Nicholas Molbert on Tommye Blount's "Icarus Does the Dishes"
On the penultimate episode of the podcast, I chat with Nicholas Molbert (Altars of Spine and Fraction) about Tommye Blount's poem "Icarus Does the Dishes." We discuss caretaking, the mythic and mundan...
16 Sep 202440min
Nicole Cooley on Lucille Clifton's "June 20"
After a summer hiatus, I chat with Nicole Cooley about Lucille Clifton's poem "June 20" from her 1992 collection The Book of Light, which was re-released by Copper Canyon last year with an introductio...
26 Aug 202444min
Maris Kreizman on Kim Addonizio's "To the Woman Crying Uncontrollably in the Next Stall"
I talk with Maris Kreizman (The Maris Review; Lit Hub column) about former guest Kim Addonizio's poem "To the Woman Crying Uncontrollably in the Next Stall." We talk about viral poems; what propels Ad...
17 Juni 202430min
Ronnie K. Stephens on Andrea Gibson's "Tincture"
I talk with Ronnie K. Stephens (The Poetry Question; The Kaleidoscope Sisters) about Andrea Gibson's prose poem "Tincture." Up front, apologies to Andrea Gibson, who I misgendered early on in the reco...
27 Maj 202439min
Josh Gondelman on Edna St. Vincent Millay's "God's World"
I talk with comedian and writer Josh Gondelman about Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem "God's World." We talk about beauty, growing up Jewish (him, not me, I'm not stealing valor), sound, and sports. Aft...
13 Maj 202433min
Lisa Ampleman on Jorie Graham's "The Way Things Work"
In this space and Taylor Swift-centric episode, I talk with Lisa Ampleman (Mom in Space) about Jorie Graham's poem "The Way Things Work" (The Dream of the Unified Field). Lisa has to sway me on this p...
29 Apr 202435min
Short Form: Two Poems about Palestine
In this Short Form episode, I talk about the problems with Jeffrey McDaniels' poem "The Jesus Fridge," which was the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day on March 29. I close by sharing Fady Joudah's...
15 Apr 202411min
David Baker on Gerard Manley Hopkins' "No worst, there is none"
In this return from a short break, I chat with David Baker (Whale Fall) about Gerard Manley Hopkins' "terrible sonnet" "No worst, there is none." We talk about so much here: how David's students made ...
8 Apr 202440min
