A Way to Haunt Me: A discussion of “It All over My Face?” by Kevin Killian
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, Trisha Low, and Eric Sneathen.
Feb 17, 2021•58 min•Ep. 157
Poem Talk
Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Tracie Morris, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, Charles Bernstein, Sawako Nakayasu, Simone White, and others.
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Episodes
Damned Fruitflies: A discussion of “With Shelter Gone” by Steve Dalachinsky
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jake Marmer, Bonny Finberg, Julien Poirier. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Jan 25, 2021•56 min•Ep. 156
Promise To Go On: A discussion of “The Similitude of This Great Flower” by Elizabeth Willis
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Angela Carr, and Kate Colby. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Nov 25, 2020•42 min•Ep. 154
Rousing Earth to Excel: A discussion of “Arriving” by Daphne Marlatt
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Fred Wah, Meredith Quartermain, and Daphne Marlatt. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Oct 23, 2020•56 min•Ep. 153
Word for Word: A discussion of “The Poem That Took the Place of a Mountain” by Wallace Stevens.
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tyrone Williams, Mónica de la Torre, Kate Colby, and Aldon Nielsen. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Sep 25, 2020•51 min•Ep. 820
That’s Right: A discussion of Eileen Myles’s “Writing” and “Mount St. Helens”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephen Metcalf, June Thomas, and Jess Shollenberger. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Aug 26, 2020•53 min•Ep. 819
Ominous Pre-tingling: A discussion of “MJ Fan Letter” and “RSVP” by Terrance Hayes
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Dixon Li, and Jo Park.
Jul 24, 2020•53 min•Ep. 150
Find Me the Rage: A discussion of “Negus” by Kamau Brathwaite
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jacob Edmond, Amber Rose Johnson, and Huda Fakhreddine.
Jun 24, 2020•48 min•Ep. 149
A Word For Me: A discussion of “Should You Find Me” by Erica Hunt
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tyrone Williams, William J. Harris, Aldon Nielsen, and Erica Hunt. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
May 27, 2020•50 min•Ep. 178
Begin to Awaken: A discussion of “By the road to the contagious hospital” by William Carlos Williams
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Imaad Majeed, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Irene Torra Mohedano.
Apr 24, 2020•49 min•Ep. 147
The Gaps I Mean: A discussion of “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Anna Strong Safford, Stephen Metcalf, and Ahmad Almallah.
Mar 27, 2020•55 min•Ep. 146
Knots of a Woman: A discussion of A Swarm of Bees in High Court by Tonya Foster
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephanie Burt, Bonnie Costello, and Anna Strong Safford. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Feb 20, 2020•57 min•Ep. 144
Mammal Patriot: A discussion of Ghost Tantras by Michael McClure
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Selena Dyer, and Jonathan Dick. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Jan 22, 2020•49 min•Ep. 143
Beside the Mind: A discussion of Clairvoyant Journal by Hannah Weiner
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Davy Knittle, Charles Bernstein, and Kate Colby. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Dec 20, 2019•49 min•Ep. 142
These Squiggles: A discussion of “As if the Trees by Their Very Roots Had Hold of Us” by Charles Bernstein
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tracie Morris, Marjorie Perloff, and Danny Snelson. (With a cameo appearance by Charles Bernstein himself at the end.) Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Nov 22, 2019•45 min•Ep. 141
September 1941: A discussion of “Memory Tree” by Rosmarie Waldrop
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Laynie Browne, Mónica de la Torre, Kate Colby, and Rosmarie Waldrop. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Oct 28, 2019•48 min•Ep. 140
The Republic of Space: A discussion of “The Blue Stairs” by Barbara Guest
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, and Kristin Prevallet. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Sep 27, 2019•47 min•Ep. 139
Worker’s Tanka: A discussion of six tankas (2 each) by three worker poets, Christine Yvette Lewis, Lorraine Garnett and Davidson Garrett
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Husnaa Hashim, Meg Pendoley, and Mark Nowak. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Aug 27, 2019•48 min•Ep. 138
Written in Water: A discussion of Bluets by Maggie Nelson
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jennifer Firestone, Adrienne Raphel, and Julia Bloch.
Jul 19, 2019•48 min•Ep. 137
Laying Poems Away: A discussion of “The Ambition Bird” by Anne Sexton
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ellen Berman, Anthony Rostain, and Ahmad Almallah.
Jun 21, 2019•47 min•Ep. 136
Saw the Lie: A discussion of three short poems in “SKY WRI TEI NGS” by Nasser Hussain
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ujjwala Maharjan, Kevin Platt, and Nasser Hussain. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
May 17, 2019•40 min•Ep. 135
Hadbeen Variety: A discussion of “Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake” by John Cage
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Marjorie Perloff, Danny Snelson, and Nancy Perloff. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Apr 24, 2019•57 min•Ep. 134
Slowing the Rate of Perception: A discussion of “Hello, the Roses” by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joshua Schuster, Evelyn Reilly, and James Sherry.
Mar 20, 2019•50 min•Ep. 133
Flesh Ekes Ink: A discussion of Divya Victor’s “W Is for Walt Whitman’s Soul” from her book Kith.
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Mytili Jaganathan, Angela Carr, and Anna Strong Safford.
Feb 20, 2019•47 min•Ep. 132
Light filtering through: A discussion of G. Maria Hindmarch's “Kitsilano”.
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Erín Moure, Karis Shearer, and Deanna Fong. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Jan 16, 2019•50 min•Ep. 131
Filter, Impose, Trespass: A discussion of Rachel Zolf’s Human Resources.
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jeff T. Johnson, Whitney Trettien, and Amy Paeth.
Dec 19, 2018•48 min•Ep. 130
Not Detainable: A discussion of Gwendolyn Brooks’s “Riot”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Amber Rose Johnson, Tonya Foster, and Davy Knittle.
Nov 16, 2018•44 min•Ep. 129
The After-Hell: A discussion of Sylvia Plath's poem “The Stones”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Susan Schultz, Sally Van Doren, and Huda Fakhreddine.
Oct 17, 2018•48 min•Ep. 128
Of Beautiful Tangents: A discussion of two poems from Perfect Villagers by Sueyeun Juliette Lee
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Sawako Nakayasu, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, and Donato Mancini. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here .
Sep 20, 2018•52 min•Ep. 127
Boring in a Different Way: A discussion of John Ashbery's “The Short Answer”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Marjorie Perloff, Susan McCabe, and Robert von Hallberg.
Aug 21, 2018•47 min•Ep. 126
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