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Poetry Podcast

Poetry Podcast
Readings and conversations with The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young.

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Ada Limón Reads Carrie Fountain

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “You Belong to the World,” by Carrie Fountain, and her own poem “Hell or High Water.”

Donika Kelly Reads Mary Oliver

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “One Hundred White-Sided Dolphins on a Summer Day,” by Mary Oliver, and her own poem “Sixteen Center.”

Richie Hofmann Reads Henri Cole

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Twilight,” by Henri Cole, and his own poem “French Novel.”

Bianca Stone Reads Franz Wright

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Learning to Read,” by Franz Wright, and her own poem “What’s Poetry Like?”

Evie Shockley Reads Rita Dove

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Hattie McDaniel Arrives at the Coconut Grove,” by Rita Dove, and her own poem “the blessings.”

Dorothea Lasky Reads Louise Bogan

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Three Songs,” by Louise Bogan, and her own poem “The Green Lake.”

Diane Mehta Reads Eavan Boland

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Lost Art of Letter Writing,” by Eavan Boland, and her own poem “Landscape with Double Bow.”

Adrienne Su Reads Maxine Kumin

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Longing to Be Saved,” by Maxine Kumin, and her own poem “The Days.”

David Baker Reads Stanley Plumly

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “In Passing,” by Stanley Plumly, and his own poem “Six Notes.”

Kate Baer Reads Ellen Bass

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Morning After,” by Ellen Bass, and her own poem “Mixup.”

Tributaries: A Conversation with Robin Coste Lewis

The poet joins Kevin Young to read from and discuss her latest book, “To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness.”

Sandra Cisneros Reads José Antonio Rodríguez

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Shelter,” by José Antonio Rodríguez, and her own poem “Tea Dance, Provincetown, 1982.” 

Diane Seuss Reads Jane Huffman

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Ode,” by Jane Huffman, and her own poem “Gertrude Stein.”

Saeed Jones Reads Deborah Digges

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Wind Blows Through the Doors of My Heart,” by Deborah Digges, and his own poem “A Spell to Banish Grief.”

Eileen Myles Reads Joy Harjo

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Without,” by Joy Harjo, and their own poem “Dissolution.”

Christian Wiman Reads Patrizia Cavalli

The poet joins Kevin Young to discuss “Far from Kingdoms” and “Outside, in Fact, There Wasn’t Any Change,” by Patrizia Cavalli, translated by Judith Baumel, and also his own poem “Eating Grapes Downward.”

Amanda Gorman Reads Tracy K. Smith

Amanda Gorman joins Kevin Young to discuss “Declaration,” by Tracy K. Smith, and her own poem “Ship’s Manifest.”

Aria Aber Reads Frank Bidart

Aria Aber joins Kevin Young to discuss “Half-Light,” by Frank Bidart, and her own poem “Dirt and Light.”

Forrest Gander Reads Ada Limón

Forrest Gander joins Kevin Young to discuss “Privacy,” by Ada Limón, and his own poem “Post-Fire Forest.”

“To Claim What Has Tried to Claim Me”: A Roundtable on Asian-American Poetics

In a special episode of the Poetry Podcast, Kimiko Hahn, Monica Youn, Paul Tran, and Megan Fernandes join Kevin Young to read their work and to discuss the role of poetry in our tumultuous times.