Grace Cavalieri

The Poet and The Poem

Arts EN ↓ 281 episodes

Refresh your life with THE POET AND THE POEM. Hear America’s most beloved poets in reading and conversation. Award winning poet/host Grace Cavalieri presents poets reading their work and talking about their art. After 41 years consecutive on public radio, cited by The Encyclopedia of Broadcasting for longevity, THE POET AND THE POEM has made history for one reason: It’s powerful. Voted top in the nation for ENTERTAINMENT IN MEDIA by The National Commission On Working Women, ALL NEW 30-minute shows are now available. (Made possible by donors McNeil and Shashaani.)

Author

Grace Cavalieri

Category

Arts

Podcast website

www.gracecavalieri.com

Latest episode

Jun 23, 2026

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Episodes

James Hall 08.07.2024

James Hall is author of ROMANTIC COMEDY. This ruthlessly beautiful funny book of poems won the FourWay Book Prize judged by Diane Seuss.

Cynthia Manion interviews Grace Cavalieri 08.07.2024

Grace Cavalieri's Legacy in Radio, Television and Literature interviewed by CYNTHIA MANION.

Dr. Nishi Chawla 21.06.2024

Dr. Nishi Chawla is a poet, playwright, and filmmaker, transported from teaching English at Delhi University for 20 years, to teaching English in USA for 20 more.

Patrick Bringley 14.06.2024

Patrick Bringley is the 18th recipient of the NATIONAL MARFIELD BOOK PRIZE for Writing in The Arts. "All The Beauty In The World" is life as a guard in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Jean Nordhaus 19.05.2024

Jean Nordhaus premieres "The Music of Being" illustrating grief; as well as the many facets language. She holds advanced degrees in Philosophy and German Literature. Jean is also dance critic and essayist.

Remica Bingham-Risher 15.05.2024

Remica Bingham-Risher writes a monumental book of poems, "Room Swept Home," chronicling her African American family history from the 19th century to the present day -- and  her own world of poetry.

Wayne Karlin & Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai 13.05.2024

A VietNam Marine Veteran and a VietNam survivor, both writers, read and discuss the impact of that war.

David Lehman 13.05.2024

David Lehman is a poet and literary critic, known for his curation of American culture, and for creating "The Best American Poetry" anthologies.

Ryler Dustin 28.04.2024

Ryler Dustin is the Univ/Pittsburgh winner for "Trailer Park Psalms." It is a must-hear book and an American favorite. Dustin lives in the Pacific Northwest, the locus for his poetry.

Quique Aviles 21.04.2024

Quique Aviles is a political activist, poet, performer, and theater producer, originally from San Salvadore, now in Washington, D.C. 

Joseph Fasano 21.04.2024

Joseph Fasano is a New York poet, and fast becoming one of America's favorites. Don't miss this show.

Cathy Hailey 30.03.2024

Cathy Hailey, Virginia poet, educator, debuts her new book,"I'd Rather Be A hyacinth."

Majda Gama 27.03.2024

Majda Gama is the author of  award winning "The Call of Paradise." Born in Beirut, and having lived in Arabia, Egypt, and England, she now lives and writes in Virginia.

Nancy Arbuthnot 27.03.2024

Nancy Arbuthnot is a poet and Professor Emerita at the U.S.Naval Academy, following the blue and gold tradition, having been a 'Navy Child.' Her book about this is "Blue Rhapsodies."

Fahima Ife 20.03.2024

Fahima Ife is a language poet who brings the black diaspora into her work from Africa to the Caribbean.

Diane Wilbon Parks 20.02.2024

AF veteran, engineer, visual artist, poet reads from her new book of poems.

Kwame Alexander 11.02.2024

Poet, producer, educator, NYT Award winning author, his book "Crossover" became a film on Disney Plus.

Abdul Ali 07.02.2024

A poet and a cultural worker, Ali teaches Creative Writing at Morgan State Univ and is author of the award-winning book of poems, "Trouble Sleeping."

Joan K. Selby 03.02.2024

"Love Warp" is Joan Selby's debut collection in elder years after a lifetime of poetry.

Susana Case 01.02.2024

New York poet writes a sassy classy stunning poetry book about love, "If This Isnt Love."

Eduardo C. Corral and Carmen Calatayud 19.01.2024

Two Latin poets who change the world with magnificence, the children of immigrants bring poetry up a notch.

Laura Shovan 16.01.2024

Laura Shovan author of Monsterville, poems for children.

Edgar Kunz 11.12.2023

Edgar Kunz is the author of two poetry collections: Fixer , published by Ecco in 2023 and named a New York Times Editors' Choice book, and Tap Out , published by Ecco in 2019. He has been a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, a MacDowell Fellow, and a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Recent poems appear in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Poetry, APR, and Oxford American. He lives i...

Greg McBride 23.11.2023

Publisher of Innisfree poetry journal premieres his book, "Guest of Time; A Memoir in Poems."

Truth Thomas 11.11.2023

Singer, songwriter, photographer, poet shares his new work.

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