Episode 11: Alberto Ríos, When Giving Is All We Have
In this episode, we think with the inaugural state poet laureate of Arizona, Alberto Ríos, about the meaning of giving. Why do we give? What is giving? And what are its consequences?.
Episode 10: Mary Jo Bang, The Head of a Dancer
This week Mary Jo Bang joins us! We learn about the Bauhaus movement and an influential photographer named Lucia Moholy, whose works were largely stolen during her lifetime. Mary Jo Bang's collection,.
Episode 8: Toi Derricotte, "The Minks"
Carl Phillips joins us this week to take a close look at Toi Derricotte's "The Minks." Together we consider the art of narrative poetry, the movements of a single-stanza poem, and the.
Episode 1: Seamus Heaney, Digging
In this episode, we begin learning about poetry through Seamus Heaney's great poem "Digging." For the text of Heaney's poem, please see: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47555/digging To hear Seamus Heaney reading this poem himself, please.