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Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.

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    • 5.0 • 3 Ratings

Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.

    Working-Class Superheroes

    Working-Class Superheroes

    Declan Ryan on his father's construction job, tenderness between boxers, and the inevitable tragic end.

    • 46 min
    All the Shiny Knives

    All the Shiny Knives

    Monica Rico on cooking, grunt work, and the heat at General Motors.

    • 54 min
    Let Light Form

    Let Light Form

    Nam Le on commerce, irony vs. sincerity, and being in the Arctic. 

    • 1 hr 9 min
    Stay in Character

    Stay in Character

    Gregory Pardlo on improv, therapy, and driving around with his father’s ashes.

    • 45 min
    Instructions for Divorce

    Instructions for Divorce

    Caitlin Cowan on rejection, tradwives, and poems from our better self.

    • 50 min
    Make Art for Me

    Make Art for Me

    Blake Butler on complex mourning, the suicide of his wife Molly Brodak, and finding his way back.

    • 1 hr

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