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:
A bar fight in the East Village settles it.
The late A.R. Ammons and the immutable laws of nature, featuring a recording from the 92nd St. Y.
Listening to Grace Paley read her poems.
Linh Dinh catalogues the myriad grades of Vietnamese chuckles.
Lilly Prize winner Gary Snyder reads; Christian Wiman and Eavan Boland rave.
Talking to Philip Schultz, the other Pulitzer winner.
Chase Twichell on why poetry has to evolve.
Kay Ryan asks, "Who would be a turtle?"
From the Fishouse captures poets in their natural environments.
Listening to the work of Alicia Ostriker.
Hear Yusef Komunyakaa read and reflect on the history of war, from the Roman era to Vietnam.
Listening to the Zen poetry of an American master.
Listen to Mary Jo Bang read from and discuss her award-winning Elegy.
Rigoberto González on Juan Felipe Herrera.
What is documentary poetry?
