Poetry Off the Shelf
Poetry
Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.
Location:
United States
Description:
Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.
Language:
English
Website:
http://poetryfoundation.org/
Episodes
Let the Record Hide
5/16/2023
Paisley Rekdal on maps, Sisyphus, and the dangers of beauty.
Duration:01:03:32
As Best I Could
5/2/2023
Aaron Smith on shame, telling the truth, and his mother's last lipstick.
Duration:01:01:44
A Human Joy
4/18/2023
Rebecca Gayle Howell and Ashley M. Jones on working-class poems, good food, and their fathers’ bodies.
Duration:00:48:21
Center Stage
4/4/2023
Jennifer Jean on foster care, finding her voice, and loving her father as he was.
Duration:00:45:36
Mom, I Love You
3/21/2023
Mahogany L. Browne on her first kiss, family secrets, and having your book banned.
Duration:01:00:24
My Alleged Accident
3/10/2023
Janine Joseph on memory loss, car sounds, and a mirror that loves you.
Duration:01:06:48
The Book of Possibilities
2/21/2023
Peter Cole on his brother's death, finding his vocation, and the erotic pull of letters.
Duration:00:57:31
New Parents
2/8/2023
Raymond Antrobus on late-night BBC poetry dubs, real people, and becoming a father.
Duration:01:10:12
Intimate Distance
1/24/2023
Gabrielle Bates on betrayal, home church, and living in her mother's slaughterhouse.
Duration:00:46:49
Sonic Trust Fund
1/10/2023
Marisa Tirado on Selena, cow skulls, and the memory of adobe brick.
Duration:01:05:18
Sonic Trust Fund
1/10/2023
Marisa Tirado on Selena, cow skulls, and the memory of adobe brick.
Duration:01:06:04
Poets We Lost in 2022
12/27/2022
Remembering Richard Howard as a poet, mentor, and friend, plus a few words on money by Bernadette Mayer.
Duration:00:52:03
Attica, Again
12/13/2022
Celes Tisdale on similarities, teaching after the uprising, and his mother's favorite poet.
Duration:00:40:49
Hiding Between the Loaves
11/29/2022
Belarussian poets Valzhyna Mort and Julia Cimafiejeva on magic, transformation, and what's hidden underneath the forest floor.
Duration:01:02:15
Please Poem
11/15/2022
JoAnna Novak on islands, a plush placenta, and a gift from the suicide hotline.
Duration:00:45:43
Give Me a Sign
11/1/2022
Alexandra Lytton Regalado on fate, snake mirrors, and the daily work of letting go.
Duration:01:01:26
As I Am
10/4/2022
Ama Codjoe on normal naked bodies, solving problems, and her childfree life.
Duration:00:55:32
The Land Is the Center
9/20/2022
Noʻu Revilla on ancestral history in newspapers, ocean consciousness, and how to be a guest.
Duration:00:49:43
Remember Every Ginseng Seed
9/6/2022
Chelsea Harlan on knowledge, creaturehood, and the quest for her mother’s secret sadness.
Duration:00:59:23
Before We Return to Dust
8/23/2022
André Naffis-Sahely on desert sand, rootlessness, and the long shadow of fascism.
Duration:00:48:58