Explore every episode of the podcast Poem Talk
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| Passion Shields Its Servants: A discussion of “Souvenir of the Manassah Ball” by Lorenzo Thomas | 23 Sep 2024 | 00:47:27 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tonya Foster, Erica Hunt, and Bob Perelman. | |||
| Don’t Refuse to Breathe: A discussion of Frank O’Hara: “Song (Is it dirty)” & “Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed)” | 28 Jun 2023 | 00:52:23 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Robert von Hallberg, Charles Altieri, and Marjorie Perloff. | |||
| Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery | 28 Sep 2022 | 00:58:15 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Carlos Decena, Dagmawi Woubshet, and Abdulhamit Arvas. | |||
| Composition of Life, as Life: A discussion of Joan Retallack’s The Poethical Wager (a several-page excerpt) | 26 Aug 2022 | 01:03:30 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joan Retallack, erica kaufman, and Laynie Browne.
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| Girls in the Supply Chain: A discussion of Sawako Nakayasu’s book Some Girls Walk into the Country Where They Are From | 25 Jul 2022 | 01:02:29 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Caroline Bergvall, Henry Steinberg, and Bethany Swann. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| When a Name Falls from a Face: A discussion of a selection from Divya Victor’s book Curb | 15 Jun 2022 | 01:02:45 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Timothy Yu, Josephine Nock-Hee Park, and Piyali Bhattacharya. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Trance of Language: A discussion of “Sleeping with the Dictionary” & “Dim Lady” from Sleeping with the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen | 23 May 2022 | 00:51:50 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Maxe Crandall, Larissa Lai, and Julia Bloch. | |||
| Teach Us Love: A discussion of “Language” and “The Anatomy of Monotony” by Eugene Ostachevsky | 22 Apr 2022 | 00:58:08 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Matvei Yankelevich, Ahmad Almallah, and Kevin Platt.
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| Better To Lose & Win: A discussion of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters | 14 Mar 2022 | 00:55:31 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lee Ann Brown, Kristen Gallagher, and Laynie Browne. | |||
| Far in Toward the Far End: A discussion of George Quasha’s “preverbs.” | 11 Feb 2022 | 00:53:30 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Charles Bernstein, Laynie Browne, and Anthony Elms. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Hot and Cold: A discussion of Jayne Cortez’s “She Got He Got” | 14 Jan 2022 | 00:55:23 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Yolanda Wisher, Amber Rose Johnson, and Daniel Bergmann. | |||
| Must It Ring True: A discussion of Myung Mi Kim’s “And Sing We” | 22 Dec 2021 | 00:55:22 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jack Giesking, Jonathan Dick, and erica kaufman. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment” | 22 May 2023 | 00:51:53 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Brooke O’Harra, Michelle Taransky, and Chris Funkhouser. | |||
| Coup Created by Our Thoughts: A discussion of “Colliding and Not Colliding at the Same Time” by Cecilia Vicuña | 24 Nov 2021 | 00:52:42 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jena Osman, Edwin Torres, and Huda Fakhreddine. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Punch Fascists: A discussion of “Yes I Do Want to Punch” by Stephen Collis | 18 Oct 2021 | 00:42:00 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Pattie McCarthy, Kate Colby, and Lily Applebaum. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| As Words Label Space: A discussion of Leslie Scalapino’s “‘Can’t’ is ’Night’” | 27 Sep 2021 | 00:48:00 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Anna Vitale, Sophia DuRose, and Knar Gavin. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Perilous Bodies: A discussion of “Steveston, B.C.” by Daphne Marlatt | 27 Aug 2021 | 01:01:52 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Karis Shearer, Jane Robbins Mize, and Davy Knittle. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| In My Rotting Place: A discussion of “Morning, Morning” & “No Deposit, No Return" by Tuli Kupferberg | 26 Jul 2021 | 00:58:00 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lee Ann Brown, Pierre Joris, Charles Bernstein, and Rachel Levitsky. | |||
| This Unwitting Monument: A discussion of two poems from Sarah Dowling’s book Entering Sappho | 17 Jun 2021 | 00:53:33 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Larissa Lai, Maxe Crandall, and Julia Bloch. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Biologically Speaking: A discussion of “Love Is Not All” and “I Shall Forget You Presently” by Edna St. Vincent Millay | 14 May 2021 | 00:50:56 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jane Malcolm, Sophia DuRose, and Lisa New. | |||
| Adore Adore: A discussion of “Dada Lama” and “A Small Song That Is His” by bpNichol | 22 Apr 2021 | 00:52:21 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Derek Beaulieu, Tracie Morris, and Douglas Kearney. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| With a Little String & a Sharp Stone: A discussion of “Suicide” by Bob Kaufman | 10 Mar 2021 | 00:53:15 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Christopher Stackhouse, Maria Damon, and Devorah Major. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| A Way to Haunt Me: A discussion of “It All over My Face?” by Kevin Killian | 17 Feb 2021 | 00:57:45 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, Trisha Low, and Eric Sneathen. | |||
| Present Plans Succeed: A discussion of Dodie Bellamy’s “Vomit Journal” | 17 Apr 2023 | 00:55:04 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Chantine Akiyama Poh, Henry Steinberg, and Murat Nemet-Nejat. | |||
| A Way to Haunt Me: A discussion of “It All over My Face?” by Kevin Killian | 17 Feb 2021 | 00:57:45 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, Trisha Low, and Eric Sneathen. | |||
