The Poet and The Poem
Episodes
Ada Limon
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States reads her poems and talks about her vision.
Daniel Mark Epstein
09 Oct 2022
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Daniel Mark Epstein's poems and biographies of Aimee Semple McPherson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Abraham Lincoln, and Bob Dylan, have been translated i...
Minnie Bruce Pratt
29 Sep 2022
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Minnie Bruce Pratt premieres an exquisite book MAGNIFIED about the loss of her transgender partner in love and politics.
John Berry
13 Sep 2022
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A Virginia poet with original creation myths; presenting a playful poetry universe.
Maria Lisella
07 Sep 2022
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Poetry Laureate of Queens, born and bred a New Yorker, interesting poetry and talk.
Taylor Johnson
14 Aug 2022
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Author of "INHERITANCE," poet in residence at the Guggenheim Museum, a star in the poetry world.
Pat Valdata
14 Aug 2022
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Author of the history of women pilots from the 18th century to date in poetry: "WHERE NO MAN CAN TOUCH."
Esperanza Hope Snyder
29 Jun 2022
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Esperanza Hope Snyder: poetry in Spanish and English, plus Snyder's novels, plays and screenwriting.
Joel Dias Porter
17 Jun 2022
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Formerly, a noted "D.J.," and chess champion, a New Jersey poet premiers his new book, "Ideas of Improvisation."
Kira Thurman
13 Jun 2022
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Kira Thurman is the winner of the Marfield National Book Award for "Writing In The Arts."The prize book is "Singing Like Germans: Black Musicians In T...
Laura Costas
01 Jun 2022
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This Maryland poet weaves mythology into her bright poetry.
Kim B Miller
16 May 2022
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A performance poet with powerful messages takes the podium.
Barbara Quick
10 May 2022
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Poet/celebrated novelist ("Vivaldi's Virgins") premiers new novel, "What Disappears."
Stewart Moss
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maryland poet is author of a new book, "For Those Whose Lives Have Seen Themselves."
Melvin Brown
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Poet, educator, editor, opens show with a 5-minute masterwork.
Samuel Peralta
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scientist/poet is sending poetry and art to the moon in LUNAR CODEX.
Annie Finch
02 Apr 2022
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The legendary Annie Finch is known as "poetry witch" with her spells, chants, and lullabies.
Maria Mazziotti Gillan
21 Mar 2022
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Director of the N.J. Paterson Poetry Center, poet/painter/teacher.
Miho Kinnas
06 Mar 2022
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A poet and translator of Japanese poetry with cross cultural perspectives.
Vailes Shepperd
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This debut novel features a mother with multiple personalities on a backdrop of African American folklife.
George Ella Lyon
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Former Kentucky Poet Laureate teaches how to tell the truth in poetry.
Eva Brann
22 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Philosopher Brann celebrates writing two groundbreaking books this year at age 93.
Thomas Sayers Ellis
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Poet, Photographer, Musician, premieres his new book CRANK SHAPED NOTES.
J.P. Dancing Bear
13 Nov 2021
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The editor of VERSE DAILY has 16 books of his poetry; and 15,000 poems written to others on Facebook.
Anne Harding Woodworth
13 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A study in beauty and form, Anne shows the lyric in poetry.
Willie Perdomo
13 Nov 2021
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New York state's new Poet Laureate brings awards to Latin Hip Hop poetry.
Lenny DellaRocca
19 Sep 2021
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Lenny LaRooca publishes the South Florida Poetry Journal.
David Keplinger
19 Sep 2021
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Award- winning David Keplinger premieres a new book, "The World To Come."
Sandra Yannone
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Producer of "Cultivating Voices" reads from her debut collection "Boats For Women."
Jiwon Choi
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Reading and conversation with the author of, "I Used To Be Korean."
Rion Amilcar Scott
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Award winning fiction writer and author of short stories reads and discusses his work.
Jeanne Murray Franklin
27 Aug 2021
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A daughter collects a Family Book of Memory to bring her Mother alive.
Sandra Beasley
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Beasley's new book is "Ready to Explode." She hold 12 poetry awards.
Fleda Brown
01 Aug 2021
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Fleda Brown's tenth collection of poems, Flying Through a Hole in the Storm (2021) won the Hollis Summers Prize from Ohio University Press. Earlier po...
Terri Cross Davis
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The author of two award-winning books of poems, the latest, "A More Perfect Union."
Y S Fing
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Y S Fing is the author of "Perdition," where the vulgar is divine, updating Dante's "Inferno."
Paul Bartlett
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Baltimore's Top chef is also a poet, talking of food and words.
Cornelius Eady
08 Jun 2021
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Poet/songwriter Cornelius Eady, co-founder of CAVE CANEM.
Maggie Doherty
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Doherty is winner of the 15th National Marfield Award for Writing in The Arts (nonfiction) "The Equivalents."
Jehanne Dubrow
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Raised by Diplomats, author of nine books of poems; holds 12 national awards in poetry.
Jona Colson and Caroline Bock
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Editors of Washington Writers' Publishing House Anthology, "This Is What America Looks Like."
