Drunk as a Poet on Payday
Episodes
Stanley Plumly / David Baker
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show we have the poet David Baker—but he joins us to talk about another poet, the late Stanley Plumly, his good friend, and whose new C...
Natalie Shapero
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show it's Natalie Shapero, and her new book, Stay Dead, her fourth full-length collection. Stay Dead was nominated for the longlist of th...
Ross White
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s episode 20! And a special one in many ways. It’s my first live in-person podcast recording, and it’s with my great friend Ross White! White...
Matt Donovan & Jenny George
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Something special today everyone! Double poet day! My guests are Matt Donovan and Jenny George, coauthors of the new chapbook, We Are Not Where We Are...
Felicia Zamora
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show we have Felicia Zamora with her new book Interstitial Archaeology, an Editor’s Pick for the Wisconsin Poetry Series. Like the titl...
Sandra Marchetti
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show is Sandra Marchetti, author of the new poetry collection, Diorama. In addition to Diorama, Marchetti is the author of Aisle 228, the...
Traci Brimhall
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the show today is Kansas State Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall. Her new book of poems, Love Prodigal, is recently out from Copper Canyon. Brimhall's...
Lesley Wheeler
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show features poet Lesley Wheeler, and her wonderful new book of poems, Mycocosmic. It’s a fascinating book both in its individual poems and...
Christian Teresi
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show we have poet Christian Teresi, talking about his new book, What Monsters You Make of Them, recently published by Red Hen Press. Tere...
Ava Nathaniel Winter
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the show is poet Ava Nathaniel Winter, whose new book, her first full-length collection, is the National Poetry Series–winning Transgenesis. Wint...
Sidebar: Richard Wilbur
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve always loved the poem "Year's End" by Richard Wilbur, and it is of course a great choice for the last day of the year, so here’s a short epis...
Abbie Kiefer
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In time for your holiday travels, here is a new episode to cue up! Today, Abbie Kiefer talks about her new book, Certain Shelter, which focuses on the...
Carl Phillips
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show is Carl Phillips, whose new book, Scattered Snows, to the North, has recently been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the US ...
Matthew Buckley Smith
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Matthew Buckley Smith, whose new book, Midlife, won the 2021 Richard Wilbur Poetry Award, and is out from Measure Press. He is also t...
Sidebar: Barbara Jordan
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new sidebar edition! This week I read and discuss Barbara Jordan's poem "The Discovery Room," from her book, Channel. Jordan only published two book...
Christian J. Collier
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show features poet Christian J. Collier, author of the new book of poems, Greater Ghost, hot off the press from Four Way Books. This is a book...
Dan O'Brien
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show is Dan O'Brien, discussing his new book, Flying on Easter and Other Poems. This pamphlet was published by Poetry London Editions in ...
Callie Siskel
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show is poet Callie Siskel, discussing her new book, Two Minds. It's a terrific book, one that is, in part, about her father, the late, w...
Kevin Prufer
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the show this week is Kevin Prufer, author of the new book of poems, The Fears, which just won the Rilke Prize, as well as the new novel, Sleepaway...
Philip Metres
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show features poet Philip Metres discussing his new book, Fugitive/Refuge, published in April by Copper Canyon Press. Philip Metres is the aut...
J.L. Conrad
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show is poet J.L. Conrad, whose new book, A World in Which, was released in April by Terrapin Books. J.L. Conrad’s first full-length bo...
Sidebar: Anthony Hecht
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week the show takes a twist: this is Drunk as a Poet on Payday: Sidebar Edition. Here I read and discuss Anthony Hecht's poem, "A Hill," from his...
Lisa Ampleman
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3 is an auspicious meeting of astronomical event and poetry book, as today we feature Lisa Ampleman and her book Mom in Space on the day of th...
Jesse Nathan
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2 features Jesse Nathan, whose first book, Eggtooth, was released last fall from Unbound Edition Press. One poem in the book, “Dame's Rocket...
Cynthia Marie Hoffman
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this premier episode, Jason Gray speaks with Cynthia Marie Hoffman, whose new book, Exploding Head, is a memoir-in-prose poems about her life as a ...