Audio & Podcasts

Producer Curtis Fox explores the diverse world of contemporary American poetry with readings by poets, interviews with critics, and short poetry documentaries. Nothing is off limits, and nobody is taken too seriously. Schedule: Weekly

Kay Ryan on Robert Frost

Our greatest American poet collected the wisdom of chicken farmers.

MORE AUDIO FROM Poetry Off the Shelf

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BROWSE ALL SHOWS »
DATE   TITLE POET
02/08/2010 LISTEN No Images William Waring Cuney
01/28/2010 LISTEN Poetry Gone Cold Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
01/18/2010 LISTEN Poetry Written with an Eraser Ron Silliman
01/07/2010 LISTEN Worshipful Company of Snowbirds James Tate
12/23/2009 LISTEN From the Washington, DC, Poetry Tour Elizabeth Alexander
12/10/2009 LISTEN Good Bad Poetry  
12/01/2009 LISTEN The Power of Here and Now James Schuyler
11/16/2009 LISTEN The Nature of Political Power Robert Lowell
10/29/2009 LISTEN The Tomb of Love Philip Larkin
10/14/2009 LISTEN The Happiness of Monogamy John Donne
10/05/2009 LISTEN Reconcilable Differences Walt Whitman
09/23/2009 LISTEN Poetry Noir Robert Polito
09/14/2009 LISTEN Dan Beachy-Quick and the Poetics of Mass Murder Dan Beachy-Quick
09/03/2009 LISTEN Midwestern Blues Kevin Young
08/26/2009 LISTEN Fact-Checking John Keats John Keats
08/19/2009 LISTEN Poet's Choice: Of Love and War D.A. Powell
07/31/2009 LISTEN Remembering Craig Arnold Craig Arnold
07/09/2009 LISTEN “Cover the Lettuce” C. D. Wright
06/26/2009 LISTEN The Power of Barbie David Trinidad
06/17/2009 LISTEN Honor Thy Father's Day Robert E. Hayden
06/11/2009 LISTEN Out of the Poetic Bubble Mark Nowak
06/02/2009 LISTEN Everything Plus the Kitchen Sink Kenneth Fearing
05/27/2009 LISTEN Light in the Service of Loneliness Fanny Howe
05/19/2009 LISTEN Bees and Monstrous Babies Eleanor Wilner
05/04/2009 LISTEN Stop Making Sense Christian Bök