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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Nov 15, 2017 · 26 min
Tracy K. Smith Reads Matthew Dickman
Tracy K. Smith joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Matthew Dickman’s poem “Minimum Wage," and her own poem “Declaration.”
Oct 18, 2017 · 26 min
Charles Simic Reads Sharon Olds
Charles Simic joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Sharon Olds’ poem “Her Birthday as Ashes in Seawater,” and his own poem “The Infinite.”
Sep 20, 2017 · 28 min
Danielle Chapman Reads Zbigniew Herbert
Danielle Chapman joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Zbigniew Herbert's poem "Mr. Cogito Laments the Pettiness of Dreams," and her own poem "The Tavern Parlor."
Aug 16, 2017 · 32 min
Stephen Mitchell Reads Richard WIlbur
Stephen Mitchell joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Richard Wilbur's poem "Two Voices in a Meadow," and his own translation of "The Death of Argos," from Homer’s Odyssey.
Jul 19, 2017 · 27 min
Erica Jong Reads John Updike
Erica Jong joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss John Updike's poem "The City Outside," and her own poem "Dear Keats."
Jun 21, 2017 · 30 min
Lia Purpura Reads Carl Phillips
Lia Purpura joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Carl Phillip's poem "White Dog," and her own poem "First Leaf."
May 20, 2017 · 34 min
Tom Sleigh Reads Seamus Heaney
Tom Sleigh joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Seamus Heaney’s poem “In the Attic” and his own poem “The Fox.”
Apr 19, 2017 · 43 min
Andrew Motion Reads Alice Oswald
Andrew Motion joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Alice Oswald’s poem “Evening Poem” and his own poem “Waders.”
Mar 15, 2017 · 27 min
Mary Karr Reads Terrance Hayes
Mary Karr joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Terrance Hayes’s poem “Ars Poetica with Bacon” and her own poem “Face Down.”
Feb 15, 2017 · 25 min
Kevin Young Reads John Berryman
Kevin Young joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss John Berryman’s poem “A Sympathy, A Welcome” and his own poem “Oblivion.”
Jan 18, 2017 · 23 min
Brenda Shaughnessy Reads C.D. Wright
Brenda Shaughnessy joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss C.D. Wright's poem, “Like a Prisoner of Soft Words,” and her own poem “I Have a Time Machine.”
Dec 21, 2016 · 26 min
How Do You Fact-Check a Poem?
Parker Henry joins Paul Muldoon to discuss fact checking poetry for The New Yorker.
Nov 16, 2016 · 30 min
Jonathan Galassi Reads Frederick Seidel
Jonathan Galassi joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Frederick Seidel’s “Poem by the Bridge at Ten-Shin,” and his own poem “Lunch Poem for F.S.”
Oct 19, 2016 · 25 min
Amit Majmudar Reads Christopher Reid
Amit Majmudar joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Christopher Reid’s “The Confusions,” and his own poem “Invocation.”
Sep 21, 2016 · 27 min
Eileen Myles Reads James Schuyler
Eileen Myles joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss James Schuyler’s “White Boat, Blue Boat,” and her own poem “Dissolution.”
Aug 17, 2016 · 27 min
Joyce Carol Oates Reads John Updike
Joyce Carol Oates joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss John Updike's “A Lightened Life,” and her own poem “This Is the Season.”
Jul 20, 2016 · 31 min
Billy Collins Reads Eamon Grennan
Billy Collins joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Eamon Grennan’s “Sea Dog,” and his own poem “Table Talk.”
Jun 15, 2016 · 29 min
Jana Prikryl Reads Anne Carson
Jana Prikryl joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Anne Carson’s “Stanzas, Sexes, Seductions,” and her own poem “Thirty Thousand Islands.”
May 18, 2016 · 34 min
Nick Laird Reads Elizabeth Bishop
Nick Laird joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Elizabeth Bishop's “The Moose,” and his own poem “Feel Free.”
Apr 20, 2016 · 23 min
Monica Youn Reads Afaa Michael Weaver
Monica Youn joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Afaa Michael Weaver's "Passing Through Indian Territory," and her own poem “Goldacre.”

The New Yorker: Poetry

Tracy K. Smith Reads Matthew Dickman

Charles Simic Reads Sharon Olds

Danielle Chapman Reads Zbigniew Herbert

Stephen Mitchell Reads Richard WIlbur

Erica Jong Reads John Updike

Lia Purpura Reads Carl Phillips

Tom Sleigh Reads Seamus Heaney

Andrew Motion Reads Alice Oswald

Mary Karr Reads Terrance Hayes

Kevin Young Reads John Berryman

Brenda Shaughnessy Reads C.D. Wright

How Do You Fact-Check a Poem?

Jonathan Galassi Reads Frederick Seidel

Amit Majmudar Reads Christopher Reid

Eileen Myles Reads James Schuyler

Joyce Carol Oates Reads John Updike

Billy Collins Reads Eamon Grennan

Jana Prikryl Reads Anne Carson

Nick Laird Reads Elizabeth Bishop

Monica Youn Reads Afaa Michael Weaver