Poem Talk

Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Tracie Morris, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, Charles Bernstein, Sawako Nakayasu, Simone White, and others.

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Passion Shields Its Servants: A discussion of “Souvenir of the Manassah Ball” by Lorenzo Thomas

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tonya Foster, Erica Hunt, and Bob Perelman.

09-23

47:27

Don’t Refuse to Breathe: A discussion of Frank O’Hara: “Song (Is it dirty)” & “Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed)”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Robert von Hallberg, Charles Altieri, and Marjorie Perloff.

06-28

52:23

The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Brooke O’Harra, Michelle Taransky, and Chris Funkhouser.

05-22

51:53

Present Plans Succeed: A discussion of Dodie Bellamy’s “Vomit Journal”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Chantine Akiyama Poh, Henry Steinberg, and Murat Nemet-Nejat.

04-17

55:04

Woot of the Century: A discussion of “Welter” and “Static” by Douglas Kearney

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Divya Victor, Whitney Trettien, and Dagmawi Woubshet.

03-17

51:34

Rhetorical Happenings: A discussion of Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light.”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Bethany Swann, Jonathan Dick, and Kate Colby.

02-24

46:05

Nothing Made of Ink: A discussion of seven poems by Lisa Fishman

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lisa Fishman, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Laynie Browne.

01-11

55:09

Untranslatable: A discussion of Armand Schwerner’s “Tablet 25” & “‘daddy, can you staple these two stars together to make an airplane?’”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Pierre Joris, and Charles Bernstein.

12-22

01:00:56

Downgraded to Scribble: A discussion of four poems from Dead Winter by Matvei Yankelevich

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ahmad Almallah, Huda Fakhreddine, and Kevin Platt.

11-25

53:40

Paw Mouthings: A discussion of Maggie O’Sullivan’s “Hill Figures” and “To Our Own Day”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Julia Bloch, Charles Bernstein, and Eric Falci. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

10-31

56:16

Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Carlos Decena, Dagmawi Woubshet, and Abdulhamit Arvas.

09-28

58:15

Composition of Life, as Life: A discussion of Joan Retallack’s The Poethical Wager (a several-page excerpt)

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joan Retallack, erica kaufman, and Laynie Browne.

08-26

01:03:30

Girls in the Supply Chain: A discussion of Sawako Nakayasu’s book Some Girls Walk into the Country Where They Are From

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Caroline Bergvall, Henry Steinberg, and Bethany Swann. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

07-25

01:02:29

When a Name Falls from a Face: A discussion of a selection from Divya Victor’s book Curb

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.

06-15

01:02:45

Trance of Language: A discussion of “Sleeping with the Dictionary” & “Dim Lady” from Sleeping with the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Maxe Crandall, Larissa Lai, and Julia Bloch.

05-23

51:50

Teach Us Love: A discussion of “Language” and “The Anatomy of Monotony” by Eugene Ostachevsky

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Matvei Yankelevich, Ahmad Almallah, and Kevin Platt.

04-22

58:08

Better To Lose & Win: A discussion of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lee Ann Brown, Kristen Gallagher, and Laynie Browne.

03-14

55:31

Far in Toward the Far End: A discussion of George Quasha’s “preverbs.”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Charles Bernstein, Laynie Browne, and Anthony Elms. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

02-11

53:30

Hot and Cold: A discussion of Jayne Cortez’s “She Got He Got”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Yolanda Wisher, Amber Rose Johnson, and Daniel Bergmann.

01-14

55:23

Must It Ring True: A discussion of Myung Mi Kim’s “And Sing We”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jack Giesking, Jonathan Dick, and erica kaufman. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

12-22

55:22

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