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From Poem of the DayApril 2018
The editors discuss Solmaz Sharif’s poem “The End of Exile” from the April 2018 issue of Poetry.
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AudioFrom The Poetry Magazine PodcastApril 2018
The editors discuss Elizabeth Acevedo’s poem “Iron” from the April 2018 issue of Poetry.
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AudioFrom The Poetry Magazine PodcastApril 2018
The editors discuss Paul Tran’s poem “Scientific Method” from the April 2018 issue of Poetry.
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AudioFrom The Poetry Magazine PodcastMarch 2018
The editors discuss Martín Espada’s poem “Letter to My Father” from the March 2018 issue of Poetry.
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AudioFrom The Poetry Magazine PodcastMarch 2018
The editors discuss Martha Silano’s poem “Ode to Autocorrect” from the March 2018 issue of Poetry.
How women poets made birth, motherhood, and parenting central preoccupations of contemporary poetry, just as it is in life.
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From Poetry Off the ShelfApril 2018
In the '70s, poetry workshops run by women, for women, sprang up in cities around the country. They mirrored what was happening in the...
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From Poetry Off the ShelfMarch 2018
Our series dedicated to the women's movement continues with the changing cultural roles of the 1970s, when women poets refused to be marginalized or...
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From Poetry Off the ShelfMarch 2018
The second episode of our special series exploring poetry and the women's movement looks at several books in the 1960s and '70s that fought...
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From Poetry Off the ShelfMarch 2018
The first episode in a special series on the women’s movement
Prageeta Sharma reflects on the last night of intimacy with her terminally ill partner. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
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From PoetryNowApril 2018
Randall Horton thinks about the ways we trap ourselves and others in boxes. Produced by Sarah Geis.
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From PoetryNowApril 2018
Diana Arterian describes the wedding ceremony of Agrippina the Younger, Empress of Rome and mother to the infamous Emperor Nero. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
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From PoetryNowMarch 2018
Rodney Koeneke considers the mystery and language of riddles. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
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From PoetryNowMarch 2018
Johannes Göransson catalogs his summer travels through Berlin and Stockholm. Produced by Sarah Geis.
Britteney Black Rose Kapri joins Danez and Franny for a hoot of a podcast, in which the squad breaks down Hoe Poetics, the joys and challenges of mentorship, and much, much more. Britteney’s upcoming book Black Queer Hoe, featuring a foreword by Danez, is dropping September 4th, and is available for preorder now.
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From VSApril 2018
Jamaal May blasts off into hyperspace on this episode of VS. Danez and Franny run with the poet, MC, professor, and thinker as they...
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From VSMarch 2018
VS gets live at AWP, where Danez and Franny hosted a packed show featuring the magnificent Hanif Abdurraqib and Angel Nafis. Hear some poems,...
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From VSMarch 2018
We’re back, baby! We kick off season 2 of VS with brilliant poet Tarfia Faizullah for a helluva convo about balancing the beautiful and...
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From VSFebruary 2018
Just because the podcast was in between seasons doesn't mean that Franny and Danez stopped being wrecked by the words and ideas around them....
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Diane Rothenberg, and Ariel Resnikoff.
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From Poem TalkMarch 2018
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephen Willey, Anna Strong Safford, and Luke Roberts.
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From Poem TalkFebruary 2018
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Frank London, Maria Damon, and Jake Marmer.
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From Poem TalkJanuary 2018
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Matvei Yankelevich, Kate Colby, and Christina Davis.
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From Poem TalkDecember 2017
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Mahyar Entezari, and Leonard Schwartz.
Recordings of poet Lorine Niedecker with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded at home in 1970. Recording courtesy of PennSound.
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From Essential American PoetsMarch 2012
Recordings of poet Lorine Niedecker with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded at home in 1970. Recording courtesy of PennSound.
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From Essential American PoetsJanuary 2012
Recordings of poet Gertrude Stein, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded in 1934. Recording courtesy of PennSound.
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From Essential American PoetsJanuary 2012
Recordings of former poet laureate Charles Simic, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 2003, Key West, FL.
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From Essential American PoetsDecember 2011
Recordings of poet Alan Dugan, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in 1962, New York City, New York.
Malena Mörling and Jonas Ellerström discuss Swedish poetry and the challenges of translation, and they read some poems in both Swedish and English from their anthology, The Star By My Head.
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From Poetry LecturesNovember 2015
Christopher Merrill speaks with Harris Khalique about literary traditions in Pakistan, the cultural influences of different cities, and the important role of women in Pakistani...
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From Poetry LecturesFebruary 2014
Kwame Dawes speaks with Matthew Shenoda about Shenoda's poetry and identity as an Egyptian American, and the poetry of the African diaspora.
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From Poetry LecturesDecember 2013
South African poet Gabeba Baderoon speaks with Matthew Shenoda about poetry and apartheid in South Africa.
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From Poetry LecturesNovember 2013
American poet Kevin Young talks to Les Murray about Australian poetry and culture.
An audio tour of films featuring Vito Acconci, Erik Satie, Vicki Bennett, Karl Holmquist, and more from the UbuWeb archive.
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From Avant-Garde All the TimeSeptember 2010
Samples from from Craig Dworkin's UbuWeb paper “Unheard Music,” featuring John Cage, Steve Reich, Mieko Shiomi, Yves Klein, and more.
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From Avant-Garde All the TimeJuly 2010
Audio interpretations of Gertrude Stein from the UbuWeb archives.
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From Avant-Garde All the TimeJune 2010
Yoko Ono flushing toilets, La Monte Young’s “Theater of Eternal Music,” Larry Miller’s baby crying, Alison Knowles onion skin music and loads more.
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From Avant-Garde All the TimeMarch 2010
Gertrude Stein at the Algonquin, William Carlos Williams trying to remember “The Red Wheelbarrow,” Salvador Dali on his phallic moustache, Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Derrida,...
Established in 1940 by the WPA's Federal Art Project, the South Side Community Art Center has provided a second home for the city's African-American artists. Haki Madhubuti, founding editor of Third World Press, reads.
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From Chicago Poetry Tour PodcastOctober 2010
One of the 20th century's most significant poets, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about race in America, often from the perspective of her Bronzeville neighborhood.
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From Chicago Poetry Tour PodcastSeptember 2010
Margaret Walker's signature poem "For My People" encompasses the strengths and struggles of blacks not only in Chicago but throughout America.
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From Chicago Poetry Tour PodcastSeptember 2010
The DuSable Museum is one of the nation's premier institutions dedicated to the history, art, and culture of the African diaspora. Quraysh Ali Lansana...
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From Chicago Poetry Tour PodcastAugust 2010
Pilsen was a diverse neighborhood in Chicago long before anybody used the word “diversity.” Stuart Dybek and Ana Castillo read poems inspired by their...