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Clarence Major Reads Billy Collins
Episode 74
Clarence Major joins Kevin Young to read “Downpour,” by Billy Collins, and his own poem “Hair.” Major’s recent honors include a PEN Oakland Reginald …
5 years, 10 months ago
Elisa Gonzalez Reads Czeslaw Milosz
Episode 73
Elisa Gonzalez joins Kevin Young to read “Gathering Apricots,” by Czeslaw Milosz, translated by Robert Hass, and her own poem “Failed Essay on Privil…
6 years ago
Ben Purkert Reads Jorie Graham
Episode 72
Ben Purkert joins Kevin Young to read “Notes on the Reality of the Self,” by Jorie Graham, and his own poem “News.” Purkert began contributing poetry…
6 years, 1 month ago
Kwame Dawes Reads Derek Walcott
Episode 71
Kwame Dawes joins Kevin Young to read “The Season of Phantasmal Peace,” by Derek Walcott, and his own poem “Before Winter.” Dawes is the author of ov…
6 years, 2 months ago
Ellen Bass Reads Frank X. Gaspar
Episode 70
Ellen Bass joins Kevin Young to read “Quahogs,” by Frank X. Gaspar, and her own poem “Because.” A chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Bass h…
6 years, 3 months ago
Mary Jo Bang Discusses Purgatorio
Episode 69
Mary Jo Bang joins Kevin Young to to discuss her translation of Dante’s Purgatorio, excerpts of which are featured on newyorker.com. Bang is a poet w…
6 years, 4 months ago
Shane McCrae Discusses “Jim Limber in Heaven”
Episode 68
Shane McCrae joins Kevin Young to to discuss his poetry sequence “Jim Limber in Heaven,” featured on newyorker.com. McCrae is a poet whose whose work…
6 years, 5 months ago
Vijay Seshadri Reads Sylvia Plath
Episode 67
Vijay Seshadri joins Kevin Young to read “The Moon and the Yew Tree,” by Sylvia Plath, and his own poem “Cliffhanging.” Seshadri is a poet whose work…
6 years, 5 months ago
Eliza Griswold discusses "First Person"
Episode 66
Eliza Griswold joins Kevin Young to discuss her poetry sequence "First Person," featured on newyorker.com. Griswold is a poet and journalist who has …
6 years, 7 months ago
Ariel Francisco Reads James Wright
Episode 65
Ariel Francisco joins Kevin Young to read "By a Lake in Minnesota," by James Wright, and his own poem "Along the East River and in the Bronx Young Me…
6 years, 8 months ago