Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBONUS: 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 …
3 years ago
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 …
3 years ago
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…
3 years, 1 month ago
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…
3 years, 1 month ago
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…
3 years, 1 month ago
Mark Turcotte — Dear New Blood
Season 7 Episode 17
A poet reads to a room full of youths who seem to have some residual resentment to the poet. The poet doesn’t mind — he understands, and calls on the…
3 years, 2 months ago
Wo Chan — the smiley barista remembers my name
Season 7 Episode 16
What do sandwiches, laundry, therapy, childhood homes, and forgiveness have to do with each other? Wo Chan weaves a poem that charts the many things …
3 years, 2 months ago
Amanda Gunn — Ordinary Sugar
Season 7 Episode 15
A note from the Poetry Unbound team:
We’ve updated the audio for our episode “Amanda Gunn — Ordinary Sugar.” This updated version includes an addition…
3 years, 2 months ago
J. Estanislao Lopez — Alternate Ending: The Escape of Jephthah’s Daughter
Season 7 Episode 14
Old stories — of mythology or religion — have sometimes been depicted as having one narrative and one interpretation. Here, J. Estanislao Lopez takes…
3 years, 2 months ago
BONUS: A Conversation with Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe
Season 7
We are delighted to offer this extended conversation between host Pádraig Ó Tuama and the poet Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe. Together, they take a deep d…
3 years, 2 months ago