The American Poetry Review

Join us for a special edition mini-episode celebrating the appointment of Ada Limón as the new Poet Laureate of the United States. APR Editor Elizabeth Scanlon offers up an exclusive recording of Ada's reading at the APR 50th anniversary celebration that took place in Philadelphia earlier this year.  The American Poetry Review is a  RADIOKISMET  podcast. For more:  ap...

Join us as hosts Elizabeth Scanlon and Steven Kleinman talk with Natalie Shapero.  Shapero is the author, most recently, of the poetry collection POPULAR LONGING. Her previous collections are HARD CHILD, shortlisted for the International Griffin Poetry Prize, and NO OBJECT, winner of the Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award. Natalie’s writing has appeared in  The Nation ,&nb...

Join us as hosts Elizabeth Scanlon, Steven Kleinman and Thalia Geiger take a deep dive on couplet craft, weird animals, and the pre-elegaic. Plus poets’ readings of: Megan Fernandes’ “Love Poem” Gabrielle Bates’ “Salmon” The American Poetry Review is a  RADIOKISMET  podcast. For more:  aprweb.org  

Join us as hosts Elizabeth Scanlon, Steven Kleinman and Thalia Geiger take a deep dive on the May/June issues highlights, including:  — Shamar Hill’s The Walls Became the World All Around (read by the author) — Alison C. Rollins’ springtime again (read by the author) — and Jack Gilbert interviewed by Forrest Gander The American Poetry Review is a  RADIO...

Upon the release of Dearly, her new collection of poems, Margaret Atwood talks with APR’s Elizabeth Scanlon. The American Poetry Review is a  RADIOKISMET  podcast. For more:  aprweb.org

Join us this week on the APR podcast, as we talk with Nicole Sealey, poet and creator of The Sealey Challenge. We also discuss books we’ve been returning to lately, including: - Sarah Blake's Let's Not Live on Earth - Hanif Abdurraqib's A Fortune for Your Disaster - Sharon Olds’ The Father: Poems - Amaud Johnson’s Imperial Liquor … and more. All of which, by the way, are available via APR’s new Bo...

Join us as hosts Elizabeth Scanlon, Steven Kleinman and Thalia Geiger engage in one of the liveliest discussions of current poetry you’ll find on the web. Today on the show, we talk about first books from favorite poets, and how they’re both magic and revealing. Then, we chat with Chessy Normile, winner of the 2020 APR/Honickman First Book Prize. Her first book of poems, Great Exodus, Great Wall,...

Join us as hosts Elizabeth Scanlon, Steven Kleinman and Thalia Geiger engage in one of the liveliest discussions of current poetry you’ll find on the web. Today on the show, we hear from Alex Dimitrov, who reads from his fantastic poem, “Love,” while Philip Metres’ “Mixtape for My Twenties” provides a jumping-off point for a group discussion that includes Eileen Myles, C.K. Williams, and more. Lat...

Join us as hosts Elizabeth Scanlon, Steven Kleinman and Thalia Geiger talk about mentorship in poetry. Also, Steven chats with David Baker, editor of The Kenyon Review , about  Stanley Plumly . Plus, Maggie Queeney reads her poem, “Glamour.” The American Poetry Review is a RADIOKISMET podcast.  

Join us as hosts Elizabeth Scanlon, Steven Kleinman and Thalia Geiger welcome poet Dorothea Lasky. Lasky is the author of the new essay collection Animal, and one half of the Twitter sensation AstroPoets . Also, we talk about audiobooks. The American Poetry Review is a RADIOKISMET podcast. For more:  aprweb.org

Our debut episode! Join us as hosts Elizabeth Scanlon, Steven Kleinman and Thalia Geiger welcome poet Devon Walker-Figueroa . Also discussed: - The National Book Award nominations for poetry - Wave Books' ten-year anniversary of Maggie Nelson's landmark Bluets The American Poetry Review is a RADIOKISMET podcast. For more:  aprweb.org