Poem Talk
Poetry Foundation
Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Tracie Morris, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, Charles Bernstein, Sawako Nakayasu, Simone White, and others.
- 20 episodes
- Avg 55 min
- English
- #187Sep 23, 2024 · 47 min
- #185May 22, 2023 · 51 min
The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”
- #184Apr 17, 2023 · 55 min
Present Plans Succeed: A discussion of Dodie Bellamy’s “Vomit Journal”
- #183Mar 17, 2023 · 51 min
Woot of the Century: A discussion of “Welter” and “Static” by Douglas Kearney
- #182Feb 24, 2023 · 46 min
Rhetorical Happenings: A discussion of Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light.”
- #184Jan 11, 2023 · 55 min
Nothing Made of Ink: A discussion of seven poems by Lisa Fishman
- #179Nov 25, 2022 · 53 min
Downgraded to Scribble: A discussion of four poems from Dead Winter by Matvei Yankelevich
- #178Oct 31, 2022 · 56 min
Paw Mouthings: A discussion of Maggie O’Sullivan’s “Hill Figures” and “To Our Own Day”
- #177Sep 28, 2022 · 58 min
Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery
- #176Aug 26, 2022 · 1 hr 3 min
Composition of Life, as Life: A discussion of Joan Retallack’s The Poethical Wager (a several-page excerpt)
- #174Jun 15, 2022 · 1 hr 2 min
When a Name Falls from a Face: A discussion of a selection from Divya Victor’s book Curb
- #172Apr 22, 2022 · 58 min
Teach Us Love: A discussion of “Language” and “The Anatomy of Monotony” by Eugene Ostachevsky
- #171Mar 14, 2022 · 55 min
Better To Lose & Win: A discussion of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters
- #170Feb 11, 2022 · 53 min
Far in Toward the Far End: A discussion of George Quasha’s “preverbs.”
- #169Jan 14, 2022 · 55 min
Hot and Cold: A discussion of Jayne Cortez’s “She Got He Got”
- #168Dec 22, 2021 · 55 min
Must It Ring True: A discussion of Myung Mi Kim’s “And Sing We”