Tom Kirlan
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Kirlin is the 2019 William Meredith Award Winner for Poetry.
Howard Nemerov
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howard Nemerov was Poet Laureate of the U.S .from 1963 -1964 and again from 1988-90.He was the recipient of the National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, B...
Francisco Aragon
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Francisco Aragón is the son of Nicaraguan immigrants. His books include, After Rubén (Red Hen Press 2020), Glow of Our Sweat, and Puerta de Sol. He'...
Didi Menendez
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Didi (Dulce) Menendez is a Cuban-born American publisher and digital artist. Her publications are scheduled to be archived on the moon by Dr. Samuel P...
Henry Crawford
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Crawford, lawyer, software engineer, videographer, is author of two poetry collections, American Software 2017 Books and The Binary Planet, 2020...
John Doe
28 Feb 2021
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John Doe co-founded LA punk band X, still an active member. Doe's a singer, songwriter, actor, poet, guitarist and bass player.
Terrence Winch
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Novelist, poet, musician,Terrence Winch is the author of the young adult novel SEEING-EYE BOY and is a leading figure in the Irish music world.
Ocean Vuong
10 Jan 2021
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Ocean Vuong is the author of the bestselling novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Penguin Press (2019), forthcoming in 30 languages. He received t...
Carolyn Forche
04 Jan 2021
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Carolyn Forche is one of America's greatest living poets. She created the phrase, "poetry of witness," and here reads from her new memoir about witnes...
Ned Balbo
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ned Balbo reads his poems in every form: pantoum, sonnet, ghazal, villanelle, blank verse.
Singing in The Dark: Poetry's Response To The Pandemic
07 Dec 2020
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The Poet and The Poem premieres PENGUIN Anthology, "Singing in The Dark: Poetry's Response To The Pandemic."
Mecca Verdell
08 Nov 2020
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Mecca "Meccamorphosis" Verdell is the winner of the 2020 DC Poet Project, and her debut collection, Things to Unlearn, is forthcoming 2021 from Day Ei...
Kim Roberts
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Literary historian/poet Kim Roberts is the editor of By Broad Potomac's Shore: Great Poems from the Early Days of our Nation's Capital (University of ...
Linda Joy Burke
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maryland's Howard County Women's Hall of Fame honors Burke's poetry, fiction, op-ed columns, reviews, profiles and feature stories.
Barbara Quick
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara Quick is a California poet and author of historical novels.
20th Century Poet Commentaries - Maxine Kumin
12 Oct 2020
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New England Poetry Consultant to The Library of Congress 1981-1982, was renamed U.S. Poet Laureate in 1986.
20th Century Poet Commentaries - Carl Sandburg
12 Oct 2020
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This Illinois poet held three pulitzer prizes, two for poetry and one for the biography of Abraham Lincoln.
20th Century Poet Commentaries - James Dickey
12 Oct 2020
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This Georgia poet was named US POET LAUREATE in 1966 - known for his sweeping poetic vision and and eccentric poetic styles.
Carolyn Joyner
25 Sep 2020
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Carolyn Joyner, a Washington, DC poet, examines life's themes in her work through the use of contemporary and traditional form.
Jeffrey Coleman
06 Sep 2020
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Jeffrey LaMar Coleman is a poet and a scholar of African American music and poetry.
Omowole Jesse N. Alexander
02 Sep 2020
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Poet Omowole Jesse N. Alexander holds a Master of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from Howard University.
20th Century Poet Commentaries - Robert Warren
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 1986 Congress designated the term U.S. Poet Laureate to all Poetry Consultants. Warren was the first to be designated. Also, Robert Penn Warren was...
20th Century Poet Commentaries - Lucille Clifton
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lucille Clifton was a poet and educator; she was formerly Maryland's poet laureate.and holds the National Book Award for poetry.
Ann Bracken
19 Aug 2020
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Ann Bracken is a poet and activist for mental health and prison reform.
20th Century Poet Commentaries - William Meredith
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pulitzer Prize Winner William Meredith was the 34th Poet Laureate of the United States, 1978-1980, whose formal and unadorned verse was compared to th...
20th Century Poet Commentaries - Robert Hass
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robert L. Hass served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He won the 2007 National Book Award and shared the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.
20th Century Poet Commentaries - Louise Bogan
20 Jul 2020
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Louise Bogan was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title. Throughout her lif...
Jericho Brown
06 Jul 2020
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Jericho Brown grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana, and worked as a speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in literature and cre...
Grace Cavalieri on Writing: The Energy of Poetry, Part 3
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
...not the letter of the law (writing poetry) but the spirit...
Danuta Kosk-Kosicka
08 Jun 2020
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Danuta E. Kosk-Kosicka is the author of two collections: Face Half-Illuminated (Apprentice House, 2015) and Oblige the Light (CityLit Press, 2015), wi...
Jody Bolz
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jody Bolz is the author of A Lesson in Narrative Time (Gihon Books, 2004), the novella-in-verse Shadow Play (Turning Point, 2013), and a new collectio...
