Close Talking: A Poetry Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode #179 [Hiatus!] Tune - Kay Ryan
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Connor pops in to announce incredibly belatedly what has already been apparent for months: Close Talking is on a hiatus! We've had some big life and c...
Episode #178 Remembering Charles Simic
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A slight departure from our regular format. On today's show, Connor and Jack remember the recently departed poet Charles Simic. They read some of his ...
Episode #177 [Flicking off the light switch.] - Sherwin Bitsui
24 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack bid farewell to the year they've taken to calling "Twenty Twenty Poo" and contemplate the complexities of language in a wide-ranging c...
Episode #176 Topsoil, In Repentance - Sherry Shenoda
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss the sonically and thematically dense poem "Topsoil, in Repentance" by Sherry Shenoda. Shenoda's book MUMMY EATERS was longlist...
Episode #175 - Poetry Spoken Here Ep. 132: Black Lives Matter
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a busy couple weeks at Close Talking headquarters, a slightly different show. This episode is from our sister-podcast, Poetry Spoken Here. The e...
Episode #174 National Book Award Winner John Keene and Punks - SPECIAL EPISODE
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Connor and Jack discuss the 2022 National Book Awards — the long list, the finalists, and the winner "Punks: New and Select...
Episode #173 The Dancing - Gerald Stern
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss a classic poem from a classic poet: The Dancing by the recently departed Gerald Stern. They marvel at how the poem is construc...
Episode #172 A Time - Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack have a time talking about the poem "A Time" by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke. She is a multi-award winning poet whose latest book-length p...
Episode #171 Not Writing - Anne Boyer
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack dig into the list/poem/prose piece/literary mystery Not Writing by Anne Boyer. Along the way they discuss what they are and are not wr...
Episode #170 america, MINE - Sasha Banks
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss Sasha Banks' poem, america, MINE from her collection of the same name. They start by examining some of the poem's formal eleme...
Episode #169 I Hear A Dog Who Is Always in My Death - Samuel Ace
10 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Posted at long last after overcoming major technical difficulties!! Connor and Jack dive into the poem "I Hear a Dog Who is Always in My Death" by Sam...
Episode #168 First Snow - Arthur Sze
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss the poem "First Snow" by Arthur Sze. They discuss life, death, being, nothingness, and all the hidden meaning waiting to leap ...
Episode #167 REBROADCAST: The Lynching Postcard, Duluth, Minnesota - Ray Gonzalez
09 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A dive into the Close Talking archives - one of the first episodes we ever recorded in which we discuss the poem "The Lynching Postcard, Duluth, Minne...
Episode #166 Small Illuminations from REFUSE TO DISAPPEAR w/Special Guest Tara Betts
11 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack are joined by special guest Tara Betts to discuss the poem "Small Illuminations" from her forthcoming collection REFUSE TO DISAPPEAR. ...
Episode #165 Self-Interrogation from DEAR GOD. DEAR BONES. DEAR YELLOW. w/Special Guest Noor Hindi
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack are joined by poet, essayist, and journalist Noor Hindi. They dig into the poem "Self Interrogation" the first poem in Hindi's new col...
Episode #164 Elegy - Aracelis Girmay
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack explore Aracelis Girmay's poem "Elegy" from her 2011 collection Kingdom Animalia. They talk through the opening line's call to communi...
Episode #163 Revelations, Time Distortion, and Surprise - Line Break Week Ep. 7
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack conclude their exploration of poetic line breaks with a bit of a catch all episode looking at how line breaks can reveal information, ...
Episode #162 Ambiguity in Line Breaks - Line Break Week Ep. 6
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As line break week hurdles towards its conclusion, Connor and Jack pause to consider ambiguity in line breaks. When the meaning of a word or phrase is...
Episode #161 From Meters to Measures: Rhythm in Line Breaks - Line Break Week Ep. 5
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack delve ever deeper into the world of poetic line breaks. This time they're looking at how line breaks build rhythm in poems. They discu...
Episode #160 Using Poetic Line Breaks for EmPHAsis - Line Break Week Ep. 4
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack continue their exploration of all the ways lines can be broken and all the reasons a poet might have for breaking a line. Today they d...
