Podcast Episodes

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura — What’s Kept Alive

Season 6 Episode 16

At the hingepoint of change, a poet walks through the garden his late father planted. 

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is a writer and visual artist. He is the a…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Kevin Goodan — We give…

Season 6 Episode 15

Firefighting pushes the body to breaking point; Kevin Goodan’s poem locates the “ash-dark art” of firefighting not just in the wilderness where the t…

3 years, 2 months ago

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David Whyte — Leaving the Island

Season 6 Episode 14

Sometimes leaving feels like you’re splitting yourself in two, but you leave anyway. What compels us? What holds us together even as we look back? Da…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Andrés N. Ordorica — Mis raíces

Season 6 Episode 13

What is the landscape that has most influenced you? When do you go there? In person? Andrés N. Ordorica goes in dreams. 

Andrés N. Ordorica is a queer…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Laura Villareal — My Worries Have Worries

Season 6 Episode 12

If you were to use a metaphor for your worries, what metaphor would you turn to? Here, the worries have worry babies of their own. And they look back…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Stephanie Burt — Prayer for Werewolves

Season 6 Episode 11

The search for authentic love is a powerful hunger in humans and, as Stephanie Burt shares, in werewolves. 

Stephanie Burt is a poet, literary critic,…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Fiona Benson — Mama Cockroach, I Love You

Season 6 Episode 10

Do you experience disgust at the sight of certain insects? Which ones? Fiona Benson teaches us how to see. 

Fiona Benson is the author of several poet…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Saddiq Dzukogi — Learning about Constellations

Season 6 Episode 9

A man whose baby daughter has died turns to stars, mythology, and imagination for solace. There, he encounters what might help, a little. 

Saddiq Dzuk…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Adam Zagajewski — Transformation

Season 6 Episode 8

What do you do when what sustains you no longer sustains you? A poet tries everything he can to reconnect with his art. 

Adam Zagajewski was a Polish …

3 years, 2 months ago

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Carolina Ebeid — Reading Celan in a Subway Station

Season 6 Episode 7

The sounds of a city can be overwhelming — but in the imagination of this poem, they are made into something new. 

Carolina Ebeid is a multimedia poet…

3 years, 3 months ago

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