Give Me a Sign
Alexandra Lytton Regalado on fate, snake mirrors, and the daily work of letting go.
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 493
Poetry Off the Shelf
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.
Episodes
As I Am
Ama Codjoe on normal naked bodies, solving problems, and her childfree life.
Oct 04, 2022•56 min•Ep. 492
The Land Is the Center
Noʻu Revilla on ancestral history in newspapers, ocean consciousness, and how to be a guest.
Sep 20, 2022•50 min•Ep. 491
Remember Every Ginseng Seed
Chelsea Harlan on knowledge, creaturehood, and the quest for her mother’s secret sadness.
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 490
Before We Return to Dust
André Naffis-Sahely on desert sand, rootlessness, and the long shadow of fascism.
Aug 23, 2022•49 min•Ep. 489
The Future Trembles
Elisa Gabbert on commitment, boredom, and the poem as theater.
Aug 09, 2022•48 min•Ep. 488
Trickster God
Saeed Jones on accuracy, being funny, and creating what we need.
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 487
The Healing Brush
Chantal Gibson on ancestors, laundry, and Frantz Fanon for beginners.
Jul 14, 2022•44 min•Ep. 486
Yelling Down the Phone
Nina Mingya Powles on muscle memory, Haka tutorials, and the shock of home.
Jun 28, 2022•52 min•Ep. 485
Telling the Truth
Niina Pollari on sunflowers, redemption, and the most depressing phone note in the world.
Jun 14, 2022•46 min•Ep. 484
Team Mystery
Victoria Chang on bonsai trees, witticisms, and the wisdom of not giving a crap.
May 31, 2022•41 min•Ep. 483
All There Is
Tom Sleigh about his romance with experience, fancy jackets, and one last visit to the dog beach.
May 17, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 482
The Neverending Quest
Sylvie Kandé and her translator Alexander Dickow on the courage of migrants, the limits of language, and an epic without a nation.
May 03, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 481
The Body You Control
Kim Moore on playing the trumpet, misogyny, and the men we love.
Apr 19, 2022•54 min•Ep. 480
Pushing the Ear
Tommye Blount on transformation, Kids Incorporate, and the joy of drowning in diction.
Apr 05, 2022•52 min•Ep. 479
Blossoms in Ukraine
Oksana Maksymchuk and Oksana Lutsyshyna on life as a refugee, the God of comfort, and the deep roots of the war.
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 478
Listen for My Name
Julie Enszer and Elena Gross on community care, the AIDS epidemic, and OutWrite, the conference that shaped queer literary history.
Mar 08, 2022•53 min•Ep. 477
Ghost Diplomat
Hoa Nguyen on photographs, her mother's past with the motorcycle circus, and the quiet ways to talk to ghosts.
Feb 22, 2022•45 min•Ep. 476
My Body, My Stones
Poet and playwright Malcolm Tariq on listening, field trips with his brother, and the perils of dating while Black.
Feb 08, 2022•53 min•Ep. 475
The Big Hollow
Kaveh Akbar on human wondering, fat squirrels, and the best spouse in the world.
Jan 25, 2022•56 min•Ep. 474
A Little Wrong
Bianca Stone on family trauma, wrinkled towels, and the case against self-improvement.
Jan 10, 2022•58 min•Ep. 473
Poets We Lost in 2021
Remembering the life, poetry, and activism of Janice Mirikitani, plus a few words on love by bell hooks.
Dec 21, 2021•31 min•Ep. 472
Bird in a Drawer
Keats Conley on smelly ducks, spiders, and the limits of the human perspective.
Dec 07, 2021•49 min•Ep. 471
How to Be a Family of One
Steven Espada Dawson on possibility, toothpaste, and the grief of cosmic aloneness.
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 470
Heart of a Reporter
Noor Hindi on home ownership, evictions court, and her father's grief.
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 469
A History with Holes
Clint Smith on being human, healing on a plantation, and the difference between Jefferson and Grant.
Oct 26, 2021•42 min•Ep. 468
My Drowning Home
Isabel Duarte-Gray on town gossip, folk remedies, and the music of Kentucky.
Oct 13, 2021•54 min•Ep. 467
When Time is Kind
Poet and priest Spencer Reece on his cousin's murder, the AIDS epidemic, and bearing witness to a moment.
Sep 28, 2021•49 min•Ep. 466
Technically Roommates
Chen Chen on nourishment, homophobia, and breaking free of the fear of failure.
Sep 14, 2021•59 min•Ep. 465
Leaving and Loving Afghanistan
Zohra Saed on cooking, culture, and the volunteer-led rescue operation to get Afghans to safety.
Aug 31, 2021•31 min•Ep. 464