Episode 216 - The impalpable fog
Claire Marie Stancek, Sarah Riggs, and Laynie Browne join Al Filreis in the Wexler Studio at Kelly Writers House to discuss Etel Adnan's "Return from London."
Mar 23, 2026•1 hr 4 min
PoemTalk at the Writers House
PoemTalk at the Writers House, hosted by Al Filreis and based at Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. PoemTalk is a collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing and Jacket2.org.
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Episode 215 - Knot know now
Sarah Riggs, Laynie Browne, and Lee Ann Brown join Al Filreis at the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation in New York City for a discussion of two poems by Stacy Doris: "Menage a trois" and "Month of Valentines."
Feb 26, 2026•58 min
Episode 214 - The game is always on
Ernest Hilbet, Guy D'Annolfo, and Larry Robin join Al Filreis in the Writers House's Wexler Studio for a discussion of three poems by Thomas Devaney from Getting to Philadelphia (Hanging Loose Press, 2019): "The Blue Stoop," "Oregon Avenue," and "A Week in the Childhood of W.C. Fields."
Jan 17, 2026•1 hr 2 min
Episode 213 - Momentary resting place
Charles Bernstein, Ariel Resnikoff, and Nicole Peyrafitte join Al Filreis for a special live taping in the Writers House's Arts Cafe to discuss two poems by recently departed poets Pierre Joris ("The word, the mawqif") and Jerome Rothenberg ("A letter to Paul Celan, in memory").
Jan 04, 2026•1 hr
Episode 212 - Reflection affliction
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss three poems from George Quasha's Hearing Other, the latest in his extensive Preverbs series: "Mind-degradable theory," "Verb at first sight," and "(Dis)play."
Nov 03, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Episode 211 - No snake no slick no stone
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems by Ed Roberson: "The Motorcycle Crossing" and "To See the Earth Before the End of the World."
Sep 22, 2025•1 hr
Episode 210 - Make touch poems
The group convenes for a special live PoemTalk discussion of Muriel Rukeyser's "Waking This Morning."
Aug 26, 2025•56 min
Episode 209 - F*** no to all that
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss three poems from Sadie Dupuis's "Cry Perfume."
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Episode 208 - Vainglories of this Capitol
The group convenes for a special live session on the late Tyrone Williams's "Charon on the Potomac."
May 06, 2025•59 min
Episode 207 - Words were gods
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Rae Armantrout's "Further Thought" and "Here I Go."
Apr 15, 2025•52 min
Episode 206 - The sonnet is wrong
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Lewis Warsh's "Polar Night."
Mar 28, 2025•56 min
Episode 205 - Radioaction Riding Regal
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss June Jordan's "Financial Planning" and "Song of the Law Abiding Citizen."
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Episode 204 - To empty rooms
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Horace Gregory's "Chorus for Survival" nos. 5 and 11.
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Episode 203 - Raw from the bellicose tumble
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two versions of Callie Gardener's "Culture Warrior."
Dec 24, 2024•59 min
Episode 202 - Every flower a reminder
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss a six-page section from Harryette Mullen's Open Leaves, called "Chasing Dirt."
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Episode 201 - Your voice in my mouth
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems from Trish Salah's Lyric Sexology Volume 1.
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr
Episode 200 - Our language is loaded
The group gathers in the Writers House's Arts Cafe for a special live taping to discuss two poems by Evie Shockley.
Oct 07, 2024•59 min
Episode 199 - Not in the buy
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems by Edward Denby: "Subway" and "Ciampino envoi."
Aug 26, 2024•59 min
Episode 198 - Beauty isn't enough
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss three poems from Larry Price's 1/0.
Aug 05, 2024•59 min
Episode 197 - Walking the walk
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss four of Marjorie Welish's "Textiles."
Jun 25, 2024•51 min
Episode 196 - A tide of voices
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Hart Crane's "The Harbor Dawn," as performed by Tennessee Williams.
May 22, 2024•54 min
Episode 195 - Also I don't suffer
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss "The Austrian Maiden" and "Joe Brainard's Painting Bingo" by Richard Padgett.
Apr 18, 2024•55 min
Episode 194 - Hack my name
The PoemTalk team travels to Scotland for a discussion at the Fruitmarket Arts Center in Edinburgh on two poems by Veronica Forrest-Thomson.
Mar 21, 2024•48 min
Episode 193 - The colors of death
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Ariana Raines's "To the Reader," from A Sand Book (Tin House, 2019).
Feb 16, 2024•54 min
Episode 192 - Of shredded love
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems by Owen Dodson: "For Billie Holiday" and "Sorrow Is The Only Faithful One."
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Episode 191 - Fracas in the hinterlands
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two Kenward Elmslie pieces, "Core Bonus" and "One Night Stand."
Dec 21, 2023•59 min
Episode 190 - Watches don't shoot
The group gathers for a live session in the Kelly Writers House's Arts Cafe to discuss the eponymous piece from Aldon Nielson's book Tray (Make Now Press, 2017).
Nov 20, 2023•1 hr
Episode 189 - Humming in the vacancy
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Gregory Corso's 1969 performance of "Vision of Rotterdam."
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Episode 188 - To the goon ictus
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Ted Pearson's 1987 book-length poem, Catenary Odes.
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Episode 187 - Bray brassily
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two "Love Poems" by Mina Loy, from a recording and interview with Paul Blackburn and Robert Von Dias in 1965.
Aug 28, 2023•49 min
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