Episode 76 - I'm coming up
Orchid Tierney, Stacy Szymaszek, and Pierre Joris join Al Filreis to discuss Anne Waldman's "To the Censorious Ones," or "Open Address to Senator Jesse Helms."
May 01, 2014•31 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 75 - Strange galvanics
Tracie Morris, Kristen Gallagher, and Michael Magee join Al Filreis to discuss Will Alexander's "Compound Hibernation."
Mar 30, 2014•30 min
Episode 74 - Word up
Amy King, Julia Bloch, and Tom Pickard join Al Filreis to discuss before a live audience Basil Bunting's 1977 performance of Walt Whitman's "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking."
Mar 07, 2014•33 min
Episode 73 - Is it over already?
Patrick Durgin, Thom Donovan and Tyrone Williams talk with Al Filreis about Steve Benson's 2003 improvisation consisting only of questions
Jan 08, 2014•31 min
Episode 72 - Gone is the word as word
Jaap Blonk, Danny Snelson and Steve McLaughlin joined PoemTalk producer and host Al Filreis to talk about Bob Cobbing's sound poem, "Portrait of Robin Crozier"
Nov 20, 2013•31 min
Episode 71 - Constrained to honor
Herman Beavers, Salamishah Tillet, and Kathy Lou Schultz joined PoemTalk producer and host Al Filreis to talk about Claude McKay's widely anthologized sonnet, "If We Must Die" (1919)
Oct 08, 2013•32 min
Episode 70 - On the convergence of war and wedding
Amy Paeth, Michelle Taransky, and Steve McLaughlin met up with PoemTalk's host Al Filreis to talk about one of the poems in Laura Mullen's book Enduring Freedom: A Little Book of Mechanical Brides (Otis Books, 2012).
Aug 26, 2013•30 min
Episode 69 - Fierce storehouses of articulation: Rachel Blau DuPlessis, sections 16 and 29 of "Draft 85: Hard Copy"
In a special long episode of PoemTalk, Ron Silliman, Jessica Lowenthal, Randall Couch and PoemTalk's producer and host Al Filreis gathered to discuss two sections of "Draft 85: Hard Copy," which is the 85th "draft" or canto in Rachel Blau DuPlessis's ongoing long poem Drafts.
May 30, 2013•43 min
Episode 68 - Perhaps a new optimism: Ray DiPalma, "It makes of nonsense"
Aaron Shurin (then just in from the Bay Area), John Tranter (visiting from Australia), and Charles Bernstein (coming in from New York) joined Al Filreis for this episode of PoemTalk to discuss a poem by Ray DiPalma, "It makes of nonsense."
May 30, 2013•31 min
Episode 67 - Girl head mostly eyes: Catherine Wagner, "This Is a Fucking Poem"
Rae Armantrout, Laura Elrick and Rachel Blau DuPlessis joined Al Filreis to talk about Catherine Wagner's "This Is a Fucking Poem."
May 30, 2013•30 min
Episode 66 - Deep heart's core sound: W.B. Yeats, "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"
Taije Silverman, Max McKenna, and John Timpane joined Al Filreis to discuss William Butler Yeats's "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" [text], surely his most famous early poem (written in 1888; published in 1890) and a staple of his poetry readings into the 1930s.
May 15, 2013•31 min
Episode 65 - The day pours out space: Lisa Robertson, 'The Weather'
In October of 2000, Lisa Robertson presented along with Steve McCaffrey, reading from her then-new work,'The Weather'.
Apr 23, 2013•33 min
Episode 64 - The straight path gone astray: Caroline Bergvall, "VIA"
Amaris Cuchanski, David Wallace, and Laynie Browne met at the Writers House to discuss Bergvall's remarkable performance piece and text "VIA".
Apr 22, 2013•31 min
Episode 63 - I am a liturgy worsted: Laynie Browne, "Daily Sonnets"
PoemTalkers Jessica Lowenthal, Lee Ann Brown, and Sueyuen Juliette Lee gathered with Al Filreis to talk about five poems from Laynie Brown's "Daily Sonnets".
Mar 11, 2013•33 min
Episode 62 - A space only you can build: Charles Alexander, "Near or Random Acts"
Al Filreis welcomes Mark Nowak, Ken Jacobs, and Ron Silliman to investigate Charles Alexanders "Near or Random Acts".