Episode #159 Drama's Silent Cousin: Miming with Line Breaks - Line Break Week Ep. 3
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack continue their dive into the intricacies of the poetic line break this time discussing miming in line breaks. They draw examples from ...
Episode #158 Who Will Bring the Drama? The Line Break! - Line Break Week Ep. 2
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack continue their week-long exploration of line breaks in poetry closing out National Poetry Month 2022. Today they focus on how line bre...
Episode #157 Why Break a Line? - Line Break Week Ep. 1
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Starting a little later than planned, but it's time for the fourth annual last-week-of-poetry-month Close Talking extravaganza! In past years Connor a...
Episode #156 Beckoned - Forrest Gander
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss "Beckoned" by living legend Forrest Gander. The poem, from Gander's Pulitzer Prize winning collection "Be With" grapples with ...
Episode #155 Buttercream w/Special Guest Caitlin Scarano
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack are joined by special guest Caitlin Scarano to discuss the poem "Buttercream" from her new collection THE NECESSITY OF WILDFIRE. The c...
Episode #154 A Sunset of the City - Gwendolyn Brooks w/Special Guest Michael Kleber-Diggs
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack are joined by special guest Michael Kleber-Diggs for a conversation about the Gwendolyn Brooks poem "A Sunset of the City." Michael Kl...
Episode #153 The Snow Man - Wallace Stevens
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss a classic poem by a classic poet - The Snow Man by Wallace Stevens. They talk about something. They talk about nothing. They t...
Episode #152 I.R.L. - Chris Tse
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss the poem I.R.L. by New Zealand poet Chris Tse. They talk about how media representations and creations can cross into reality,...
Episode #151 Hear the Dogs Crying - Christy Passion
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss the generation melding poem "Hear the Dogs Crying" by Christy Passion. They discuss the power of car radios, the way the langu...
Episode #150 Dreams - Nikki Giovanni
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack celebrate the 150th episode of Close Talking with a classic poem from a living legend - "Dreams" by Nikki Giovanni. They dig into poem...
Episode #149 Epistemology - Catherine Barnett
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss Catherine Barnett's beautiful poem "Epistemology." Fittingly for the season of solstice logs, Hannukah bushes, and Christmas t...
Episode #148 If God Is A Virus - Seema Yasmin
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss a poem from Seema Yasmin's book "If God Is A Virus." They discuss Yasmin's status as a journalist, poet, and medical doctor; t...
Episode #147 Remembering Kamilah Aisha Moon, Etel Adnan, and Robert Bly
27 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a slight departure from our regular format, Jack offers a brief remembrance of three recently departed poets - Kamilah Aisha Moon, Etel Adnan, and ...
Episode #146 National Book Award Winner Martín Espada and Floaters - SPECIAL EPISODE
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Connor and Jack discuss the 2021 National Book Awards - the long list, the finalists, and the winner "Floaters: Poems" by Mar...
Episode #145 Episode 3: Amanda Waller Has a Woman-to-Woman with Harley Quinn w/Dr. Len Lawson
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack are joined by special guest Dr. Len Lawson, co-editor of the new collection "The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Supe...
Episode #144 We Are Going - Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker)
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack dive into an iconic poem by an iconic poet - Oodgeroo Noonuccal, also known as Kath Walker, a trailblazing indigenous Australian write...
Episode #143 REBROADCAST: Additional Notes On Tea - Fady Joudah
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A return to when Connor and Jack explored Fady Joudah's poem "Additional Notes on Tea." They discuss how the poem moves around the globe, how it inter...
Episode #142 The Nightmare Touched Its Forehead to My Lips - Andrés Cerpa
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss a poem by Andrés Cerpa whose book "The Vault" was recently long-listed for the 2021 National Book Award in Poetry. They dive ...
EXTRA: Foreign Policy Follies and Congressional Subcommittees - More on Shitty Kitty by Don Mee Choi
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode Connor and Jack continue their discussion of Don Mee Choi's poem, Shitty KItty. This time they focus on (rant about?) the histor...
