The New Yorker: Poetry

The New Yorker

Readings and conversation with The New Yorker's poetry editor, Kevin Young.

Listen in PodNod RSS feed Show website

128 episodes
Updated Wednesday

Episodes128

Newest first

Nov 27, 2024 · 32 min
Rae Armantrout Reads Dorothea Lasky
Rae Armantrout joins Kevin Young to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/21/mother-dorothea-lasky-poem">Mother,</a>” by Dorothea Lasky, and her own poem “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/24/finally">Finally</a>.” Armantrout’s many books include “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Figure-Wesleyan-Poetry-Rae-Armantrout/dp/0819500801">Go Figure</a>,” “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Finalists-Wesleyan-Poetry-Rae-Armantrout/dp/0819580678">Finalists</a>,” “<a href
Oct 23, 2024 · 26 min
Jim Moore Reads Jane Mead
Jim Moore joins Kevin Young to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/20/i-wonder-if-i-will-miss-the-moss">I wonder if I will miss the moss</a>,” by Jane Mead, and his own poem “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/07/29/mother-jim-moore-poem">Mother</a>.” Moore has published eight poetry collections, including, most recently, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Prognosis-Poems-Jim-Moore/dp/1644450704">Prognosis</a>.” He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and
Sep 27, 2024 · 34 min
Amber Tamblyn Reads Didi Jackson
Amber Tamblyn joins Kevin Young to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/09/the-dahlias-didi-jackson-poem">The Dahlias</a>,” by Didi Jackson, and her own poem “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/10/this-living-amber-tamblyn-poem">This Living</a>.” Tamblyn, a writer, director, and actor, is the creator of the newsletter “Listening in the Dark” and the editor of an anthology of the same title.
Jul 24, 2024 · 46 min
Valzhyna Mort Reads Victoria Amelina and Wisława Szymborska
Valzhyna Mort joins Kevin Young to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/14/testimonies-victoria-amelina-poem">Testimonies</a>,” by Victoria Amelina, which Mort translated from the Ukrainian, and “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/04/14/map">Map</a>,” by Wisława Szymborska, which was translated, from the Polish, by Clare Cavanagh. Mort’s collection “Music for the Dead and Resurrected” won the 2021 International Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2022 UNT Rilke Prize.
Jul 3, 2024 · 42 min
Raymond Antrobus Reads John Lee Clark
Raymond Antrobus joins Kevin Young to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/18/a-protactile-version-of-tintern-abbey-john-lee-clark-poem">A Protactile Version of ‘Tintern Abbey,’</a> ” by John Lee Clark, and his own poem “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/23/signs-music-raymond-antrobus-poem">Signs, Music</a>.” Antrobus has received the Rathbones Folio Prize, the Ted Hughes Award from the Poetry Society, the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the L
May 15, 2024 · 41 min
Amy Woolard Reads Charles Wright
Amy Woolard joins Kevin Young to read “Via Negativa,” by Charles Wright, and her own poem “Late Shift.” Woolard, whose debut poetry collection, “Neck of the Woods,” won the 2018 Alice James Award from Alice James Books. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference, she’s also a civil-rights attorney and the chief program officer for the ACLU of Virginia.
Apr 24, 2024 · 9 min
Special Feature: Major Jackson reads Clint Smith on The Slowdown
We have a special episode to share with you today of the daily poetry podcast, “The Slowdown.” “The Slowdown” offers a poem and a moment of reflection in short episodes, each weekday. In this episode, host Major Jackson, reads “Chaos Theory” by Clint Smith. Major writes… “Occasionally, I try to follow the series of decisions that led me to this present, however triumphant or painful. My life wavers between fate and destiny. But then again, poetry brings me to the belief that some mysterious forc
Apr 17, 2024 · 32 min
José Antonio Rodríguez Reads Naomi Shihab Nye
José Antonio Rodríguez joins Kevin Young to read “[World of the future, we thirsted](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/world-of-the-future-we-thirsted),” by Naomi Shihab Nye, and his own poem “[Tender](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/22/tender).” Rodríguez is a poet, memoirist, and translator whose honors include a Bob Bush Memorial Award from the Texas Institute of Letters and a Discovery Award from the Writers’ League of Texas. He teaches in the M.F.A. program at the
Mar 20, 2024 · 47 min
Ada Limón Reads Carrie Fountain
Ada Limón joins Kevin Young to read “You Belong to The World,” by Carrie Fountain, and her own poem “Hell or High Water.” Limón is the current United States Poet Laureate and the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. She’s the author of six books—including “The Carrying,” which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry—and the editor of the forthcoming anthology “You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World.
Feb 21, 2024 · 45 min
Donika Kelly Reads Mary Oliver
Donika Kelly joins Kevin Young to read “One Hundred White-Sided Dolphins on a Summer Day,” by Mary Oliver, and her own poem “Sixteen Center.”
Jan 25, 2024 · 44 min
Richie Hofmann Reads Henri Cole
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Twilight,” by Henri Cole, and his own poem “French Novel.”
Nov 22, 2023 · 46 min
Bianca Stone Reads Franz Wright
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Learning to Read,” by Franz Wright, and her own poem “What’s Poetry Like?”
Oct 18, 2023 · 42 min
Evie Shockley Reads Rita Dove
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Hattie McDaniel Arrives at the Coconut Grove,” by Rita Dove, and her own poem “the blessings.”
Sep 20, 2023 · 39 min
Dorothea Lasky Reads Louise Bogan
Dorothea Lasky Reads Louise Bogan
Aug 16, 2023 · 40 min
Diane Mehta Reads Eavan Boland
Diane Mehta Reads Eavan Boland
Jul 26, 2023 · 43 min
Adrienne Su Reads Maxine Kumin
Adrienne Su Reads Maxine Kumin
Jun 21, 2023 · 41 min
David Baker Reads Stanley Plumly
David Baker Reads Stanley Plumly
May 17, 2023 · 32 min
Kate Baer Reads Ellen Bass
Kate Baer joins Kevin Young to read “The Morning After,” by Ellen Bass, and her own poem “Mixup.” Baer is the New York Times bestselling author of three poetry collections, including, most recently “And Yet.”
Apr 19, 2023 · 47 min
Tributaries: A Conversation with Robin Coste Lewis
Tributaries: A Conversation with Robin Coste Lewis
Sep 30, 2022 · 39 min
Sandra Cisneros Reads José Antonio Rodríguez
Sandra Cisneros Reads José Antonio Rodríguez

The New Yorker: Poetry

Rae Armantrout Reads Dorothea Lasky

Jim Moore Reads Jane Mead

Amber Tamblyn Reads Didi Jackson

Valzhyna Mort Reads Victoria Amelina and Wisława Szymborska

Raymond Antrobus Reads John Lee Clark

Amy Woolard Reads Charles Wright

Special Feature: Major Jackson reads Clint Smith on The Slowdown

José Antonio Rodríguez Reads Naomi Shihab Nye

Ada Limón Reads Carrie Fountain

Donika Kelly Reads Mary Oliver

Richie Hofmann Reads Henri Cole

Bianca Stone Reads Franz Wright

Evie Shockley Reads Rita Dove

Dorothea Lasky Reads Louise Bogan

Diane Mehta Reads Eavan Boland

Adrienne Su Reads Maxine Kumin

David Baker Reads Stanley Plumly

Kate Baer Reads Ellen Bass

Tributaries: A Conversation with Robin Coste Lewis

Sandra Cisneros Reads José Antonio Rodríguez