Poetry is Bread

Episode 9 of “Poetry is Bread” with host Bob Holman and Joy Harjo, an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022. Get more episodes at  Bowery Poetry . Producer Ram Devineni. 

Episode 8 of “Poetry is Bread"with host Bob Holman and Beau Sia —  a Tony Award winning poet and world-renowned performer, featured on all 6 seasons of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry and the winner of two National Poetry Slam championships. Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry . Producer Ram Devineni. 

Episode 7 of “Poetry is Bread” with host Bob Holman and poet and writer Rick Moody discuss his US Presidential poems from Trump, Obama to Nixon. Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry . Producer Ram Devineni. Read the poems at https://www.rattapallax.com/president

Episode 6 of “Poetry is Bread” with host Bob Holman and poets Victor Hernández Cruz and El Habib Louai in Morocco talk about the intersection of cultures, food, art, and languages.  Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry . Producer Ram Devineni.

Host Bob Holman on the "Poetry of Possibility," with Edward Hirsch and Idra Novey -- two poets whose sensibilities encompass both the lyrical and the socially conscious. So much to talk about from Pablo Neruda to Clarice Lispector. The art of translations to the power of duende. Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry . Producer Ram Devineni.

Episode 4 of “Poetry is Bread” with host Bob Holman and poets Naomi Shihab Nye and Mosab Abu Toha on the resilience of poetry during war and conflict in #Gaza. Poetry of everyday life when everyday is like no other day. Download more episodes at Bowery Poetry . Producer Ram Devineni.

Episode 3 with host Bob Holman and poets Andrei Codrescu and Edwin Torres discus their origins from Soviet era Romania to the Nuyorican Poets Cafe to Dadaism. Download more episodes at Bowery Poetry . Producer Ram Devineni.

Episode 2 with host Bob Holman and poet, translator and musician Haleh Liza Gafori about her translation of Rumi, and why he is so popular now? She also talks about the process of translating a beloved poet, and her own Iranian heritage, and the power of music in her life. Download more episodes at Bowery Poetry . Producer Ram Devineni

Our premiere episode with host Bob Holman and poets Jon Sands and José Olivarez. They share their favorite poems and what are "the undisputed" greatest poems ever written? What are your favorite poems? Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry . Producer Ram Devineni.

I’m Bob Holman, and this is the “Poetry Is Bread” podcast, where poetry challenges us, makes us think, and, with imagination and courage, changes the world. Download more episodes at Bowery Poetry . Producer Ram Devineni