Poetry Off the Shelf

E.J. Koh on distance, broken English, and writing poems that forgive. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Camille Dungy on her garden, writing from the provinces, and the poetry of Anne Spencer.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dorothea Lasky on The Shining , writing what you fear, and the ferocity of color. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Merlin Sheldrake on fungi, creativity, and the queerness of nature. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Elisa Gonzalez on bisexuality, humor, and working in finance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Joyelle McSweeney on sound, style icons, and the Ovidian landscape of her ear canal. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sara Henning on radical truth, obsessive forms, and letting go of grief.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Philip Metres on middle age, writer's block, and praying for the people of Palestine. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

April Gibson on chronic illness, religion, and being a teenage mother. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Declan Ryan on his father's construction job, tenderness between boxers, and the inevitable tragic end. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Monica Rico on cooking, grunt work, and the heat at General Motors. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nam Le on commerce, irony vs. sincerity, and being in the Arctic.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Gregory Pardlo on improv, therapy, and driving around with his father’s ashes. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Caitlin Cowan on rejection, tradwives, and poems from our better self. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Blake Butler on complex mourning, the suicide of his wife Molly Brodak, and finding his way back. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Remembering the lesbian poet and activist Minnie Bruce Pratt, as well as the Palestinian poet and symbol of the resistance, Refaat Alareer. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Steve Zeitlin and Bob Holman on the healing act of writing, small frogs, and politics at the fiddle festival. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Laura Mullen on academia, death threats, and doing the next brave thing. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Daniel Brock Johnson on risk, a T-shirt mantra, and life after the death of his friend James Foley. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sebastian Merrill on the voice of his former self, the underworld, and laughing during yoga. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

 Sahar Muradi on cyclical time, leather butterflies, and saying goodbye to her father. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sean Cole on loneliness, fear of aging, and what poems can do. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Eric Sneathen on queer utopia, bad writing, and San Francisco in the ’70s. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Irène Mathieu on pediatrics, suburbs without a TV, and our body's unknown terrain. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Natalie Shapero on Wheel of Fortune , babysitting for her landlord, and pretending not to grieve. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.