Poetry Off the Shelf

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Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.

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Episodes

Dante for Today

Mary Jo Bang on her 15-year long translation effort to remake Dante’s Divine Comedy for the modern ear.

Aug 10, 2021•45 min•Ep. 463

My Imagined Incoherence

Tracy Fuad on Yelp reviews, mortality, and the weather in her mind.

Jul 27, 2021•38 min•Ep. 462

The Final Girl

torrin a. greathouse on public transport, horror, and the love of a chosen family.

Jul 13, 2021•55 min•Ep. 461

Parents in a Poem

Raymond Antrobus on forgiving his dad, becoming a father, and poetry dubs on late-night BBC.

Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 460

Patterns of Memory

Natasha Trethewey on writing a memoir about her mother’s life and murder.

Jun 15, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 459

Not My Face in the Mirror

Vievee Francis (part 2) on beauty in a racist world.

Jun 01, 2021•27 min•Ep. 458

Salvation in the Dark

Vievee Francis on dark corners, an encounter with a bear, and the promise of the north.

May 18, 2021•57 min•Ep. 457

A Sea of Rhythm

Translator Emily Drumsta geeks out about the poetic patterns in the work of Iraqi modernist Nazik al Mala'ika.

May 04, 2021•45 min•Ep. 456

Wild at the Root

Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison on Gmail poems, pot roast, and the legacy of pain.

Apr 20, 2021•57 min•Ep. 455

The Light is Going Out

Famous Polish poet Adam Zagajewski remembered by friend and Translator Clare Cavanagh.

Apr 06, 2021•45 min•Ep. 454

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