Poetry Off the Shelf
By Poetry Foundation
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Podcast Description
Producer Curtis Fox explores the diverse world of contemporary American poetry with readings by poets, interviews with critics, and short poetry documentaries. Nothing is off limits, and nobody is taken too seriously.
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A Name Like a Handcuff Reginald Dwayne Betts reads his poems and discusses why he is "no longer a black poet." | Reginald Dwayne Betts reads his poems and discusses why he is "no longer a black poet." | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“Becoming Anne Bradstreet” Eavan Boland discusses one of the poets included in the Folger Shakespeare Library's chapbook Sh | Eavan Boland discusses one of the poets included in the Folger Shakespeare Library's chapbook Shakespeare's Sisters. | 2/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“I knew all along you were mine” Love poems from the archive for Valentine's Day. | Love poems from the archive for Valentine's Day. | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blood in the Grass The ABCs of Tom Disch, master of comic verse. | The ABCs of Tom Disch, master of comic verse. | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Wild Solitude Revealed Lisa Jarnot discusses the poetry of Robert Duncan. | Lisa Jarnot discusses the poetry of Robert Duncan. | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Drinking in Poetry Jeff Gordinier and Rosie Schaap share their favorite boozy poems in time for the New Year's holiday. | Jeff Gordinier and Rosie Schaap share their favorite boozy poems in time for the New Year's holiday. | 12/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Inscribe the poem on yourself" Dan Beachy-Quick on the pleasures of memorization. | Dan Beachy-Quick on the pleasures of memorization. | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Place for the Little Lyric Should Adrienne Rich be the poet laureate of the Occupy movement? | Should Adrienne Rich be the poet laureate of the Occupy movement? | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Virus Mutant in His Veins Poet Edgar Bowers on Louis Pasteur. | Poet Edgar Bowers on Louis Pasteur. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naming It Selections from the Wake Forest Book of Irish Women's Poetry. | Selections from the Wake Forest Book of Irish Women's Poetry. | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Waste Land: The App T.S. Eliot's Modernist masterpiece meets modern technology. | T.S. Eliot's Modernist masterpiece meets modern technology. | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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All That Poetry Kenneth Patchen's poems have been set to music by The Claudia Quintet. | Kenneth Patchen's poems have been set to music by The Claudia Quintet. | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Much Casual Death Christopher Ricks discusses Anthony Hecht's harrowing and unforgettable poem "More Light! More Light!" | Christopher Ricks discusses Anthony Hecht's harrowing and unforgettable poem "More Light! More Light!" | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Mutilated World Poems that captured the mood of the moment in the wake of 9/11. | Poems that captured the mood of the moment in the wake of 9/11. | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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About a Boy The shape things take to Atsuro Riley. | The shape things take to Atsuro Riley. | 8/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lines for Hard Times Philip Levine reads his defiantly hopeful "They Feed They Lion" and "What Work Is" with commentary by Edwa | Philip Levine reads his defiantly hopeful "They Feed They Lion" and "What Work Is" with commentary by Edward Hirsch. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sex, Drugs, and Poetry Cedar Sigo's expensive magic. | Cedar Sigo's expensive magic. | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What You Come Here For Fred Moten's poem "the salve trade" swims in the waters of literary theory. | Fred Moten's poem "the salve trade" swims in the waters of literary theory. | 7/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Poetry Garage A thing of wonder and of beauty | A thing of wonder and of beauty | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shadow of a Doubt Thomas Hardy refuses to see a ghost that's not there. | Thomas Hardy refuses to see a ghost that's not there. | 6/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Three Ways of Looking at a Rose H.D., Jean Valentine, and Galway Kinnell on the queen of all poetic clichés. | H.D., Jean Valentine, and Galway Kinnell on the queen of all poetic clichés. | 6/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The New Johnny Appleseed of Children’s Poetry Children's lit scholar Sylvia Vardell discusses J. Patrick Lewis. | Children's lit scholar Sylvia Vardell discusses J. Patrick Lewis. | 5/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Something Like Meter An introduction to 2011 Ruth Lilly Prize winner David Ferry. | An introduction to 2011 Ruth Lilly Prize winner David Ferry. | 5/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adventures in Babysitting Bernadette Mayer razes literary giants with love. | Bernadette Mayer razes literary giants with love. | 5/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Alternative Press Detroit was burning and poetry was on fire. | Detroit was burning and poetry was on fire. | 4/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 25 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Excellent
These podcasts are great! Fascinating content, high production quality and perfect length. My only hope is that they continue them past the end of National Poetry Month...
I've listened to every one of these podcasts
& they are excellent. The host is even & engaging in his tone. Commentary is clear and explicit, given not only by the host but by friends, colleagues, and students of the poet whose work is the podcast subject. This podcast is excellent both for poetry lovers and for people who would enjoy an easy introduction to poetry. You will not be limited to just North American poets, either. Leave your own worries behind for a few moments and let poetry take you away.
Yes, indeed...
Excellent for all the reasons outlined by others posting here. Learned about it via Keillor's The Writer's Almanac podcast. The two together can clear your head and rise above what passes for just another day in the real world.
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