| Damned Fruitflies: A discussion of “With Shelter Gone” by Steve Dalachinsky | 25 Jan 2021 | 00:56:08 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jake Marmer, Bonny Finberg, Julien Poirier. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Promise To Go On: A discussion of “The Similitude of This Great Flower” by Elizabeth Willis | 25 Nov 2020 | 00:42:00 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Angela Carr, and Kate Colby. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Rousing Earth to Excel: A discussion of “Arriving” by Daphne Marlatt | 23 Oct 2020 | 00:55:42 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Fred Wah, Meredith Quartermain, and Daphne Marlatt. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Word for Word: A discussion of “The Poem That Took the Place of a Mountain” by Wallace Stevens. | 25 Sep 2020 | 00:50:30 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tyrone Williams, Mónica de la Torre, Kate Colby, and Aldon Nielsen. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| That’s Right: A discussion of Eileen Myles’s “Writing” and “Mount St. Helens” | 26 Aug 2020 | 00:52:38 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephen Metcalf, June Thomas, and Jess Shollenberger. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Ominous Pre-tingling: A discussion of “MJ Fan Letter” and “RSVP” by Terrance Hayes | 24 Jul 2020 | 00:52:56 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Dixon Li, and Jo Park. | |||
| Find Me the Rage: A discussion of “Negus” by Kamau Brathwaite | 24 Jun 2020 | 00:48:00 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jacob Edmond, Amber Rose Johnson, and Huda Fakhreddine. | |||
| A Word For Me: A discussion of “Should You Find Me” by Erica Hunt | 27 May 2020 | 00:49:45 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tyrone Williams, William J. Harris, Aldon Nielsen, and Erica Hunt. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Begin to Awaken: A discussion of “By the road to the contagious hospital” by William Carlos Williams | 24 Apr 2020 | 00:49:18 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Imaad Majeed, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Irene Torra Mohedano. | |||
| Woot of the Century: A discussion of “Welter” and “Static” by Douglas Kearney | 17 Mar 2023 | 00:51:34 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Divya Victor, Whitney Trettien, and Dagmawi Woubshet. | |||
| The Gaps I Mean: A discussion of “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost | 27 Mar 2020 | 00:54:30 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Anna Strong Safford, Stephen Metcalf, and Ahmad Almallah. | |||
| Knots of a Woman: A discussion of A Swarm of Bees in High Court by Tonya Foster | 20 Feb 2020 | 00:56:42 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephanie Burt, Bonnie Costello, and Anna Strong Safford. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Mammal Patriot: A discussion of Ghost Tantras by Michael McClure | 22 Jan 2020 | 00:49:15 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Selena Dyer, and Jonathan Dick. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Beside the Mind: A discussion of Clairvoyant Journal by Hannah Weiner | 20 Dec 2019 | 00:48:32 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Davy Knittle, Charles Bernstein, and Kate Colby. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| These Squiggles: A discussion of “As if the Trees by Their Very Roots Had Hold of Us” by Charles Bernstein | 22 Nov 2019 | 00:44:50 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tracie Morris, Marjorie Perloff, and Danny Snelson. (With a cameo appearance by Charles Bernstein himself at the end.) Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| September 1941: A discussion of “Memory Tree” by Rosmarie Waldrop | 28 Oct 2019 | 00:47:30 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Laynie Browne, Mónica de la Torre, Kate Colby, and Rosmarie Waldrop. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| The Republic of Space: A discussion of “The Blue Stairs” by Barbara Guest | 27 Sep 2019 | 00:47:11 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, and Kristin Prevallet. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Worker’s Tanka: A discussion of six tankas (2 each) by three worker poets, Christine Yvette Lewis, Lorraine Garnett and Davidson Garrett | 27 Aug 2019 | 00:48:02 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Husnaa Hashim, Meg Pendoley, and Mark Nowak. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Written in Water: A discussion of Bluets by Maggie Nelson | 19 Jul 2019 | 00:47:37 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jennifer Firestone, Adrienne Raphel, and Julia Bloch. | |||
| Laying Poems Away: A discussion of “The Ambition Bird” by Anne Sexton | 21 Jun 2019 | 00:47:24 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ellen Berman, Anthony Rostain, and Ahmad Almallah. | |||
| Rhetorical Happenings: A discussion of Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light.” | 24 Feb 2023 | 00:46:05 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Bethany Swann, Jonathan Dick, and Kate Colby. | |||
| Saw the Lie: A discussion of three short poems in “SKY WRI TEI NGS” by Nasser Hussain | 17 May 2019 | 00:39:39 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ujjwala Maharjan, Kevin Platt, and Nasser Hussain. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Hadbeen Variety: A discussion of “Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake” by John Cage | 24 Apr 2019 | 00:57:08 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Marjorie Perloff, Danny Snelson, and Nancy Perloff. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. | |||
| Slowing the Rate of Perception: A discussion of “Hello, the Roses” by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge | 20 Mar 2019 | 00:49:43 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joshua Schuster, Evelyn Reilly, and James Sherry. | |||
| Flesh Ekes Ink: A discussion of Divya Victor’s “W Is for Walt Whitman’s Soul” from her book Kith. | 20 Feb 2019 | 00:46:35 | |
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Mytili Jaganathan, Angela Carr, and Anna Strong Safford. | |||