Poetry Off the Shelf
Summary: Producer Helena de Groot explores the diverse world of contemporary poetry with readings by poets, interviews with critics, and short poetry documentaries. Nothing is off limits, and nobody is taken too seriously.
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Podcasts:
Biographer Jonathan Blunk on the life and longing of James Wright.
Layli Long Soldier on the sacred and the useful.
Jericho Brown wants to make rebellious art.
Brenda Shaughnessy stares her fears in the face.
Bruce Beasley on his writing process, and on how fathers might be like warm ice cubes.
Timothy Liu remembers the life and work of his friend Linda Gregg, plus readings by Marie Ponsot and W.S. Merwin.
Matthew Zapruder on dreams, silence, and smoking with Brodsky.
Ada Limón is done with hiding in poems.
Fanny Howe gives away the secret to being cavalier and brave.
Ross Gay finds joy in life that outlives us.
Toi Derricotte on feeling part of something bigger.
Sally Wen Mao reanimates the past.
Two teachers on life through children's eyes.
The healthcare industry through the eyes of two doctor-poets.
Forrest Gander talks about love, loss, and the remarkable properties of lichen.