Episode 49: Should Poets Have Day Jobs?
Should poets be poets full-time or should they ply a trade? In episode 49, four of our past guests give us their thoughts on whether or not poets should have day jobs.
Mar 10, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 45
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Episode 48: Poetry Travel and Troubadours with Benjamin Aleshire
Poet Ben Aleshire joins us this week to talk about his recent travels, selling poetry on the street, and troubadours in this extra-long episode. We hit on all kinds of odd subjects, George Whitman's shenanigans at Shakespeare and Company, whether Johnny Depp might have stolen a poetry broadside from City Lights, the fecundity of letterpress printing in Germany, fake news, Ezra Pound's Fascism and Antisemitism, improvisation vs. revision in poetry, John Ashbery, how poetry is like free jazz, and ...
Mar 03, 2018•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 44
Episode 47: Bookmaking and Letterpress with Peter Anderson
This week printer Peter Anderson joins us to talk about letterpress, book making and the value of tailoring a book specifically to a poet;'s work. We get into the esoterics of page size, paper, and the economy of books, and talk about what we love about books as physical objects.
Feb 24, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 43
Episode 46: Love Poetry
t's just a little after Valentine's Day, and my wife Raina and our daughter Emma join me to read and talk about love poetry. We share love poems by Gary Snyder, Denise Levertov, Robert Creeley, Zachary Schomburg, Sappho, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Louis Aragon, Anne Waldman, Tony Hoagland and Everette Maddox.
Feb 18, 2018•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 42
Episode 45: Found Poetry with Chris Sullivan
This week Chris Sullivan joins us to discuss found poetry and his publications, including the Journal of Public Domain, Catastrophe Basketballs From New Orleans, and I Love My Van.
Feb 11, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 41
Episode 44: Poetry or Death: a conversation with Óscar Saavedra Villarroel
This week Chilean poet Óscar Saavedra Villarroel joins us to share a few of his poems and to talk about the poetical/political state of Chile. His friend Daniel Medi Truol (translator & humorist) was kind enough to join us as his interlocutor.
Feb 03, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 40
Episode 43: The Intersection of Songwriting & Poetry with Jamie Bernstein
In episode 43 Jamie Bernstein joins us to talk about the intersection of songwriting and poetry, sound and meter, the commodification of music/poetry, genres, sub-genres, the value society places on poetry and art, and how we can change the mainstream.
Jan 27, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 39
Episode 42: Poetry Communities & Translation with Mark Statman
This week Mark Statman joins us to talk about poetry communities, poetry in Mexico and Uruguay, translating poetry, and revising poetry. He also shares with us both his own poetry and translations of three poems by Marianna Stephania.
Jan 20, 2018•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 38
Episode 41: Chris Champagne
Poet, comedian, playwright, and political satirist joins us to talk about poetry, comedy, Archie comics, spoken word contests, and performing in public, how texting originated in Finland, and he graces us with some of his poems.
Jan 13, 2018•53 min•Ep. 37
Episode 40: 6 Poets You May Not Have Heard of with guests Laura Mattingly & Raina Zelinski
Poets Laura Mattingly & Raina Zelinski join us to talk about 6 poets that are lesser known, and we read some of their poetry: János Pilinszky, Will Alexander, Jess Stoner, Aase Berg, José Lezama Lima, and Brian Swann.
Jan 06, 2018•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 36
Episode 39: Newspaper Poetry
Why isn't there poetry in the daily paper anymore? This week we talk about poetry's place in the newspaper both historically and in the present, look at some poems from the Daily Picayune and the Times-Picayune in the Nola DNA archive.
Dec 30, 2017•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 35
Episode 38: Christmas Episode with Jimmy Ross
Poet Jimmy Ross joins us this week for a special Christmas Episode where we read holiday poems by Auden, Ashbery, Plath, Sexton and many others, reminisce about Christmases past, and posit that computers writing Christmas songs might be a harbinger of their future domination of humans.
Dec 23, 2017•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 34
Episode 37: 6 Poets You May Not Have Heard of with guest Megan Burns
Poet and publisher Megan Burns joins us to talk about 6 poets that are lesser known, and we read some of their poetry: Elizabeth Acevedo, Susan Wheeler, Carl Andre, Lynn Melnick, David Berman, and The Poet Who Must Not Be Named (I mean, Robert Clairmont).
Dec 16, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 33
Episode 36: Alfred Leslie's Films with Poets
In episode 36 guest David Moss joins us to take a look at two short films directed by Alfred Leslie, Pull My Daisy with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Gregory Corso (and guest appearance by one of our favorite painters, Larry Rivers), and The Last Clean Shirt with Frank O'Hara.
