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:
Li-Young Lee on the difficulties of love and childhood: "This whole poem makes me nervous!"
Quraysh Ali Lansana channels the voice of Harriet Tubman.
Burning at a hundred and three with Sylvia Plath.
Eavan Boland on Poetry Day.
Cathy Park Hong samples from her new book.
The 2007 National Book Award winner reads three poems.
Two poems by D.A. Powell.
Anne Stevenson on Welsh prosody, Elizabeth Bishop, and winning the Neglected Masters Award.
Terrance Hayes explores relationships between men.
Troy Jollimore talks about Robert Lowell's "Skunk Hour."
Our greatest American poet collected the wisdom of chicken farmers.
Ron Padgett and Andrei Codrescu recount a faked assassination attempt on Kenneth Koch at St. Mark's Church.
Dean Young talks about writing toward the invisible reader.
Two poems (and some commentary) by Edward Hirsch.
Nick Flynn gets confrontational.
