Podcast Episodes

David Wagoner — Lost

Season 6 Episode 1

A person is lost, and in panic. A calm voice says strangely comforting things. 

David Wagoner is the author of 24 poetry collections and 10 novels. He…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Poetry Unbound — Season 6 Trailer

Season 6

Poetry Unbound with host Pádraig Ó Tuama is back on Monday, September 26. Featured poets in this season include Rumi, Fiona Benson, Michael Kleber-Di…

4 years ago

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Yu Xiuhua — Crossing Half of China to Sleep with You

Season 5 Episode 16

How far would you go for great love? And what distances would you cross? 

Yu Xiuhua is a poet from Hengdian, in Hubei, China. She became well known in…

4 years, 3 months ago

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Andy Jackson — The change room

Season 5 Episode 15

When all eyes seem to lock on you, how do you cope with self-consciousness? How do you look back? 

Andy Jackson is a poet preoccupied with difference …

4 years, 3 months ago

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Tiana Clark — My Therapist Wants to Know about My Relationship to Work

Season 5 Episode 14

Life can feel exhausting sometimes: how do you find rest? 

Tiana Clark is the author of the poetry collection, I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without th…

4 years, 3 months ago

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Joshua Bennett — Owed to Your Father’s Gold Chain

Season 5 Episode 13

Sometimes when your world changes, it seems like everything turns towards you, fresh, new, and curious. 

Joshua Bennett is the author of The Sobbing S…

4 years, 3 months ago

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Abigail Chabitnoy — If You’re Going to Look Like a Wolf They Have to Love You More Than They Fear You.

Season 5 Episode 12

How would you tell your own creation myth? Who — or what — would be in it? 

Abigail Chabitnoy is the author of How to Dress a Fish (Wesleyan 2019), wi…

4 years, 4 months ago

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M. Soledad Caballero — Someday I Will Visit Hawk Mountain

Season 5 Episode 11

In the face of wonder, we can sometimes lose ourselves. 

M. Soledad Caballero is Professor of English and chair of the Women’s Gender and Sexuality St…

4 years, 4 months ago

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Rafiq Kathwari — Mother Writes to President Eisenhower

Season 5 Episode 10

Would you write a letter to a world leader? Do you think they’d listen? What would you say? 

Rafiq Kathwari is the first Kashmiri recipient of the Pat…

4 years, 4 months ago

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Caroline Bird — Little Children

Season 5 Episode 9

Children’s demands can be high, and their standards can be exacting. It’s a good thing they’re loveable. 

Caroline Bird grew up in Leeds, the daughter…

4 years, 4 months ago

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