Dec 09, 2017•47 min•Ep. 32
Episode 35: Quantifying Poetry, Modern Sonnets, and Poetry-Writing Parties
A miscellany of topics this week. Joseph Makkos tells us about a pretty terrible article from the Daily Mail about what makes poetry successful which we discuss. We talk about modern sonnets and read a few by Bernadette Mayer and Ted Berrigan, and we talk about writing poetry at parties and have a laugh about some poetry written at past parties.
Dec 02, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 31
Episode 34: Danny Kerwick Tribute
In this episode we remember friend, poet, publisher and all around mischievous tramp of literature and poetics, Danny Kerwick.
Nov 25, 2017•49 min•Ep. 30
Episode 33: Dada Collage, the Personal Universe Deck, and Transcribing Poetry in the International Phonetic Alphabet
No guest this week and Joseph and Joseph's poetic conversation drifts off into all kinds of unexpected areas: Dada collage, the Personal Universe Deck, and transcribing poetry in the International Phonetic Alphabet, Christopher's Ricks idea of the anti-pun, and the value and dangers of poetry outreach.
Nov 21, 2017•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 29
Episode 32: Bill Lavender
This week we talk with past guest and friend Bill Lavender about World Poetry, writing fiction as a poet, how photography changed the world and his current poetry projects.
Nov 11, 2017•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 28
Episode 31: Poetry Festival in Uruguay
Joseph Makkos is just back from Mundial Poético de Montevideo and tells us all about his poetry adventures in Uruguay.
Nov 04, 2017•49 min•Ep. 27
Episode 30: Typewriter Poets
This week we talk about typewriter poets and interview two poets who have spent some time hawking poems on the street, Cubs The Poet and Eric Carter.
Oct 28, 2017•42 min•Ep. 26
Episode 29: Surrealist Poetry Games with Madeline Lavoie
This week poet Madeline Lavoie joins us to play some surrealist poetry games and share some of her poetry.
Oct 21, 2017•41 min•Ep. 25
Episode 28: Free Verse Poetry and Instagram Poetry with Mixson Lovejoy
Guest Cameron (aka Mixson) Lovejoy joins us this week to talk about free verse and instagram poetry.
Oct 14, 2017•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 24
Episode 27: Bookmaking and Publishing with Geoff Munsterman
Geoff Munsterman joins us this week to chat about making books,publishing poetry, and what makes a book feel one of a kind.
Sep 30, 2017•53 min•Ep. 23
Episode 26: Bernard Pearce
Poet, musician, sound-man, and galley cook Bernard Pearce joins us to talk about his experiences with poetry, Louisiana, life on the sea, music, cooking, and writing from the heart.
Sep 23, 2017•45 min•Ep. 22
Episode 25: 6 Poets You May Not Have Heard of with guest Nathan Hoks
Poet Nathan Hoks joins us to talk about 6 poets that are lesser known, and we read some of their poetry: Jim Lang, Zena Smith, Antonio Porta, John Wheelwright, Chika Sagawa, and Joyce Mansour.
Sep 16, 2017•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 21
Episode 24: John Ashbery Tribute
This episode is a tribute to John Ashbery with a discussion of his poetry and readings of some of my favorite Ashbery poems, including a recording of the two voice poem Litany from As We Know. A special thanks to Jeff Pagano this week, as his music features heavilly in the episode.
Sep 09, 2017•44 min•Ep. 20
Episode 23: Computer-Generated Poetry
Can a computer write poetry? We look back at the history of computer-generated poetry, read some poems made by computers, see if we can tell if a poem is written by a bot or not, and discuss why people are so interested in A.I. poetry and where the future might lead.
Sep 02, 2017•53 min•Ep. 19
Episode 22: Mimeograph Revolution with John Sinclair
This episode is all about mimeo and the mimeograph revolution of the 60s and 70s and the poetry that was published throughout. Makkos talks about his experiences with mimeo and interviews poet, publisher, jazz aficionado, and political activist John Sinclair.
Aug 26, 2017•59 min•Ep. 18
Episode 21: Children's Poetry
This week we talk about teaching children poetry and share some recordings from a children's poetry reading that was held at the Children's Resource Center Public Library in New Orleans. Check out the links to Kenneth Koch's books on teaching poetry in the show notes.
Aug 19, 2017•42 min•Ep. 17
Episode 20: Vocabulary and Poetry
Does having a bigger vocabulary make you a better poet? Can we tell something about poets from the words they use? Does Wu Tang really use more vocabulary words than Shakespeare? We talk about all this and more as we examine the role of vocabulary in poetry.
Aug 12, 2017•55 min•Ep. 16
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