounds mostly free-flowing.” The featured artwork is “Keys of Wandering Souls” (iPhone 11 Pro) by Sabrina Lu, 13. It appeared in the February 2023 issue of Stone Soup. You can also listen to Tejo’s other composition, “Vivace in F Major,” here.
“Vivace in F Major” by Tejo Madhavarapu, 12
From the composer: “‘Vivace in F major’ is one of my most special compositions. For one thing, it is my shortest. The bigger reason is that it has a time signature of 28/8, and no other piece which I know has a time signature with 28 in the numerator. This makes the piece very unusual.” You can also listen to Tejo’s other composition, “Adagio in A Minor,” here.
