Poem Talk

99 Episodes

1. Passion Shields Its Servants: A discussion of “Souvenir of the Manassah Ball” by Lorenzo Thomas

   Published: 9/23/2024
2. Don’t Refuse to Breathe: A discussion of Frank O’Hara: “Song (Is it dirty)” & “Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed)”

   Published: 6/28/2023
3. The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”

   Published: 5/22/2023
4. Present Plans Succeed: A discussion of Dodie Bellamy’s “Vomit Journal”

   Published: 4/17/2023
5. Woot of the Century: A discussion of “Welter” and “Static” by Douglas Kearney

   Published: 3/17/2023
6. Rhetorical Happenings: A discussion of Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light.”

   Published: 2/24/2023
7. Nothing Made of Ink: A discussion of seven poems by Lisa Fishman

   Published: 1/11/2023
8. Untranslatable: A discussion of Armand Schwerner’s “Tablet 25” & “‘daddy, can you staple these two stars together to make an airplane?’”

   Published: 12/22/2022
9. Downgraded to Scribble: A discussion of four poems from Dead Winter by Matvei Yankelevich

   Published: 11/25/2022
10. Paw Mouthings: A discussion of Maggie O’Sullivan’s “Hill Figures” and “To Our Own Day”

    Published: 10/31/2022
11. Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery

    Published: 9/28/2022
12. Composition of Life, as Life: A discussion of Joan Retallack’s The Poethical Wager (a several-page excerpt)

    Published: 8/26/2022
13. Girls in the Supply Chain: A discussion of Sawako Nakayasu’s book Some Girls Walk into the Country Where They Are From

    Published: 7/25/2022
14. When a Name Falls from a Face: A discussion of a selection from Divya Victor’s book Curb

    Published: 6/15/2022
15. Trance of Language: A discussion of “Sleeping with the Dictionary” & “Dim Lady” from Sleeping with the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen

    Published: 5/23/2022
16. Teach Us Love: A discussion of “Language” and “The Anatomy of Monotony” by Eugene Ostachevsky

    Published: 4/22/2022
17. Better To Lose & Win: A discussion of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters

    Published: 3/14/2022
18. Far in Toward the Far End: A discussion of George Quasha’s “preverbs.”

    Published: 2/11/2022
19. Hot and Cold: A discussion of Jayne Cortez’s “She Got He Got”

    Published: 1/14/2022
20. Must It Ring True: A discussion of Myung Mi Kim’s “And Sing We”

    Published: 12/22/2021