Podcast Episodes

Elizabeth Bishop — Sestina

Season 4 Episode 14

This sestina poem considers a scene from Elizabeth Bishop’s own childhood through the sounds of six repeating words: house, grandmother, child, stove…

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Major Jackson — Blunts

Season 4 Episode 13

Some friends gather and smoke at a doorway in a city. There’s Malik, and Johnny Cash, and Lefty, and Jësus. And the poet, Major Jackson. They’ve know…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Andrés Cerpa — Seasonal without Spring: Autumn

Season 4 Episode 12

Andrés Cerpa recollects how his father’s early dementia was an increasing influence on his early years. As he grew, his father diminished. The burden…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Kaveh Akbar — How Prayer Works

Season 4 Episode 11

A narrative prose poem about two brothers — one on a visit home from college — who are turning to face east in their small shared room. With seven ye…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Gail McConnell — Worm

Season 4 Episode 10

In a poem that addresses a worm directly as “you,” Gail McConnell considers how these tube-shaped beings live: ingesting the earth, aerating it, dige…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Romeo Oriogun — Pink Club

Season 4 Episode 9

A club is a place for dancing, for abandon, for music, and for meeting strangers. Romeo Oriogun recalls a gay club that was for all those things, but…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Kathleen Flenniken — Married Love

Season 4 Episode 8

In a poem of extraordinary poise, Kathleen Flenniken recounts her parents’ lively parties, their rich social life, their summer trips, and their frie…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Imtiaz Dharker — Don’t Miss Out! Book Right Now for the Journey of a Lifetime!

Season 4 Episode 7

A love poem with a playful title that sounds like an ad from a travel agent unfolds into a poem about choosing to stay at home. Imtiaz Dharker’s husb…

4 years, 11 months ago

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No’u Revilla — Smoke Screen

Season 4 Episode 6

The life of a sugar worker is the center of this poem: a worker whose body and person bear the imprint of that industry, with its demands and smoke a…

4 years, 11 months ago

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BONUS: A Conversation with No’u Revilla

Season 4

While preparing for this week’s episode of Poetry Unbound, host Pádraig Ó Tuama began an email correspondence with the poet, No‘u Revilla. The exchan…

4 years, 11 months ago

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