Claim OwnershipThe Poetry Space_
Subscribed: 11Played: 400
Subscribe
© Katie Dozier and Timothy Green
Description
Katie Dozier of TheNFTPoetryGallery.com and Timothy Green of Rattle.com discuss all things poetry in this free-wheeling live-recorded podcast. New episodes every Friday at noon ET.
134 Episodes
Reverse
Episode 134 finds us joining Rhina Espaillat at her kitchen table, along with Pedro Poidevin. After enjoying lunch Rhina prepared, she talks about verse feels like a dance to her. Along the way, Rhina reads from For Instance, bringing wit, grace, and the kind of effortless music that makes you want to pull up a chair and stay awhile.At the Table (Rhina's!):Katie DozierTimothy GreenRhina P. EspaillatPedro Poitevin
Part two of this mini-series on songwriting continues backstage at the House of Blues, only a few hours before Frank Turner's concert. This episode further explores metaphor and we finally get to hear Frank's poem!At the Table:Katie Dozier Timothy GreenFrank Turner
"Live from the House of Blues" was not the way we ever thought we'd begin an episode of our poetry podcast, but thanks to our special guest Frank Turner, it became true with this episode. What followed backstage was a chance to explore songwriting as it relates to poetry, and even moreso, what makes art itself art? And have you heard the rumor that Frank wrote a poem?At the Table:Katie Dozier Timothy GreenFrank Turner
In this episode, we pick up where we left off, exploring "negative space," with Pedro Poitevin, who finishes his poem "Between Us."At the Table:Katie DozierTimothy GreenPedro PoitevinBrian O'SullivanDick WestheimerJoe Barca
In this episode, we explore the concept of "negative space," a term of art usually reserved for non-typographic visual mediums. What is negative space as it relates to poetry? And how can we best utilize it to maximize the positive? Joined by Pedro Poitevin, we dive right in!At the Table:Katie DozierTimothy GreenPedro PoitevinBrian O'SullivanDick WestheimerJoe Barca
In this episode, we explore self-portrait poems through the lens of visual art—from “plating poems” to Dante Di Stefano’s haunting idea of “ghost-ekphrasis.” Along the way, we dig into standout work by Hayden Saunier, Donald Hall, Seamus Heaney, Chen Chen, A.K. Ramanujan, Denise Duhamel, and Di Stefano himself—plus we paint an intense detour into Caravaggio. If you love ekphrastic poetry, craft talk, and poems that double as portraits, this one’s for you.At the Table:Katie DozierTimothy GreenDante Di StefanoBrian O'SullivanJoe Barca
In this episode, Katie reads from her new chapbook All That Glitter which was the 2025 Editor's Choice Winner for the Poetry Box's Chapbook Prize—as selected by Shawn Aveningo Sanders. The chapbook is available for pre-orders now, with an official release date of February 2nd, 2026 on ThePoetryBox.com.At the Table:Katie DozierTimothy Green
More title nerdery, more poetic mischief! In this episode we keep digging into poem titles with Dante Di Stefano—how a title frames the reader, flips the meaning, or sets the trap door. We continue to unpack Dante’s Poets & Writers essay. Warning: you may immediately rename a draft of your own!At the table:Katie DozierTimothy GreenDante Di StefanoBrian O'SullivanDick Westheimer
A perfect title can catapult a poem into greatness, while a one bad one can sabotage even an otherwise strong poem. In this episode, we return to titles (first tackled way back in Ep. 37) with special guest Dante Di Stefano. What makes a good title--and perhaps just as important--what makes for a weak title?At the table:Katie DozierTimothy GreenDante Di StefanoBrian O'SullivanDick Westheimer
We kick off 2026 with a poetry magazine smackdown: American Poetry Review (APR) vs Beloit Poetry Journal (BPJ). We read three random poems from each journal head-to-head to crown a champion—with craft talk, close reads, and a little friendly literary trash talk along the way.At the Table:Katie DozierTimothy Green
The viral-poem deep dive continues—no coughing required, thanks to remote recording. Katie, Tim, and The Squad read the rest of the lineup and unpack what makes certain poems travel fast: voice, surprise, clarity, heat, and the exact kind of line you can’t help but send to someone. Featuring poems by Taylor Mali, Matthew Olzmann, Joseph Fasano, and Andrea Cohen.At the table:Katie DozierTimothy GreenDick WestheimerJoe BarcaBrian O'Sullivan
