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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, 9 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, 9 months ago
Campbell McGrath Reads Czeslaw Milosz
Episode 64
Campbell McGrath joins Kevin Young to discuss “Realism” by Czeslaw Milosz, and his own poem, “The Human Heart.” McGrath has published several poetry …
6 years, 11 months ago
Natasha Trethewey Reads Charles Wright
Episode 63
Natasha Trethewey joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Charles Wright's poem "Toadstools," and her own poem "Repentance." Trethewey, a former United…
7 years ago
Safiya Sinclair Reads Natalie Diaz
Episode 62
Safiya Sinclair joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Natalie Diaz's poem "From the Desire Field" and her own poem "Gospel of the Misunderstood." Sin…
7 years, 1 month ago
Rachel Eliza Griffiths Reads W.S. Merwin
Episode 61
Rachel Eliza Griffiths joins Kevin Young to discuss "Rain Light" by W.S. Merwin, and her own poem "Heart of Darkness." Griffiths is a poet and artist…
7 years, 2 months ago
Peter Balakian Reads Theodore Roethke
Episode 60
Peter Balakian joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Theodore Roethke's poem "In a Dark Time" and his own poem "Eggplant." Balakian's latest book is …
7 years, 3 months ago
Craig Morgan Teicher Reads Forrest Gander
Episode 59
Craig Morgan Teicher joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Forrest Gander’s poem “Son” and his own poem, also titled “Son.” Teicher is a poet and cri…
7 years, 4 months ago
Deborah Landau Reads Anne Sexton
Episode 58
Deborah Landau joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Anne Sexton's poem "Little Girl, My Stringbean, My Lovely Woman" and her own poem "Solitaire." L…
7 years, 6 months ago
Kaveh Akbar Reads Ellen Bryant Voigt
Episode 57
Kaveh Akbar joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Ellen Bryant Voigt’s poem "Groundhog" and his own poem "What Use is Knowing Anything If No One Is A…
7 years, 8 months ago