Poem Talk
Poetry Foundation
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.
Episodes
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Sep 28, 2022 • 58min
Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Carlos Decena, Dagmawi Woubshet, and Abdulhamit Arvas.
Aug 26, 2022 • 1h 4min
Composition of Life, as Life: A discussion of Joan Retallack’s The Poethical Wager (a several-page excerpt)
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joan Retallack, erica kaufman, and Laynie Browne.
Jul 25, 2022 • 1h 2min
Girls in the Supply Chain: A discussion of Sawako Nakayasu’s book Some Girls Walk into the Country Where They Are From
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Caroline Bergvall, Henry Steinberg, and Bethany Swann.
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Jun 15, 2022 • 1h 3min
When a Name Falls from a Face: A discussion of a selection from Divya Victor’s book Curb
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Timothy Yu, Josephine Nock-Hee Park, and Piyali Bhattacharya.
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May 23, 2022 • 52min
Trance of Language: A discussion of “Sleeping with the Dictionary” & “Dim Lady” from Sleeping with the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Maxe Crandall, Larissa Lai, and Julia Bloch.
Apr 22, 2022 • 58min
Teach Us Love: A discussion of “Language” and “The Anatomy of Monotony” by Eugene Ostachevsky
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Matvei Yankelevich, Ahmad Almallah, and Kevin Platt.
Mar 14, 2022 • 56min
Better To Lose & Win: A discussion of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lee Ann Brown, Kristen Gallagher, and Laynie Browne.
Feb 11, 2022 • 54min
Far in Toward the Far End: A discussion of George Quasha’s “preverbs.”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Charles Bernstein, Laynie Browne, and Anthony Elms.
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Jan 14, 2022 • 55min
Hot and Cold: A discussion of Jayne Cortez’s “She Got He Got”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Yolanda Wisher, Amber Rose Johnson, and Daniel Bergmann.
Dec 22, 2021 • 55min
Must It Ring True: A discussion of Myung Mi Kim’s “And Sing We”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jack Giesking, Jonathan Dick, and erica kaufman.
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