Poem Talk

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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.

  1. 23/09/2024

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

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tonya Foster, Erica Hunt, and Bob Perelman.

    47 min

  2. 28/06/2023

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

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Robert von Hallberg, Charles Altieri, and Marjorie Perloff.

    52 min

  3. 22/05/2023

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

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Brooke O’Harra, Michelle Taransky, and Chris Funkhouser.

    52 min

  4. 17/04/2023

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

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Chantine Akiyama Poh, Henry Steinberg, and Murat Nemet-Nejat.

    55 min

  5. 17/03/2023

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

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Divya Victor, Whitney Trettien, and Dagmawi Woubshet.

    52 min

  6. 24/02/2023

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

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Bethany Swann, Jonathan Dick, and Kate Colby.

    46 min

  7. 11/01/2023

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

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lisa Fishman, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Laynie Browne.

    55 min

  8. 22/12/2022

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

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Pierre Joris, and Charles Bernstein.

    1h 1m
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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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  • Creator
    Poetry Foundation
  • Years Active
    2007 - 2024
  • Episodes
    99
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    ℗ & © 2020 Poetry Foundation
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    Poem Talk

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