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:
Two poets who are applying new uses of language to approach social issues
Yezzi looks into Geoffrey Hill's poetry upon Hill's death
Gay Pride in the shadow of the Orlando nightclub shooting
The poignancy of Father's Day, for those who have lost their fathers
Making money from poetry, and opting to be forgotten
Audre Lorde then and now
Recent approaches to poetry, from the perspective of mothers
Old and new poems about unnamed lovers
The skeptical, clear-eyed poetry of Alan Dugan
Poems to mark a new, fragile season
The legacy of Plath's posthumous classic
Danez Smith and Brian Russell examine how we label acts of violence, and the power of poetry to connect the political with the deeply personal.
All about flarf.
On two recent, complicated love poems
Lola Ridge's poetry of social protest
