Podcast Episodes

Valencia Robin — The Coup

Season 8 Episode 2

Valencia Robin’s poem portrays a tense relationship between mother and daughter; perhaps each resembling the other too much. In desperation — and sho…

2 years ago

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Eugenia Leigh — How the Dung Beetle Finds Its Way Home

Season 8 Episode 1

In a poem about how a small moment can help you make a wise decision, Eugenia Leigh finds the strength to go back home after storming out. No self-pi…

2 years ago

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Poetry Unbound — Season 8 Trailer

Season 8

Poetry Unbound with host Pádraig Ó Tuama is back on Monday, January 1. Featured poets in this season include Amber McBride, Eugenia Leigh, Francisco …

2 years ago

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Clint Smith with Krista Tippett — What We Know in the "Marrow of Our Bones"

Season 7 Episode 24

Friends, Pádraig here — we are awakening your Poetry Unbound feed to share this brilliant episode from the newest season of On Being, which is well u…

2 years, 2 months ago

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BONUS: Truth-seeking and the Symphony of Language with Henri Cole

Season 7 Episode 23

A central duality appears in the work of Henri Cole: the revelation of emotional truths in concert with a “symphony of language” — often accompanied …

2 years, 4 months ago

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BONUS: Making Space for the Erotic with Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Season 7 Episode 22

Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s poems are filled with butchery and blood as she carves space for desire, motherhood, and an encyclopedic knowledge of plants …

2 years, 4 months ago

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BONUS: Poetry That Pays Attention with Patricia Smith

Season 7 Episode 21

Through her poetry, Patricia Smith generously, skillfully puts language around what can be seen both in the present and deliberately looking back at …

2 years, 4 months ago

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Maya C. Popa — They Are Building a Hospital

Season 7 Episode 20

So much of what was once deemed impossible was found — during Covid — to be possible. Here, a poet watches a tent, a huge temporary hospital, be rais…

2 years, 5 months ago

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Jenny Mitchell — A Man in Love with Plants

Season 7 Episode 19

How to remember a beloved who died tragically, violently? Remember the violence? Sometimes, yes. But also this: remember his love of flowers.

Jenny Mi…

2 years, 5 months ago

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Vidyan Ravinthiran — Artist

Season 7 Episode 18

What self-consciousnesses do artists carry? It can be difficult to know how to hold onto confidence in your work, especially when small jibes from ot…

2 years, 5 months ago

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