Short Form: Russell Edson's "With Sincerest Regrets"
On this Short Form episode, I talk about Russell Edson's weird short poem "With Sincerest Regrets," in part as a preview for an upcoming episode also about an Edson poem. Believe it or not, there's a ...
29 Nov 20236min
Athena Kirk on Thomas Hardy's "Shut Out That Moon"
I talk with Cornell Classics faculty Athena Kirk about Thomas Hardy's Victorian-era--not ancient--poem "Shut Out That Moon." As a bonus, we discuss Louise Glück's "Afternoons and Early Evenings" and d...
17 Nov 202331min
Rebecca Morgan Frank on Louise Glück's "Snowdrops"
I talk with poet, editor, teacher, et. al. Rebecca Morgan Frank (Oh You Robot Saints!; Memorious) about Louise Glück's poem "Snowdrops" from her 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection The Wild Iris. T...
10 Nov 202336min
Short Form: Motion and Life in Two Poems
In this tribute to my cat Sophie who recently passed, I talk about two poems that evoke him in particular, odd ways: Marge Piercy's "The cat's song" and Edward Hirsch's "Fast Break." Fun fact: I recor...
3 Nov 202312min
John Cullen on Emily Dickinson
I talk with comedian, podcaster, and teacher John Cullen (Blocked Party, Most Likely to Be a Comedian) about Emily Dickinson's "Because I Could Not Stop for Death." Then we play a game called "Who Did...
27 Okt 202344min
Joy Priest on Carl Phillips' "Somewhere Holy"
Aid for Palestinians in need: Anera; Palestine Children's Relief Fund; Medical Aid for Palestinians.I talk with poet Joy Priest (Horsepower; Once a City Said: A Louisville Poets Anthology) about Carl ...
20 Okt 202354min
Julie Phillips Brown on Mark Doty's "The Embrace"
I talk with Julie Phillips Brown (The Adjacent Possible, editor of House Mountain Review) about Mark Doty's elegy "The Embrace" (at this link, missing the word "you" before "warm brown tea"). We also ...
13 Okt 202342min
Kim Addonizio on Ruth Stone's "Train Ride"
I talk with poet Kim Addonizio about Ruth Stone's poem "Train Ride," then about Kim's poem "Kansas 4 a.m." Other poets and poems mentioned include Kay Ryan, Elizabeth Bishop's "The Moose," Shakespeare...
6 Okt 202334min
