Episode 32: Rick Barot, Cascades 501
In this episode, poet Rick Barot guides us in our reading of his poem “Cascades 501” from The Galleons, his most recent collection. Rick’s insights into how poets engage with place, create.
Episode 31: Jane Kenyon, Twilight: After Haying
This week we take a closer look at another autumn poem, this one by Jane Kenyon from her wonderful book Otherwise: New and Selected Poems. Kenyon builds from and transforms the same.
Episode 26: Brenda Cárdenas, "Our Lady of Sorrows"
In this episode, Brenda Cárdenas guides us through a reading of “Our Lady of Sorrows,” an ekphrastic poem that is inspired by the work of Ana Mendieta. To read more of Brenda.
Episode 25: William Carlos Williams, "This is Just to Say"
In this episode, we discuss a simple, iconic, “sorry-not sorry” poem from the early age of American modernism, which has taken on new life in the age of Twitter and the pandemic..
Episode 23: Langston Hughes, "Johannesburg Mines"
In this episode, we discuss social poetics, the poetry of witness, and the way poets can speak of the failure of language and the need for silence in the face of trauma..
Episode 21: Christian Wiman, I Don't Want to Be a Spice Store
In this episode we talk with Christian Wiman about the arc of a book of poetry, the structure of an individual poem, the desire for openness and accessibility, and the surprising shifts.
Episode 15: Amanda Gorman, Chorus of the Captains
Amanda Gorman became the first poet ever to perform at the Super Bowl on February 7, 2021. In this episode we talk about poetry for the masses, mass media, genres of poetry,.
Episode 13: Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb
In this episode, we discuss Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb,” the poem that she recited at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. We discuss how well.