Poetry Foundation
Poem Talk
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.
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Sep 23, 2024
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Episodes
This Unwitting Monument: A discussion of two poems from Sarah Dowling’s book Entering Sappho 17.06.2021 53:33
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Larissa Lai, Maxe Crandall, and Julia Bloch. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Biologically Speaking: A discussion of “Love Is Not All” and “I Shall Forget You Presently” by Edna St. Vincent Millay 14.05.2021 50:56
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jane Malcolm, Sophia DuRose, and Lisa New.
Adore Adore: A discussion of “Dada Lama” and “A Small Song That Is His” by bpNichol 22.04.2021 52:21
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Derek Beaulieu, Tracie Morris, and Douglas Kearney. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
With a Little String & a Sharp Stone: A discussion of “Suicide” by Bob Kaufman 10.03.2021 53:15
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Christopher Stackhouse, Maria Damon, and Devorah Major. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
A Way to Haunt Me: A discussion of “It All over My Face?” by Kevin Killian 17.02.2021 57:45
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, Trisha Low, and Eric Sneathen.
A Way to Haunt Me: A discussion of “It All over My Face?” by Kevin Killian 17.02.2021 57:45
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, Trisha Low, and Eric Sneathen.
Damned Fruitflies: A discussion of “With Shelter Gone” by Steve Dalachinsky 25.01.2021 56:08
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jake Marmer, Bonny Finberg, Julien Poirier. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Promise To Go On: A discussion of “The Similitude of This Great Flower” by Elizabeth Willis 25.11.2020 42:00
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Angela Carr, and Kate Colby. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Rousing Earth to Excel: A discussion of “Arriving” by Daphne Marlatt 23.10.2020 55:42
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Fred Wah, Meredith Quartermain, and Daphne Marlatt. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Word for Word: A discussion of “The Poem That Took the Place of a Mountain” by Wallace Stevens. 25.09.2020 50:30
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tyrone Williams, Mónica de la Torre, Kate Colby, and Aldon Nielsen. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
That’s Right: A discussion of Eileen Myles’s “Writing” and “Mount St. Helens” 26.08.2020 52:38
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephen Metcalf, June Thomas, and Jess Shollenberger. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Ominous Pre-tingling: A discussion of “MJ Fan Letter” and “RSVP” by Terrance Hayes 24.07.2020 52:56
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Dixon Li, and Jo Park.
Find Me the Rage: A discussion of “Negus” by Kamau Brathwaite 24.06.2020 48:00
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jacob Edmond, Amber Rose Johnson, and Huda Fakhreddine.
A Word For Me: A discussion of “Should You Find Me” by Erica Hunt 27.05.2020 49:45
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tyrone Williams, William J. Harris, Aldon Nielsen, and Erica Hunt. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Begin to Awaken: A discussion of “By the road to the contagious hospital” by William Carlos Williams 24.04.2020 49:18
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Imaad Majeed, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Irene Torra Mohedano.
The Gaps I Mean: A discussion of “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost 27.03.2020 54:30
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Anna Strong Safford, Stephen Metcalf, and Ahmad Almallah.
Knots of a Woman: A discussion of A Swarm of Bees in High Court by Tonya Foster 20.02.2020 56:42
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephanie Burt, Bonnie Costello, and Anna Strong Safford. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Mammal Patriot: A discussion of Ghost Tantras by Michael McClure 22.01.2020 49:15
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Selena Dyer, and Jonathan Dick. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Beside the Mind: A discussion of Clairvoyant Journal by Hannah Weiner 20.12.2019 48:32
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Davy Knittle, Charles Bernstein, and Kate Colby. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
These Squiggles: A discussion of “As if the Trees by Their Very Roots Had Hold of Us” by Charles Bernstein 22.11.2019 44:50
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tracie Morris, Marjorie Perloff, and Danny Snelson. (With a cameo appearance by Charles Bernstein himself at the end.) Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
September 1941: A discussion of “Memory Tree” by Rosmarie Waldrop 28.10.2019 47:30
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Laynie Browne, Mónica de la Torre, Kate Colby, and Rosmarie Waldrop. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
The Republic of Space: A discussion of “The Blue Stairs” by Barbara Guest 27.09.2019 47:11
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, and Kristin Prevallet. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Worker’s Tanka: A discussion of six tankas (2 each) by three worker poets, Christine Yvette Lewis, Lorraine Garnett and Davidson Garrett 27.08.2019 48:02
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Husnaa Hashim, Meg Pendoley, and Mark Nowak. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Written in Water: A discussion of Bluets by Maggie Nelson 19.07.2019 47:37
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jennifer Firestone, Adrienne Raphel, and Julia Bloch.
Laying Poems Away: A discussion of “The Ambition Bird” by Anne Sexton 21.06.2019 47:24
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ellen Berman, Anthony Rostain, and Ahmad Almallah.
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