Episode #141 Shitty Kitty - Don Mee Choi
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss Don Mee Choi's "Shitty Kitty" from her 2016 book "Hardly War." They enmesh themselves in the tangled histories the poem explor...
Episode #140 First Snow - Aria Aber
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss the poem "First Snow" by Aria Aber. They explore the poem's subtle and marvelous use of perspective, the representation of sno...
Episode #139 Excerpt from John Brown's Body - Stephen Vincent Benét
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack dig into an excerpt from the epic, book-length poem "John Brown's Body" by Stephen Vincent Benet. In the late 1920s the book was a me...
Episode #138 Why I Am Silent About The Lament - Abdullah Al-Baradouni
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss the poem "Why I Am Silent About The Lament" by Abdullah Al-Baradouni, translated by Threa Almontaser. Despite being one of the...
Episode #137 Time Traveler - Patrick Cotter
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Time travel stories are everywhere - Avengers: Endgame, Loki, Back to the Future, Outlander, the list is endless - but what happens when a poem takes ...
Episode #136 Coping - Audre Lorde
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss the Audre Lorde poem "Coping." They discuss Lorde's legacy as a writer and theorist, how poems and other pieces of culture can...
Episode #135 Pulitzer Prize Winner Natalie Diaz and Postcolonial Love Poem - SPECIAL EPISODE
12 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Pulitzer Prizes just announced the 2021 winners and in poetry, Natalie Diaz won for her collection "Postcolonial Love Poem." In this special episo...
Episode #134 Into The Racism Workshop - Chrystos
12 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack explore the poem "Into the Racism Workshop" by award-winning, Menominee, two-spirit poet, Chrystos. Along the way they discuss the lon...
Episode #133 REBROADCAST: Say Grace - Emily Jungmin Yoon
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode revisits Connor and Jack's discussion of Emily Jungmin Yoon's poem "Say Grace." They explore how gender and religion intertwine in the po...
Episode #132 Poetry and Palestine
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack share poetry from Palestinian poets and reflect on the power of poetry as a form of resistance. Poems shared: "Resist, My People, Res...
Episode #131 Beyond the Sonnet - Sonnet Week Ep. 7
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out National Poetry Month 2021 with a series of episodes exploring the history and enduring popularity of one of poetry's iconic...
Episode #130 Sonnets In The United States - Sonnet Week Ep. 6
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out National Poetry Month 2021 with a series of episodes exploring the history and enduring popularity of one of poetry's iconic...
Episode #129 Beyond Love - Sonnet Week Ep. 5
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out National Poetry Month 2021 with a series of episodes exploring the history and enduring popularity of one of poetry's iconic...
Episode #128 Shakespeare's Sonnet - Sonnet Week Ep. 4
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out National Poetry Month 2021 with a series of episodes exploring the history and enduring popularity of one of poetry's iconic...
Episode #127 Raiders of the Lost Petrarch - Sonnet Week Ep. 3
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out National Poetry Month 2021 with a series of episodes exploring the history and enduring popularity of one of poetry's iconic...
Episode #126 The Volta - Sonnet Week Ep. 2
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out National Poetry Month 2021 with a series of episodes exploring the history and enduring popularity of one of poetry's iconic...
Episode #125 The Birth of an Enduring Form - Sonnet Week Ep. 1
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out National Poetry Month 2021 with a series of episodes exploring the history and enduring popularity of one of poetry's iconic...
Episode #124 REPOST Could We Please Give the Police Departments to the Grandmothers - Junauda Petrus
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Revisit our conversation about the poem "Could We Please Give the Police Departments to the Grandmothers?" by Junauda Petrus. This episode originally ...
Episode #123 By the Road to the Contagious Hospital - William Carlos Williams
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss the newly resonant poem "[By the road to the contagious hospital]" by the great William Carlos Williams, which is the first po...
Episode #122 Blues On Yellow - Marilyn Chin w/Corey China
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack are joined by special guest (and Close Talking social media manager) Corey China for this discussion of Marilyn Chin's devastating poe...
Episode #121 The Word - Zaffar Kunial
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss Zaffar Kunial's elegant sonnet, "The Word." They marvel at the poem's seemingly effortless meditation on being between two cul...