Andrew Stott
29 May 2020
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Andrew McConnell Stott is the winner of the 14th National Marfield Prize for Writing In The Arts with his book, What Blest Genius?
Josephine Jacobsen
29 May 2020
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Josephine Jacobsen was a Canadian-born American poet, short story writer, essayist, and critic. She was appointed the twenty-first Poet Laureate Consu...
20th Century Poet Commentaries - Robert Hayden
23 May 2020
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Grace Cavalieri presents 20th Century Poets with minute commentaries. This includes Hayden reading his Immortal poem Those Winter Sundays. Robert Hayd...
Grace Cavalieri on Writing: The Energy of Poetry, Part 2 "Responsibility and Self Esteem"
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What are our responsibilities as writers? What keeps us going? What is self esteem?
Grace Cavalieri on Writing: The Energy of Poetry, Part 1"The Tribe"
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do we access poetry? How do we harvest memory?
Robert Pinsky
11 May 2020
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Robert Pinsky was named US Poet Laureate 1997-2000. He's a poet, essayist, critic, dramatist, and teacher. He's the acclaimed Dante translator.
Robert Earl Price in Concert
30 Apr 2020
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Robert Earl Price holds the American Film Institute's William Wyler award for screenwriting, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry a...
Robert Earl Price
30 Apr 2020
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For over four decades, Robert Earl Price has amassed writing credits in fiction, drama and poetry. His many awards include The TCG/NEA Playwright's Re...
20th Century Poet Commentaries - Stanley Kunitz
29 Apr 2020
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Grace Cavalieri's commentary on Stanley Kunitz, appointed US Poet Laureate 1974 and 2000.
20th Century Poet Commentaries - Rita Dove
27 Apr 2020
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The first in our series is Rita Dove, appointed US Poet Laureate, 1993.
Grace Cavalieri on Writing: Sensual Aspects of the Poem
20 Apr 2020
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Grace Cavalieri talks about the sensual aspect of the poem.
Grace Cavalieri on Writing: "Intuition in writing poetry"
17 Apr 2020
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A Poet Laureate Series
Grace Cavalieri on Writing: "CHARACTER" in the Poem
17 Apr 2020
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A Poet Laureate Series. Grace Cavalieri discusses THE DRAMATIC POEM in this Poet Laureate Series about Writing. Today's conversation talks about "Char...
George Bilgere
02 Mar 2020
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George Bilgere has published six collections of poetry, including Imperial (2014);The White Museum(2010), which was awarded the Autumn House Poetry Pr...
Meg Eden
02 Mar 2020
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Meg Eden's work is published or forthcoming in magazines including Prairie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, Crab Orchard Review, RHINO and CV2. She teaches...
Brother Yao Hoke Glover III
02 Mar 2020
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Bro. Yao(Hoke S. Glover III) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies at Bowie State University. His ...
Doritt Carroll
02 Mar 2020
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Doritt Carroll is a native of Washington, DC. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from Georgetown University. Her poems have appeared or ar...
Lauren Alleyne
02 Mar 2020
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Lauren K. Alleyne is the author of two collections of poetry, Difficult Fruit (Peepal Tree Press 2014), and Honeyfish (New Issues & Peepal Tree, 2019)...
Temple Cone
27 Jan 2020
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Temple Cone is the author of four books of poetry:Guzzle, That Singing, The Broken Meadow (winner of the Old Seventy Creek Poetry Press Series Prize),...
Garrett Brown
27 Jan 2020
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Garrett J. Brown’s first book of poems, Manna Sifting, won the Liam Rector First Book Prize from Briery Creek Press in 2009, and his chapbook, Cubic...
Shirley Brewer
27 Jan 2020
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Shirley J. Brewer (Baltimore, MD) graduated from careers in bartending and speech therapy. She serves as poet-in-residence at Carver Center for Arts &...
Write Blend Poetry Collective
27 Dec 2019
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The Write Blend Poetry Circle was officially formed in 2018, when six named poets agreed to become part of a larger collaborative to bring cultural di...
Pamela Murray Winters
27 Dec 2019
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Pamela Murray Winters is the author of The Unbeckonable Bird, a poetry collection published by FutureCycle Press in 2018. She has an MFA in poetry fro...
Barbara DeCesare
27 Dec 2019
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Barbara DeCesare is a graduate of the Goddard College MFA-W program. She is the author of jigsaweyesore (Anti-Man Press), Adrift (Seventh Wave), and S...
Jane Clarke
16 Nov 2019
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Irish poet, Jane Clarke's first collection, The River, was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2015 to public and critical acclaim. Her second book-length ...
Rob Richmond
16 Nov 2019
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A life-long musician, writer, and creative, Rob spent most of his childhood reading comic books, playing games, and making music. Graduated from the U...
Mervyn Taylor
16 Nov 2019
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Mervyn Taylor, a Trinidad-born poet and longtime Brooklyn resident, has taught at Bronx Community College, The New School and in the New York City pub...
Natwar Gandhi
03 Oct 2019
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Natwar Gandhi served Washington, DC, as tax commissioner and independent chief financial officer. This book narrates his journey from a primitive Indi...