Episode 107 - It is time
Pierre Joris, Anna Strong, and Ariel Resnikoff join Al Filreis to discuss Paul Celan's "Corona."
Dec 06, 2016•45 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 106 - Dear conflicted reader
Mark McMorris, Mel Nichols, and Rob Casper join Al Filreis to discuss C.D. Wright's "One Big Self."
Nov 15, 2016•48 min
Episode 105 - No truths self-evident
Kristen Gallagher, Kerry Sherin Wright, and Joshua Schuster join Al Filreis to discuss Michael Magee's "Morning Constitutional."
Oct 17, 2016•50 min
Episode 104 - Explode for small change
Yolanda Wisher, Charles Bernstein, and Patricia Spears Jones join Al Filreis to discuss Akilah Oliver's "Is You Is or Is You Ain't."
Sep 13, 2016•37 min
Episode 103 - Swear it closed
Rachel Zolf, erica kaufman, and Eileen Myles join Al Filreis to discuss four poems by Simone White from "Of Being Dispersed."
Aug 09, 2016•38 min
Episode 102 - Mind's not right
Lisa New, Rafael Campo, and Christina Davis join Al Filreis for a special PoemTalk recorded at Harvard University to discuss Robert Lowell's "Skunk Hour."
Jul 12, 2016•45 min
Episode 101 - With what geometry
Simone White, Sophia Le Fraga, and Andrew Whiteman join Al Filreis to discuss Ed Dorn's "The Sundering U.P. Tracks."
Jun 14, 2016•46 min
Episode 100 - PoemTalk Retrospective
Al Filreis and seven past PoemTalk guests convene for a special 90-minute celebration of PoemTalk's 100th episode: William Joe Harris, Tracie Morris, erica kaufman, Steve McLaughlin, Maria Damon, Charles Bernstein, and Herman Beavers.
May 17, 2016•1 hr 30 min
Episode 99 - The unabettable bleak
Julia Bloch, Joseph Massey, and Michelle Gil-Montero join Al Filreis to discuss four poems from William Bronk's book Finding Losses.
Apr 12, 2016•40 min
Episode 98 - Weakness stalks in pride
Herman Beavers, Salamishah Tillet, and Chris Mustazza join Al Filreis to discuss James Weldon Johnson's "O Southland!"
Mar 15, 2016•46 min
Episode 97 - Articulate beyond walls
Michael Kelleher, Daniel Bergmann, and Ron Silliman join Al Filreis for a discussion of three poems by Larry Eigner: "Again dawn," "A temporary language," and "Unyielding / rock."
Feb 17, 2016•47 min
Episode 96 - The laurel crown
Peter Cole, Kathryn Hellerstein, and Ariel Resnikoff join Al Filreis to talk about Allen Grossman's "My Radiant Eye."
Jan 19, 2016•45 min
Episode 95 - I too received identity
Michelle Taransky, Laynie Browne, and Rodrigo Toscano join Al Filreis to talk about Rob Fitterman's "Sprawl."
Dec 08, 2015•35 min
Episode 94 - No spell broken
Trace Peterson, erica kaufman, and Gabriel Ojeda-Sague join Al Filreis to talk about CAConrad's "say it with grEEn paint for the comfort and healing of their wounds" and "from the womb not the anus WHITE asbestos snowfall on 911."
Nov 17, 2015•45 min
Episode 93 - Dreams not spoiled by roaches
Corina Copp, Laura Sims, and Richard Deming join Al Filreis to talk about Helen Adam's "Cheerless Junkie's Song."
Oct 20, 2015•47 min
Episode 92 - An abductee, in theory
Kristen Gallagher, Kathy Lou Schultz, and Bruce Andrews join Al Filreis to talk about Bob Perelman's "Confession."
Sep 22, 2015•46 min
Episode 90 - The f***-you bow
Maxe Crandall, Julia Bloch, and Sarah Dowling join Al Filreis to talk about Gertrude Stein's "How She Bowed to Her Brother."
Jul 14, 2015•37 min
Episode 89 - Requiem so sweet we forgot what it lamented
Tsitsi Jaji, Herman Beavers, and William J. Harris join Al Filreis to discuss Nathaniel Mackey's "Day after Day of the Dead."
Jun 22, 2015•37 min
Episode 88 - Me no one will take
Maria Damon, Catherine Wagner, and Kaplan Harris join Al Filreis in New York City to discuss two poems Kathy Acker inserted into the middle of her novel "Blood and Guts in High School."
May 19, 2015•41 min
Episode 87 - Amplitude and awe
Michelle Taransky, Cecilia Corrigan, and Lily Applebaum join Al Filreis to discuss two poems by Emily Dickinson, "She rose to His Requirement" and "Wild Nights - Wild Nights!"
Apr 20, 2015•34 min
Episode 86 - The signature public
Alan Golding, Lily Applebaum, and Herman Beavers join Al Filreis to discuss two short poems by Tyrone Williams that appeared in his 2008 book, On Spec.
Mar 24, 2015•43 min
Episode 85 - A day like any other
Bernadette Mayer, Julia Bloch, and Erica Kaufman join Al Filreis to discuss James Schuyler's "February."
Feb 20, 2015•37 min
Episode 84 - The I as hieroglyph
Julia Bloch, Dee Morris, and Annette Debo join Al Filreis for an extended discussion on five selected small parts of H.D.'s lyrics epic, Helen in Egypt.
Jan 27, 2015•45 min
Episode 83 - There it was
Susan Howe, Dee Morris, and Nancy Kuhl join Al Filreis to discuss William Carlos Williams's "The Poem That Took the Place of a Mountain."
Dec 29, 2014•38 min
Episode 82 - Remote yet present
Anthony Madrid, Laura Goldstein, and Don Share join Al Filreis at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago for a special on-the-road discussion of Carl Rakosi's "In What Sense I Am I."
Oct 27, 2014•30 min
Episode 81 - Deep descent
Laynie Browne, Rae Armantrout, and Kerry Sherin Wright join Al Filreis to discuss two short poems by Fanny Howe, "The Descent" and "The Source."
Oct 02, 2014•30 min
Episode 80 - Fail better and revolt
Jenn McCreary, Joe Milutis, and Leonard Schwartz join Al Filreis to discuss a poem/audiotext from "Three Texts for Tape," by radical Scottish poet Tom Leonard.
Sep 03, 2014•31 min
Episode 79 - Revolutionary vibe
Julia Bloch, Stephen Ratcliffe, and Pattie McCarthy join Al Filreis to discuss Joanne Kyger's "It's Been a Long Time: Notes from the Revolution."
Jul 18, 2014•30 min
Episode 78 - How can they write and believe?
Amy King, David Abel, and Mytili Jagannathan join Al Filreis to discuss Muriel Rukeyser's "Ballad of Orange and Grape."
Jun 17, 2014•31 min
Episode 77 - My other country
Jessica Lowenthal, Michelle Taransky, and Dee Morris join Al Filreis to talk about two short poems by Lorine Niedecker, "Foreclosure" and "Wilderness."
May 28, 2014•30 min
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