Poem Talk

Sep 23 2024 99 ep. 49 mins 5.6k
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Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Tracie Morris, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, Charles Bernstein, Sawako Nakayasu, Simone White, and others.

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Passion Shields Its Servants: A discussion of “Souvenir of the Manassah Ball” by Lorenzo Thomas

Sep 23 2024 47 mins  
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tonya Foster, Erica Hunt, and Bob Perelman.

Don’t Refuse to Breathe: A discussion of Frank O’Hara: “Song (Is it dirty)” & “Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed)”

Jun 27 2023 52 mins  
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Robert von Hallberg, Charles Altieri, and Marjorie Perloff.

The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”

May 21 2023 51 mins  
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Brooke O’Harra, Michelle Taransky, and Chris Funkhouser.

Present Plans Succeed: A discussion of Dodie Bellamy’s “Vomit Journal”

Apr 16 2023 55 mins  
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Chantine Akiyama Poh, Henry Steinberg, and Murat Nemet-Nejat.

Woot of the Century: A discussion of “Welter” and “Static” by Douglas Kearney

Mar 16 2023 51 mins  
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Divya Victor, Whitney Trettien, and Dagmawi Woubshet.

Rhetorical Happenings: A discussion of Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light.”

Feb 23 2023 46 mins  
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Bethany Swann, Jonathan Dick, and Kate Colby.

Nothing Made of Ink: A discussion of seven poems by Lisa Fishman

Jan 10 2023 55 mins  
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lisa Fishman, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Laynie Browne.

Untranslatable: A discussion of Armand Schwerner’s “Tablet 25” & “‘daddy, can you staple these two stars together to make an airplane?’”

Dec 22 2022 60 mins  
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Pierre Joris, and Charles Bernstein.

Downgraded to Scribble: A discussion of four poems from Dead Winter by Matvei Yankelevich

Nov 24 2022 53 mins  
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ahmad Almallah, Huda Fakhreddine, and Kevin Platt.

Paw Mouthings: A discussion of Maggie O’Sullivan’s “Hill Figures” and “To Our Own Day”

Oct 30 2022 56 mins  
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Julia Bloch, Charles Bernstein, and Eric Falci. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.