Episode 54: Carl Phillips, To Autumn
In this episode, we talk with David Baker about “To Autumn” by Carl Phillips, exploring the way Phillips masterfully achieves a sense of intimacy and restlessness in a lyric ode that tosses.
Episode 53: Carter Revard, What the Eagle Fan Says
In this episode, we focus on the life and work of Carter Revard, an Osage poet whose medieval scholarship informs the structure of “What the Eagle Fan Says.” Jessica Rosenfeld, a professor.
Episode 47: Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
In this episode, Christopher Hanlon joins us to discuss an excerpt from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. We discuss the poem’s prophetic voice, its patterns of repetition, the connective tissue that binds.
Episode 43: Margaret Noodin, What the Peepers Say
In this episode, Margaret Noodin joins us to discuss her poem “What the Peepers Say.” In our conversation, we talk about Margaret’s writing in both Anishinaabemowin and English, her attention to sounds.
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 30: John Keats, To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the.
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.