Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSasha taqwšəblu LaPointe — Blue
Season 7 Episode 13
In a poem that explores a story of a name, a story of a color, a story of a sound, a story of an identity, a the story of a person — we hear of ances…
3 years, 2 months ago
Charif Shanahan — Present Moment
Season 7 Episode 12
On one particular day, a poem places events alongside each other, the ordinariness of each event casting the other events into light and shade.
Charif…
3 years, 2 months ago
Brenda Cárdenas — This Is Why
Season 7 Episode 11
Why do we do the things we do when we’re young? Brenda Cárdenas recalls nights sneaking out of the house as a teenager, looking for highs, looking fo…
3 years, 2 months ago
Nithy Kasa — Blouse
Season 7 Episode 10
An item of clothing — the blouse of a grandmother — is praised for its artistry, is remembered for how it sits on the body. And then, having been los…
3 years, 2 months ago
Selina Nwulu — Replay
Season 7 Episode 9
What might have been? A poet recalls flirtations and electric connections that could have led to a different life.
Selina Nwulu is a writer of Nigeria…
3 years, 2 months ago
John Lee Clark — Self Portrait
Season 7 Episode 8
If you had to make a self portrait of your daily morning routine through language and sensation, what would you include? John Lee Clark offers memori…
3 years, 3 months ago
Kay Ulanday Barrett — Pantoum for recital when my mom said, don’t let them see you cry
Season 7 Episode 7
A memory from childhood is viewed through the lens of the Malaysian poetic form of pantoum. New things emerge when lines break and reform with new as…
3 years, 3 months ago
dg nanouk okpik — In a Lock of Hair
Season 7 Episode 6
If you could put a lock of your hair under a microscope, what would it contain? DNA certainly, but here in dg nanouk okpik’s poem, the hair also cont…
3 years, 3 months ago
On Poetry and Patronage: An Invitation to Love Us
Season 7
Pádraig reflects on the transformative force of poetry, and Krista joins with an invitation to pay tribute to the ongoing work of Poetry Unbound.
Make…
3 years, 3 months ago
Benjamin Gucciardi — The Rungs
Season 7 Episode 5
A social worker holds a group for teenagers at a school. They only half pay attention to him. Then something happens, and they pay attention to each …
3 years, 3 months ago