146 episodes

PoemTalk at the Writers House, hosted by Al Filreis and based at Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. PoemTalk is a collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing and Jacket2.org.

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    • 5.0 • 11 Ratings

PoemTalk at the Writers House, hosted by Al Filreis and based at Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. PoemTalk is a collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing and Jacket2.org.

    Episode 196 - A tide of voices

    Episode 196 - A tide of voices

    The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Hart Crane's "The Harbor Dawn," as performed by Tennessee Williams.

    • 54 min
    Episode 195 - Also I don't suffer

    Episode 195 - Also I don't suffer

    The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss "The Austrian Maiden" and "Joe Brainard's Painting Bingo" by Richard Padgett.

    • 54 min
    Episode 194 - Hack my name

    Episode 194 - Hack my name

    The PoemTalk team travels to Scotland for a discussion at the Fruitmarket Arts Center in Edinburgh on two poems by Veronica Forrest-Thomson.

    • 48 min
    Episode 193 - The colors of death

    Episode 193 - The colors of death

    The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Ariana Raines's "To the Reader," from A Sand Book (Tin House, 2019).

    • 53 min
    Episode 192 - Of shredded love

    Episode 192 - Of shredded love

    The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems by Owen Dodson: "For Billie Holiday" and "Sorrow Is The Only Faithful One."

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Episode 191 - Fracas in the hinterlands

    Episode 191 - Fracas in the hinterlands

    The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two Kenward Elmslie pieces, "Core Bonus" and "One Night Stand."

    • 58 min

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