poetryGeorge The Poet's Genre-Bending Call For ChangeWe talk to George the Poet about his podcast (full of music, poetry, radio drama, fantasy) and his lifelong push for social change. Resume47:33Jun 17, 2020Former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith's Poetry Road Trip Across AmericaA conversation with the Pulitzer Prize winning-poet Tracy K. Smith. She spent a year traveling the country as U.S. poet laureate. Where did she go?Resume46:46Jan 15, 2020A Conversation With Joy Harjo, The First Native American Poet LaureateThe new poet laureate of the United States is also the first Native American appointed to the post. We'll talk with Joy Harjo. Resume47:08Jun 26, 2019Reliving The Poetry Of Derek WalcottWe’ll dive once more into the dazzling literary legacy of Nobel Prize-winning Caribbean poet and playwright Derek Walcott.Resume48:21Mar 22, 2017Black Lives Matter And Civil Rights In Modern AmericaOn Martin Luther King Day, a conversation about racism in America and Black Lives Matter with poet Claudia Rankine and activist DeRay Mckesson.Resume49:45Jan 18, 2016AdvertisementT.S. Eliot And The Birth Of The Modern PoetThe great Christopher Ricks on the great T.S. Eliot. Practical cats and the way the world ends.Resume47:45Dec 15, 2015Poetry Born In PrisonAt 16, Reginald Dwayne Betts went to prison. Now he’s a law student and a celebrated poet, with a poet’s moving view of race and justice and life. Resume47:48Oct 29, 2015A Poet Laureate’s Life: Juan Felipe HerreraWe sit down with Juan Felipe Herrera, the newly minted – and first Latino – U.S. poet laureate.Resume46:57Jun 23, 2015the joy and rebellion of e.e. cummingsSusan Cheever on the poet e.e. cummings, all lower-case, and radical.Dec 29, 2014Poet Malcolm London Finds Hope On Chicago's StreetsFrom Chicago, a young, new poet gives voice to one of America’s great cities, and its tough streets. Malcolm London joins us.Nov 28, 2014Reading Dylan Thomas At 100A century after his birth, poet and writer Dylan Thomas lives on. We look at his exuberant work and short life. Resume48:15Oct 29, 2014Poet Malcolm London Finds Hope On Chicago's StreetsFrom Chicago, a young, new poet gives voice to one of America’s great cities, and its tough streets. Malcolm London joins us.Resume46:26Mar 18, 2014we asked for poems; you gave us poemsWe asked you for some of your favorite e.e. cummings poems and, my goodness, do you like his poetry. Here are a few top poetic picks.Feb 11, 2014the joy and rebellion of e.e. cummingsSusan Cheever on the poet e.e. cummings, all lower-case, and radical.Resume46:43Feb 11, 2014Demystifying PoetryDavid Orr's quest to make poetry more accessible to everyone.Resume23:50Apr 22, 2011Haiku and You - Add to the ListIn the age of tweets, We look back to the haiku, And its new appeal.Resume45:47Jan 12, 2011Ted Kooser's Heartland PoetryFormer U.S. poet laureate Ted Kooser is encouraging us all to write our own American family histories.Resume23:34Nov 25, 2010Beat Epic: Allen Ginsberg's "Howl"We talk with the directors of a new film celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s epic beat generation poem “Howl.”Resume24:06Oct 5, 2010For Emily Dickinson Superfans OnlyWe dug deep into Emily Dickinson’s poetry with top critic Helen Vendler and poet Rae Armantrout. We geeked out a bit when researching this show. If you're a Dickinson superfan,...Sep 8, 2010Decoding Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson died a recluse. Today, her poetry towers. Top scholar Helen Vendler joins us for a deep look at Dickinson.Resume46:19Sep 8, 2010Next Page
George The Poet's Genre-Bending Call For ChangeWe talk to George the Poet about his podcast (full of music, poetry, radio drama, fantasy) and his lifelong push for social change. Resume47:33Jun 17, 2020
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith's Poetry Road Trip Across AmericaA conversation with the Pulitzer Prize winning-poet Tracy K. Smith. She spent a year traveling the country as U.S. poet laureate. Where did she go?Resume46:46Jan 15, 2020
A Conversation With Joy Harjo, The First Native American Poet LaureateThe new poet laureate of the United States is also the first Native American appointed to the post. We'll talk with Joy Harjo. Resume47:08Jun 26, 2019
Reliving The Poetry Of Derek WalcottWe’ll dive once more into the dazzling literary legacy of Nobel Prize-winning Caribbean poet and playwright Derek Walcott.Resume48:21Mar 22, 2017
Black Lives Matter And Civil Rights In Modern AmericaOn Martin Luther King Day, a conversation about racism in America and Black Lives Matter with poet Claudia Rankine and activist DeRay Mckesson.Resume49:45Jan 18, 2016
T.S. Eliot And The Birth Of The Modern PoetThe great Christopher Ricks on the great T.S. Eliot. Practical cats and the way the world ends.Resume47:45Dec 15, 2015
Poetry Born In PrisonAt 16, Reginald Dwayne Betts went to prison. Now he’s a law student and a celebrated poet, with a poet’s moving view of race and justice and life. Resume47:48Oct 29, 2015
A Poet Laureate’s Life: Juan Felipe HerreraWe sit down with Juan Felipe Herrera, the newly minted – and first Latino – U.S. poet laureate.Resume46:57Jun 23, 2015
the joy and rebellion of e.e. cummingsSusan Cheever on the poet e.e. cummings, all lower-case, and radical.Dec 29, 2014
Poet Malcolm London Finds Hope On Chicago's StreetsFrom Chicago, a young, new poet gives voice to one of America’s great cities, and its tough streets. Malcolm London joins us.Nov 28, 2014
Reading Dylan Thomas At 100A century after his birth, poet and writer Dylan Thomas lives on. We look at his exuberant work and short life. Resume48:15Oct 29, 2014
Poet Malcolm London Finds Hope On Chicago's StreetsFrom Chicago, a young, new poet gives voice to one of America’s great cities, and its tough streets. Malcolm London joins us.Resume46:26Mar 18, 2014
we asked for poems; you gave us poemsWe asked you for some of your favorite e.e. cummings poems and, my goodness, do you like his poetry. Here are a few top poetic picks.Feb 11, 2014
the joy and rebellion of e.e. cummingsSusan Cheever on the poet e.e. cummings, all lower-case, and radical.Resume46:43Feb 11, 2014
Demystifying PoetryDavid Orr's quest to make poetry more accessible to everyone.Resume23:50Apr 22, 2011
Haiku and You - Add to the ListIn the age of tweets, We look back to the haiku, And its new appeal.Resume45:47Jan 12, 2011
Ted Kooser's Heartland PoetryFormer U.S. poet laureate Ted Kooser is encouraging us all to write our own American family histories.Resume23:34Nov 25, 2010
Beat Epic: Allen Ginsberg's "Howl"We talk with the directors of a new film celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s epic beat generation poem “Howl.”Resume24:06Oct 5, 2010
For Emily Dickinson Superfans OnlyWe dug deep into Emily Dickinson’s poetry with top critic Helen Vendler and poet Rae Armantrout. We geeked out a bit when researching this show. If you're a Dickinson superfan,...Sep 8, 2010
Decoding Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson died a recluse. Today, her poetry towers. Top scholar Helen Vendler joins us for a deep look at Dickinson.Resume46:19Sep 8, 2010