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Bianca Stone Reads Franz Wright
Episode 96
Bianca Stone joins Kevin Young to read “Learning to Read,” by Franz Wright, and her own poem “What’s Poetry Like?” Stone has published several books …
2 years, 7 months ago
Evie Shockley Reads Rita Dove
Episode 95
Evie Shockley joins Kevin Young to read “Hattie McDaniel Arrives at the Coconut Grove,” by Rita Dove, and her own poem “the blessings.” Shockley is t…
2 years, 8 months ago
Dorothea Lasky Reads Louise Bogan
Episode 94
Dorothea Lasky joins Kevin Young to read “Three Songs,” by Louise Bogan, and her own poem “The Green Lake.” Lasky is the author of several books of p…
2 years, 9 months ago
Diane Mehta Reads Eavan Boland
Episode 93
Diane Mehta joins Kevin Young to read “The Lost Art of Letter Writing,” by Eavan Boland, and her own poem “Landscape with Double Bow.” Mehta is the a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Adrienne Su Reads Maxine Kumin
Episode 92
Adrienne Su joins Kevin Young to read “The Longing to Be Saved,” by Maxine Kumin, and her own poem “The Days.” Su is a professor and Poet-in-Residenc…
2 years, 10 months ago
David Baker Reads Stanley Plumly
Episode 91
David Baker joins Kevin Young to read “In Passing,” by Stanley Plumly, and his own poem “Six Notes.” Baker has received honors and awards from the Gu…
3 years ago
Kate Baer Reads Ellen Bass
Episode 90
Kate Baer joins Kevin Young to read “The Morning After,” by Ellen Bass, and her own poem “Mixup.” Baer is the New York Times bestselling author of th…
3 years, 1 month ago
Tributaries: A Conversation with Robin Coste Lewis
Episode 89
When the poet Robin Coste Lewis discovered a trove of photographs under her late grandmother’s bed, she recognized them not only as a document of her…
3 years, 2 months ago
Sandra Cisneros Reads José Antonio Rodríguez
Episode 88
Sandra Cisneros joins Kevin Young to read “Shelter,” by José Antonio Rodríguez, and her own poem “Tea Dance, Provincetown, 1982.” Cisneros is the rec…
3 years, 8 months ago
Diane Seuss Reads Jane Huffman
Episode 87
Diane Seuss joins Kevin Young to read “Ode,” by Jane Huffman, and her own poem “Gertrude Stein.” Seuss is the winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for P…
3 years, 9 months ago