Episode #120 In Youngsville - Tyree Daye
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack explore the poem "In Youngsville" by Tyree Daye. They discuss the way the poem creates a sense of place, its connections to the blues...
Episode #119 Family Ties - Diana Khoi Nguyen
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warning: Suicidality Connor and Jack think through Diana Khoi Nguyen's remarkable poem "Family Ties," part of her haunting debut collection G...
Episode #118 The Altar - Humberto Ak'abal
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss a deceptively simple poem full of interwoven contradictions - Humberto Ak'abal's "The Altar." They discuss the multiple layers...
Episode #117 Fuck Your Lecture On Craft, My People Are Dying - Noor Hindi
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded before the attempted coup at the US Capitol, Jack and Connor discuss the poem "Fuck Your Lecture On Craft, My People Are Dying" by Noor Hindi...
Episode #116 Those Winter Sundays - Robert Hayden
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The first ever Close Talking episode to drop on Christmas day is a fittingly wintery pick - Connor and Jack contemplate the many layers of meaning in ...
Episode #115 The Problem Of Describing Trees - Robert Hass
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack get meta and lose both the forest and the trees while dancing with Robert Hass' poem, "The Problem of Describing Trees." They discuss ...
Episode #114 Landscape With a Blur of Conquerors - Richard Siken
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack amble through the enchantingly twisting Richard Siken poem "Landscape with a Blur of Conquerors." They discuss the responsibility of a...
Episode #113 After The Election 2.0 - Close Talking Turns 4!
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack go back to the roots of Close Talking for a literary reflection on a consequential election. The first episode of Close Talking, which...
Episode #112 October (section 2) - Louise Glück
24 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack revisit Louise Glück after she won the Nobel Prize in Literature, discussing Part 2 of the poem "October." They explore the poem's ha...
Episode #111 The Apparition - Herman Melville
10 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack dive into the briny depths of one of Herman Melville's non-aquatic poetic works, "The Apparition." They talk about its contemporary ap...
Episode #110 - Snake White, Owl White - Tacey Atsitty
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Connor and Jack dive into the beautiful and challenging poem "Snake White, Owl White" by Tacey Atsitty. They discuss finding poem's p...
Episode #109 Poetry and 9/11 Part 3 - The Long Influence of 9/11
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the third part of a three-part series on poetic responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Connor and Jack look at the ways that 9/1...
Episode #108 Poetry and 9/11 Part 2 - International Perspectives and the Rush to War
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of a three-part series on poetic responses to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Connor and Jack explore international perspectives ...
Episode #107 Poetry and 9/11 Part 1 - Responding to Trauma
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of a three-part series on poetic responses to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Connor and Jack dig into how poetry responded to the trauma ...
Episode #106 A Stranger - Saeed Jones
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this all-new episode, Connor and Jack explore the incredible poem "A Stranger" by Saeed Jones. They discuss the poem's grappling with the loss of a...
Episode #105 Be Nobody's Darling - Alice Walker
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Connor and Jack take on "Be Nobody's Darling" by Alice Walker. They discuss what it means to be an outsider, different types of outsid...
EXTRA: African American Sonnet Tradition and GPT-3 Poetry Discussion w/Dr. Hollis Robbins
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special bonus episode, hear more of Connor and Jack's conversation with Dr. Hollis Robbins, Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at Sonom...
Episode #104 Freedom Rider: Washout - James Emanuel w/Dr. Hollis Robbins
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack are joined by Dr. Hollis Robbins, Dean of the School of Arts & Humanities at Sonoma State University and author of the newly published...
Episode #103 Don't Let Me Be Lonely - Claudia Rankine
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Connor and Jack explore an excerpt from Claudia Rankine's book Don't Let Me Be Lonely. They discuss how the poem conveys the toll of ...
Episode #102 The Lynching - Claude McKay
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Connor and Jack discuss the powerful anti-lynching poem "The Lynching" by Claude McKay. They discuss the history of anti-lynching lite...
