Poetry Off the Shelf
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.
Latest episodes
Dec 7, 2021 • 49min
Bird in a Drawer
Keats Conley on smelly ducks, spiders, and the limits of the human perspective.
Nov 23, 2021 • 1h 2min
How to Be a Family of One
Steven Espada Dawson on possibility, toothpaste, and the grief of cosmic aloneness.
Nov 9, 2021 • 1h 2min
Heart of a Reporter
Noor Hindi on home ownership, evictions court, and her father's grief.
Oct 26, 2021 • 42min
A History with Holes
Clint Smith on being human, healing on a plantation, and the difference between Jefferson and Grant.
Oct 13, 2021 • 54min
My Drowning Home
Isabel Duarte-Gray on town gossip, folk remedies, and the music of Kentucky.
Sep 28, 2021 • 49min
When Time is Kind
Poet and priest Spencer Reece on his cousin's murder, the AIDS epidemic, and bearing witness to a moment.
Sep 14, 2021 • 59min
Technically Roommates
Chen Chen on nourishment, homophobia, and breaking free of the fear of failure.
Aug 31, 2021 • 31min
Leaving and Loving Afghanistan
Zohra Saed on cooking, culture, and the volunteer-led rescue operation to get Afghans to safety.
Aug 10, 2021 • 45min
Dante for Today
Mary Jo Bang on her 15-year long translation effort to remake Dante’s Divine Comedy for the modern ear.
