Poetry Off the Shelf Poetry Foundation
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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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Working-Class Superheroes
Declan Ryan on his father's construction job, tenderness between boxers, and the inevitable tragic end.
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All the Shiny Knives
Monica Rico on cooking, grunt work, and the heat at General Motors.
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Stay in Character
Gregory Pardlo on improv, therapy, and driving around with his father’s ashes.
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Instructions for Divorce
Caitlin Cowan on rejection, tradwives, and poems from our better self.
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Make Art for Me
Blake Butler on complex mourning, the suicide of his wife Molly Brodak, and finding his way back.