PoetryNow
Summary: PoetryNow is a weekly four-minute radio series featuring some of today’s most accomplished and innovative poets who offer an acoustically rich and reflective look into a single poem.
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Podcasts:
Ryo Yamaguchi considers how future generations may characterize our present moment in time. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Daniel Poppick thinks about fear and recalls a woman from Queens who was disfigured in an acid attack in 2015. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Alan Felsenthal lists and blesses aspects of his life, large and small, for which he is grateful. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Gillian Conoley discusses the devastation wrought by the October 2017 Northern California wildfires, the most destructive in the state’s history. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
After an artist residency at Chicago’s International Museum of Surgical Science, Carrie Olivia Adams celebrates the lives of pioneering women in medicine during the nineteenth century. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Kenyatta Rogers distracts himself with writing during an uncomfortable flight from Los Angeles to Chicago. Produced by Sarah Geis.
Elaine Kahn meditates on care, loss, and the uncertainty of the future. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Noel Black imagines singing karaoke on a yacht to the music of Michael McDonald. Produced by Sarah Geis.
Mary Cisper mediates on loss and grief after the death of her former husband. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
John Lennox summons the presence of a friend who died suddenly and at a young age. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Anjuli Raza Kolb describes how her grandfather rewrote verses of the Qur’an using only the @ sign on his typewriter. Produced by Sarah Geis.
Nick Twemlow navigates the often bizarre and alienating world of the modern office. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Feliz Lucia Molina remembers her life as a child while growing up in the San Fernando Valley. Produced by Sarah Geis.
Roberto Harrison imagines a time when death itself will be artificial. Produced by Sarah Geis.
Prageeta Sharma reflects on the last night of intimacy with her terminally ill partner. Produced by Katie Klocksin.