Poetry Off the Shelf
Poetry Foundation
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.
Episodes
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Dec 27, 2022 • 52min
Poets We Lost in 2022
Remembering Richard Howard as a poet, mentor, and friend, plus a few words on money by Bernadette Mayer.
Dec 13, 2022 • 41min
Attica, Again
Celes Tisdale on similarities, teaching after the uprising, and his mother's favorite poet.
Nov 29, 2022 • 1h 2min
Hiding Between the Loaves
Belarussian poets Valzhyna Mort and Julia Cimafiejeva on magic, transformation, and what's hidden underneath the forest floor.
Nov 15, 2022 • 46min
Please Poem
JoAnna Novak on islands, a plush placenta, and a gift from the suicide hotline.
Nov 1, 2022 • 1h 1min
Give Me a Sign
Alexandra Lytton Regalado on fate, snake mirrors, and the daily work of letting go.
Oct 4, 2022 • 56min
As I Am
Ama Codjoe on normal naked bodies, solving problems, and her childfree life.
Sep 20, 2022 • 50min
The Land Is the Center
Noʻu Revilla on ancestral history in newspapers, ocean consciousness, and how to be a guest.
Sep 6, 2022 • 60min
Remember Every Ginseng Seed
Chelsea Harlan on knowledge, creaturehood, and the quest for her mother’s secret sadness.
Aug 23, 2022 • 49min
Before We Return to Dust
André Naffis-Sahely on desert sand, rootlessness, and the long shadow of fascism.
Aug 9, 2022 • 48min
The Future Trembles
Elisa Gabbert on commitment, boredom, and the poem as theater.
