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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May 17, 2019 • 40min
Saw the Lie: A discussion of three short poems in “SKY WRI TEI NGS” by Nasser Hussain
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ujjwala Maharjan, Kevin Platt, and Nasser Hussain.
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Apr 24, 2019 • 57min
Hadbeen Variety: A discussion of “Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake” by John Cage
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Marjorie Perloff, Danny Snelson, and Nancy Perloff.
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Mar 20, 2019 • 50min
Slowing the Rate of Perception: A discussion of “Hello, the Roses” by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joshua Schuster, Evelyn Reilly, and James Sherry.
Feb 20, 2019 • 47min
Flesh Ekes Ink: A discussion of Divya Victor’s “W Is for Walt Whitman’s Soul” from her book Kith.
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Mytili Jaganathan, Angela Carr, and Anna Strong Safford.
Jan 16, 2019 • 50min
Light filtering through: A discussion of G. Maria Hindmarch's “Kitsilano”.
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Erín Moure, Karis Shearer, and Deanna Fong.
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Dec 19, 2018 • 48min
Filter, Impose, Trespass: A discussion of Rachel Zolf’s Human Resources.
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jeff T. Johnson, Whitney Trettien, and Amy Paeth.
Nov 16, 2018 • 44min
Not Detainable: A discussion of Gwendolyn Brooks’s “Riot”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Amber Rose Johnson, Tonya Foster, and Davy Knittle.
Oct 17, 2018 • 48min
The After-Hell: A discussion of Sylvia Plath's poem “The Stones”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Susan Schultz, Sally Van Doren, and Huda Fakhreddine.
Sep 20, 2018 • 52min
Of Beautiful Tangents: A discussion of two poems from Perfect Villagers by Sueyeun Juliette Lee
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Sawako Nakayasu, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, and Donato Mancini.
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Aug 21, 2018 • 47min
Boring in a Different Way: A discussion of John Ashbery's “The Short Answer”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Marjorie Perloff, Susan McCabe, and Robert von Hallberg.
