Poetry Off the Shelf show

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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  • Artist: Poetry Foundation
  • Copyright: ℗ & © 2020 Poetry Foundation

Podcasts:

 The Next Poet Laureate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The poetry and activism of Juan Felipe Herrera

 Poetry for Young People | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Talking with the new Young People's Poet Laureate, Jacqueline Woodson

 Walking and Writing for Peace | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A conflicted poem about a war protest.

 2015 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Winner: Alice Notley | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The poet reads and discusses her work.

 100 Years of Spoon River Anthology | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

An in-depth look at the characters and legacies of this best-selling collection.

 “A Code with No Message” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Poet Laureate Charles Wright on writing and reading poems.

 Mom and Dad in Memoriam | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Contemporary poems about parents, including Ireland’s new favorite poem

 The Snowed-in Life | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What does snow have to do with race?

 Amiri Baraka is Back in the Building | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

His poetry and legacy one year after his death

 Calling All Love Poems | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A new way to say “I love you”

 Two Poets in Their Youth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Rediscovering Rachel Sherwood

 Pleasure and Death | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

In his famous poem, Wallace Stevens serves up ice cream at a funeral

 The Seeker | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Commemorating the life and poetry of William Stafford

 “No Forms but Twisted Forms” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The lyric gift of Louise Glück

 “The End” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Remembering Mark Strand

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