The New Yorker: Poetry

The New Yorker

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

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128 episodes
Updated Wednesday

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Oct 31, 2019 · 40 min
Vijay Seshadri Reads Sylvia Plath
Vijay Seshadri Reads Sylvia Plath
Sep 19, 2019 · 36 min
Eliza Griswold discusses "First Person"
Eliza Griswold discusses "First Person"
Aug 28, 2019 · 33 min
Ariel Francisco Reads James Wright
Ariel Francisco Reads James Wright
Jul 17, 2019 · 39 min
Campbell McGrath Reads Czeslaw Milosz
Campbell McGrath Reads Czeslaw Milosz
Jun 19, 2019 · 41 min
Natasha Trethewey Reads Charles Wright
Natasha Trethewey Reads Charles Wright
May 22, 2019 · 35 min
Safiya Sinclair Reads Natalie Diaz
Safiya Sinclair joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Natalie Diaz's poem "From the Desire Field" and her own poem "Gospel of the Misunderstood." Sinclair is the author of the poetry collection "Cannibal" and the forthcoming memoir "How to Say Babylon."
Apr 17, 2019 · 32 min
Rachel Eliza Griffiths Reads W.S. Merwin
Rachel Eliza Griffiths joins Kevin Young to discuss "Rain Light" by W.S. Merwin, and her own poem "Heart of Darkness." Griffiths is a poet and artist who has received fellowships from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Cave Canem Foundation, and Yaddo, among others. Her latest book is "Lighting the Shadow."
Mar 20, 2019 · 35 min
Peter Balakian Reads Theodore Roethke
Peter Balakian joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Theodore Roethke's poem "In a Dark Time" and his own poem "Eggplant." Balakian's latest book is "Ozone Journal," which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Feb 20, 2019 · 32 min
Craig Morgan Teicher Reads Forrest Gander
Craig Morgan Teicher Reads Forrest Gander
Nov 30, 2018 · 27 min
Deborah Landau Reads Anne Sexton
Deborah Landau Reads Anne Sexton
Oct 17, 2018 · 31 min
Kaveh Akbar Reads Ellen Bryant Voigt
Kaveh Akbar Reads Ellen Bryant Voigt
Sep 19, 2018 · 36 min
Nick Flynn Reads Zoë Hitzig
Nick Flynn Reads Zoë Hitzig
Aug 21, 2018 · 31 min
Catherine Barnett Reads Wislawa Szymborska
Catherine Barnett Reads Wislawa Szymborska
Jul 27, 2018 · 30 min
Nicole Sealey Reads Ellen Bass
Nicole Sealey joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Ellen Bass' poem "Indigo" and her own poem “A Violence." Sealey is the executive director at the Cave Canem Foundation and the author of the poetry collection "Ordinary Beast."
Jun 20, 2018 · 32 min
Tiana Clark Reads Natasha Trethewey
Tiana Clark Reads Natasha Trethewey
May 23, 2018 · 32 min
Ada Limón and Natalie Diaz Discuss “Envelopes of Air”
Ada Limón and Natalie Diaz join Kevin Young to discuss their collaborative poetry project, “Envelopes of Air,” a series of eight poems written in correspondence between the two poets, currently featured on newyorker.com.
Mar 21, 2018 · 41 min
Marie Howe Reads Lucie Brock-Broido
Marie Howe joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Lucie Brock-Broido's poem "The American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act" and her own poem "The Star Market."
Feb 21, 2018 · 26 min
Meena Alexander Reads Gerald Stern
Meena Alexander joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Gerald Stern’s poem “Adonis," and her own poem “Kochi by the Sea.”
Jan 17, 2018 · 29 min
Terrance Hayes reads Matthew Dickman
Terrance Hayes joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Matthew Dickman's poem "Fire" and his own poem “New York Poem."
Dec 20, 2017 · 32 min
David Lehman Reads John Ashbery
David Lehman joins Kevin Young to read and discuss John Ashbery's Poem "Worsening Situation," and his own poem "Stages on Life's Way."

The New Yorker: Poetry

Vijay Seshadri Reads Sylvia Plath

Eliza Griswold discusses "First Person"

Ariel Francisco Reads James Wright

Campbell McGrath Reads Czeslaw Milosz

Natasha Trethewey Reads Charles Wright

Safiya Sinclair Reads Natalie Diaz

Rachel Eliza Griffiths Reads W.S. Merwin

Peter Balakian Reads Theodore Roethke

Craig Morgan Teicher Reads Forrest Gander

Deborah Landau Reads Anne Sexton

Kaveh Akbar Reads Ellen Bryant Voigt

Nick Flynn Reads Zoë Hitzig

Catherine Barnett Reads Wislawa Szymborska

Nicole Sealey Reads Ellen Bass

Tiana Clark Reads Natasha Trethewey

Ada Limón and Natalie Diaz Discuss “Envelopes of Air”

Marie Howe Reads Lucie Brock-Broido

Meena Alexander Reads Gerald Stern

Terrance Hayes reads Matthew Dickman

David Lehman Reads John Ashbery