Episode #101 Could We Please Give the Police Departments to the Grandmothers? - Junauda Petrus
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack examine the poem "Could We Please Give the Police Departments to the Grandmothers?" by Junauda Petrus. They discuss police abolition, ...
Episode #100 The Man Moves Earth - Cathy Song
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's a landmark episode - NUMBER 100!!! Connor and Jack dive into Cathy Song's "The Man Moves Earth." They discuss the elegance of the poem's languag...
Episode #099 Prayer (I) - George Herbert
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jack and Connor go way back to the 1600s for the George Herbert poem, "Prayer (I)". They discuss the sonnet's beautiful meditation on prayer, its incr...
Episode #098 Vocabulary Of Dearness - Naomi Shihab Nye - Reflections Week Ep. 6
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out Poetry Month 2020 with a series of shorter episodes about short poems that can be comforting springboards to reflection and ...
Episode #097 Wild Nights - Wild Nights! - Emily Dickinson - Reflections Week Ep. 5
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Conor and Jack spend some wild time talking about Wild Nights by Emily Dickinson. They talk about the 2019 movie Wild Nights with Emily, Shakespeare's...
Episode #096 The Old Men Admiring Themselves In The Water - W. B. Yeats - Reflections Week Ep. 4
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out Poetry Month 2020 with a series of shorter episodes about short poems that can be comforting springboards to reflection and ...
Episode #095 Invisible Fish - Joy Harjo - Reflections Week Ep. 3
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out Poetry Month 2020 with a series of shorter episodes about short poems that can be comforting springboards to reflection and ...
Episode #094 A Lovely Love - Gwendolyn Brooks - Reflections Week Ep. 2
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out Poetry Month 2020 with a series of shorter episodes about short poems that can be comforting springboards to reflection and ...
Episode #093 Ezra Pound's Black Cat Poem - Reflections Week Ep. 1
25 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out Poetry Month 2020 with a series of shorter episodes about short poems that can be comforting springboards to reflection and ...
Episode #092 - Announcing a Week of Reflection and Sharing Some Simic
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack close out poetry month with a week of daily episodes featuring short poems that can be springboards for reflection and meditation. Wa...
Episode #091 Excerpt from Ceremony - Leslie Marmon Silko
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack dive into the poem that opens Leslie Marmon Silko's novel Ceremony. Along the way they discuss Plato's Symposium, Walter Ong's writing...
Episode #090 Dedications - Adrienne Rich
28 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss a poem that may resonate during this intense, isolated time: "Dedications" by Adrienne Rich, an excerpt from her sequence An A...
Episode #089 REBROADCAST: To Make a Prairie
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we revisit an oldie but goodie: Connor and Jack's discussion of Emily Dickinson's short, beautiful poem, "To Make a Prairie." To find the ...
Episode #088 Additional Notes On Tea - Fady Joudah
29 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss Fady Joudah's, "Additional Notes on Tea" exploring the ways the poem moves around the globe, interrogates history, and deploy...
Episode #087 REBROADCAST: How To Keep It Down - Justin Phillip Reed
15 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
REBROADCAST! In honor of Black History Month and because it's primary season and this incredible poem touches on presidential themes, we are rebroadca...
Episode #086 Armor - Sharon Olds
25 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss the Sharon Olds poem "Armor" about an experience she had with her son. Connor mentions the discussion Jo and Amy have about ar...
Episode #085 Romance #1 - Eunsong Kim
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ringing in the new year with a poem about capitalism and climate change—"Romance #1" by Eunsong Kim. Connor and Jack discuss how the poem makes late...
Episode #084 Cinco De Mayo - Luis J. Rodríguez
28 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To wrap up 2019, Connor and Jack take on a poem as exquisite in its craft as it is emotionally forceful in its effect on the reader. They discuss the ...
Episode #083 Warming - dg nanouk okpik
14 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack explore the poem "Warming" by dg nanouk okpik. They discuss the poem's interplay between intense specificity and figurative language, ...
Episode #082 Decoy Gang War Victim - Carmen Gimenez Smith
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Connor and Jack discuss the ekphrastic poem, Decoy Gang War Victim by Carmen Gimenez Smith. They discuss the nature of acting and direction, the histo...