Jan 29, 2013•31 min
Episode 61 - I can't get started: "Signature Song" by Bill Berkson
Marci Nelligan, David Kaufmann and Thomas Devaney dissect Bill Berkson's "Signature Song" with host, Al Filreis.
Jan 08, 2013•32 min
Episode 60 - Whelm lessons: "Blues for Alice" by Clark Coolidge
Brian Reed, Maria Damon and Craig Dworkin break down "Blues for Alice" by Clark Coolidge with host, Al Filreis.
Dec 17, 2012•31 min
Episode 59 - Yankee go home: Paul Blackburn's "7th Game: 1960 Series"
Ron Silliman, Daisy Fried and Joel Lewis delve into Paul Blackburn's "7th Game: 1960 Series" with host, Al Filreis.
Nov 21, 2012•35 min
Episode 58 - Tired, poor, huddled, gentrified: Bernadette Mayer, "The Tragic Condition of the Statue of Liberty"
Anne Waldman, Julia Bloch and Katie Price come together at the Kelly Writers House to discuss Bernadette Mayer's "The Tragic Condition of the Statue of Liberty" with host, Al Filreis.
Oct 16, 2012•32 min
Episode 57 - Cut from the same tongue: Gregory Djanikian, "Armenian Pastoral, 1915"
Peter Balakian, John Timpane and Jamie-Lee Josselyn gather to discuss Gregory Djanikian's "Armenian Pastoral, 1915" with host, Al Filreis.
Sep 04, 2012•32 min
Episode 56 - Without house and ground: Charles Reznikoff
Peter Cole, Michelle Taransky and Harry Steinberg diagnose Charles Reznikoff's "Salmon and red wine" and "During the Second World War" with Al Filreis.
Jul 31, 2012•33 min
Episode 55 - Find the missing line - Jennifer Moxley's "The Atrophy of Private Life"
Cathy Eisenhower, Christopher Schmidt, and Katie Price discuss Jennifer Moxley's "The Atrophy of Private Life" with Al Filreis.
Jul 22, 2012•30 min
Episode 54 - The value of a pronoun - Ron Silliman, "You"
Bob Perelman, Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Frank Sherlock discuss Ron Silliman's "You" with guest host Michelle Taransky.
Jun 27, 2012•26 min
Episode 53 - Obscure things have already been said - Joan Retallack's "Not a Cage"
Jena Osman, Jonathan Monroe, Danny Snelson discuss Joan Retallack's "Not a Cage" with host, Al Filreis.
May 20, 2012•29 min
Episode 52 - Where the Real Exceeds the Ideal - Cole Swensen's "If a Garden of Numbers"
Ann Seaton, Michelle Taransky, Gregory Djanikian dissect Cole Swensen's "If a Garden of Numbers" with host, Al Filreis.
May 04, 2012•28 min
Episode 51 - Why Apples Can Cause Riots - Linh Dinh's "Eating Fried Chicken"
Thomas Devaney, Susan Schultz, Leonard Schwartz talk about this work of apparently straightforward address yet tonal complexity with host, Al Filreis.
Mar 31, 2012•31 min
Episode 50 - State of Error: Tom Raworth, "Errory"
Charles Bernstein, Michael Hennessey, and Marjorie Perloff gather at the Kelly Writers House to talk about Tom Raworth's poem, "Errory."
Feb 28, 2012•30 min
Episode 49 - Writing slow-down: Discussion of P. Inman's "at.least."
Michael Golston, Danny Snelson, and Sarah Dowling join Al Filreis to talk about two short poems by P. Inman from his book "at.least."
Jan 24, 2012•30 min
Episode 48 - Angelic Poems: Edgar Allen Poe, "Dream-Land"
A discussion of Poe's "Dream-Land" with Jerome McGann, John Timpane and Tom Devaney
Dec 19, 2011•29 min
Episode 47 - Inalienable writes: Rosmarie Waldrop, "Shorter American Memory of the Declaration of Independence"
Jessica Lowenthal, Julia Bloch, Johanna Drucker, and Al Filreis discuss Rosmarie Waldrop's "Shorter American Memory of the Declaration of Independence"
Nov 10, 2011•30 min
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