Fresh off a viral illness (the irony!), Katie, Tim, and The Squad dive into what it means for a poem to “go viral”—and why that metaphor matters. With Brian O’Sullivan, Dick Westheimer, and Joe Barca bringing standout picks, we read and talk craft, shareability, and that lightning-strike feeling when a poem suddenly belongs to everyone. We wrap Part 1 with Alison Luterman’s “Holding Vigil," after looking at "Good Bones" by Maggie Smith.At the table:Katie DozierTimothy GreenDick WestheimerJoe BarcaBrian O'Sullivan
In episode #121 we bind you into a conversation about chapbooks—what they are, why they matter, and how we can bring them into the world together through self-publishing and small-press routes. We read from our own self-published haibun crown, Did You See the Moon Honey, and share what we learned about shaping a manuscript, editing, design, printing, and finding readers. If you’ve ever dreamed of holding your own chapbook in your hands, this episode is a friendly, practical guide to help you take the next step.At the Table:Katie DozierTimothy Green
In this episode, we talk with Jackdaw Review founding editor Anna DiMartino about how to start a lit mag from scratch. We dig into naming your literary magazine, defining a clear editorial mission, choosing platforms and submission policies, handling fees and unpaid labor, and building a sustainable readership without burning out. If you’ve ever dreamed of launching your own online poetry journal or print literary magazine, this episode is your practical guide to getting started.At the Table:Katie DozierTimothy GreenAnna DiMartinoJoe Barca
Jane Hirshfield returns to continue our assay of assays, and to talk about poetry's smallest forms—her pebbles and haiku. Jane's poetry provides proof that a few words can hold whole worlds, and that brevity itself may be one of the deepest forms of generosity.At the table:Jane Hirshfield Katie Dozier Timothy Green Dick Westheimer Brian O'Sullivan
Poet, Zen practitioner, and word-miner Jane Hirshfield joins us to talk about her signature form—the assay. We hear the fascinating story of how she created assays, and why curiosity might just be poetry’s truest form.At the table:Jane HirshfieldKatie DozierTimothy GreenDick WestheimerBrian O'Sullivan
Continuing on in our series of checking out current lit mags, we were excited to look at these two with a lot in common. Both The Mississippi Review and The Florida Review were founded in 1972 and affiliated with universities. Will one of these two journals reign supreme in our battle of cold-read poems?At the Table:Katie DozierTimothy Green
What makes a poetry event truly work? From open-mic chaos to moments of real poetic hospitality, we're joined by Rick Lupert to explore the art of hosting. We trade stories, share practical tips, and share a few poems to explore how a good host creates space for both laughter and vulnerability.At the Table:Katie DozierTimothy GreenRick LupertDick Westheimer
In the second half of our series with Gregory Orr, the conversation turns to grief, tenderness, and the healing power of the lyric. We talk about Emily Dickinson’s role and the role of the lyric in contemporary poetry. If part one asks what the lyric is, part two asks what it’s for—and how it helps us endure what can’t be said any other way.At the Table:Gregory OrrKatie DozierTimothy GreenDick WestheimerBrian O'SullivanJoe Barca
What does it mean to write the kind of poem that saves your life? In the first half of our two-part conversation on lyric poetry, we're joined by Gregory Orr to explore that urge to capture private emotion in a single, shining moment. We read and unpack Orr’s poems and look to the past to tracing how feeling becomes a form in itself. Join us as we ask what lyric poetry can do in a noisy world—and why it keeps calling us back. Inevitably, Katie brings up haiku again!At the Table:Gregory OrrKatie DozierTimothy GreenDick WestheimerBrian O'SullivanJoe Barca
Comments
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States