VS

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The VS podcast is a bi-weekly series where poets confront the ideas that move them. Hosted by poets Ajanaé Dawkins and Brittany Rogers, produced by Cin Pim/Ombie Productions, and presented by the Poetry Foundation.

  1. 27 ENE

    Brittany and Ajanaé vs. The Next Adventure

    Today on VS, Brittany and Ajanaé commemorate their final VS episode by answering audience questions! Join them as they discuss their favorite VS moments, how their friendship has deepened over the course of the show, their role as curators and archivists, and looking toward the next adventure.  Writing Prompt: Write a poem setting intentions for the next season of your life. What will you pursue even with fear? How will you love yourself and your neighbor more deeply? What dreams will you court? Who will you study? What will you revere? What, from this season, will you carry with you?  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    53 min

  2. 13 ENE

    aja monet vs. Alignment

    Today on VS, Brittany and Ajanae record their penultimate episode with aja monet! Join them as they discuss the role of anger and passion as poets and people, identity as a type of performance, the significance of feeling the poem in the body, poetry as a spiritual practice, and navigating the language, ethics, and the care that we give to people vs. causes.  Until Next Time:Here is some media to accompany your experience of the episode and a writing prompt to tide you over until we meet again! Ntozake Shange - Ntozake Shange preserves Black history and culture through literature (1989 interview)Robin D. G. Kelley - “Freedom Dreams”: Historian Robin D. G. Kelley on 20th Anniversary of His Book & Movements MatteringBessie Smith - How Bessie Smith Influenced A Century Of Popular Music : NPRWriting PromptConsider a poem from a poet who came before you that made you feel less alone. Write an ode to the persistence of the shared emotion you both explore in your writing.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1 h 3 min

  3. 09/12/2025

    Shaina Phenix vs. Firstborn Daughters

    Today on VS, Brittany and Ajanae are in conversation with Shaina Phenix. Listen in as they discuss the literary universes of Black femme characters, the process of unlearning for eldest daughters, waywardness, audacity, and the ways that we learn to name and rename ourselves.  Until Next Time:Here is some media to accompany your experience of the episode and a writing prompt to tide you over until we meet again! Lucille Clifton - Remembering Her Memories: Lucille Clifton’s Generations in Our Time - JSTOR DailyLil Kim - Lil' Kim's Iconic Interview on Her Illustrious Career, The Notorious B.I.G., Women in Hip-HopWanda Coleman - Wanda Coleman - Poetry.LA Interview SeriesWriting PromptChoose a character from your favorite literary universe and write a poem where you put yourself in conversation with that character.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1 h

  4. 11/11/2025

    Khadijah Queen vs. Intuition

    Today on VS, Brittany and Ajanae interview Khadijah Queen. Listen in as they discuss their love for their hometowns, approaching non-linear form across genres, navigating projects with long life spans, the importance of leaning into intuition and curiosity, and revisiting past projects and eras in our writing. Until Next Time:Here is some media to accompany your experience of the episode and a writing prompt to tide you over until we meet again! Fernando Pessoa - Fernando Pessoa & His HeteronymsLucille Clifton - Lucille Clifton talks of her books of poems, including “Good Times”Toni Morrison - Toni Morrison: The Life of a Literary Giant | The Dig at Howard UniversityWriting PromptRevisit some of your oldest poems. Write an ode to that era of your life—that version of yourself.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1 h 7 min

  5. 28/10/2025

    Rachel Eliza Griffiths vs. Privacy

    On today’s episode of VS, Brittany and Ajanae interview Rachel Eliza Griffiths; join them as they discuss forthcoming projects, their evolving concepts of home and privacy, approaching photography as a poet, writing for the ones that come after us, and the importance of curiosity. Until Next Time: John Coltrane - A Deep Dive into John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’ by His Biographer, Lewis Porter (Pt. 1) | WBGO JazzToni Morrison - Toni Morrison’s Recipe for Love, Life, and the Perfect Boiled EggJoan Mitchell - Four Decades of the Abstract Impressionist Joan Mitchell | Expert Voices | Sotheby’sJames Baldwin - James Baldwin at 100Writing PromptWrite a manifesto of commitments for the politics of loving and protecting yourself.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1 h 16 min

  6. 14/10/2025

    VS Live! at Poetry Foundation: Cornelius Eady and Major Jackson vs. Legacy

    On today’s episode of VS, Brittany and Ajanae have the opportunity to talk with Cornelius Eady and Major Jackson live in Chicago! Join in as they discuss the capacity to feel, the legacy of themselves and others, the importance of community, the way that boundaries and ethics shift after writing for a long time, and what things still scare them about the page. Until Next Time: Here is some media to accompany your experience of the episode and a writing prompt to tide you over until we meet again! Cornelius EadyShreela Ray- A Manner of Attachment by Shreela Ray Nicanor Parra- Nicanor Parra | Nicanor Parra's 107th BirthdayFrank O’hara- Frank O'Hara reading and discussing his workMajor JacksonPhillip Levine- What Work IsSonia Sanchez- What does it mean to be human? | Sonia Sanchez | TEDxPhiladelphiaDerek Walcott- Derek Walcott discusses his painting and poetryWriting Prompt:No poems today. Create a map of the versions of yourselves that have existed during your tenure as a writer. How do their fears differ? Their joys? What excites or surprises them? What craft choices they lean toward?  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1 h 11 min

  7. 30/09/2025

    Jada Renée Allen vs. Drill

    On today’s episode of VS, Brittany and Ajanae interviewed Jada Renée Allen. Listen in as they discuss their rabbit holes of research, “Drill” the manuscript and the music, the relationship between Black women and water, and the influences on our poetics.  Until Next Time: Here is some media to accompany your experience of the episode and a writing prompt to tide you over until we meet again! Alexus Rhone - Playwright Alexus Rhone on Taking God's Call and Taking Your MedsPatricia Smith - Dear Poet 2024: Patricia Smith Reads “When the Burning Begins”Rita Dove - Rita Dove for Fulbright World Poetry Day 2021Writing Prompt: Write an ode in gratitude for an artist or character who shifted the way you see yourself.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1 h 2 min

  8. 03/09/2025

    Saúl Hernández vs. Monsters

    Today Brittany and Ajanae have the pleasure of talking with Saúl Hernández. Listen in as they discuss writing about tense familial relationships with tenderness, the act of being made invisible, grief as transformation, childhood as a lens, and how to identify a monster (spoiler alert: it could be anyone!).  Until Next Time: Walter Mercado - Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado | Official Trailer | NetflixEthel Cain -  The Intricate Storytelling of Ethel Cain’s “Preacher’s Daughter” – The Junction Journal Toni Morrison - Toni Morrison | National Endowment for the Arts Writing Prompt: Write a poem that functions as a dream.

    59 min
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The VS podcast is a bi-weekly series where poets confront the ideas that move them. Hosted by poets Ajanaé Dawkins and Brittany Rogers, produced by Cin Pim/Ombie Productions, and presented by the Poetry Foundation.

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  • Creador
    Poetry Foundation
  • Años de actividad
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodios
    159
  • Clasificación
    Explícito
  • Copyright
    ℗ & © 2023 Poetry Foundation
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