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Poetry Lectures

Talks given by notable scholars and critics on poets, poetry, and their intersections with other art forms. Features recordings from historic archives and live events.

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Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon reads and discusses his own work. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

16 Jun 2009

54mins

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Marjorie Perloff: American Perspectives

Marjorie Perloff: American Perspectives

Marjorie Perloff discusses the poetry of Frank O'Hara. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

20 Jan 2009

49mins

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Eavan Boland

Eavan Boland

Eavan Boland speaking at the 53rd Annual Poetry Day. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

21 Apr 2009

44mins

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Adam Zagajewski: International Poets in Conversation

Adam Zagajewski: International Poets in Conversation

Polish poet Adam Zagajewski talks to American translator Clare Cavanaugh and Ilya Kaminsky about contemporary Polish poe... Read more

11 Mar 2013

40mins

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Simon Ortiz

Simon Ortiz

Native American poet Simon Ortiz reads at the University of Arizona in 1975. The recording is used with permission of th... Read more

17 May 2013

56mins

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Chris Abani: International Poets in Conversation

Chris Abani: International Poets in Conversation

Matthew Shenoda talks with Chris Abani about poetry in Nigeria, the oral and religious traditions in African poetry, and... Read more

13 Aug 2013

42mins

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Patrick Cotter & Matthew Sweeney: International Poets in Conversation

Patrick Cotter & Matthew Sweeney: International Poets in Conversation

Irish poets Patrick Cotter and Matthew Sweeney discuss the history and current state of Irish poetry.

18 Sep 2013

32mins

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Vera Pavlova & Valzhyna Mort: International Poets in Conversation

Vera Pavlova & Valzhyna Mort: International Poets in Conversation

Vera Pavlova from Russia and Valzhyna Mort from Belurus speak with the director of the Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute, ... Read more

10 Jun 2013

29mins

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Robin Blaser

Robin Blaser

Robin Blaser talks at “The Recovery of the Public World” Conference—devoted to his poetry—at the University of British C... Read more

15 Feb 2013

37mins

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Zeyar Lynn: International Poets in Conversation

Zeyar Lynn: International Poets in Conversation

Burmese poet Zeyar Lynn and English poet and translator James Byrne speak with Ilya Kaminsky about poetry from Burma. Ne... Read more

17 Oct 2013

44mins

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Patrizia Cavalli: International Poets in Conversation

Patrizia Cavalli: International Poets in Conversation

Italian poet Patrizia Cavalli and American poet Geoffrey Brock speak with Ilya Kaminsky about Contemporary Italian Poetr... Read more

8 Jul 2013

28mins

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Kwame Dawes: International Poets in Conversation

Kwame Dawes: International Poets in Conversation

Egyptian-American writer Matthew Shenoda speaks with poet Kwame Dawes about African poetics, reggae, and poetry of the A... Read more

18 Apr 2013

39mins

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Ghassan Zaqtan: International Poets in Conversation

Ghassan Zaqtan: International Poets in Conversation

Fady Joudah and Ghassan Zaqtan discuss Palestinian poetry with Ilya Kaminsky. Need a transcript of this episode? Request... Read more

14 Jan 2013

37mins

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Ed Roberson

Ed Roberson

Ed Roberson reads and discusses his own work. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

17 Mar 2009

44mins

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Willard Spiegelman

Willard Spiegelman

Willard Spiegelman discusses poet Amy Clampitt. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

17 Feb 2009

44mins

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Peter Sacks: American Perspectives

Peter Sacks: American Perspectives

Peter Sacks finds common themes between the paintings of Edward Hopper and the works of poets such as Robert Frost, Eliz... Read more

20 May 2009

1hr 3mins

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Futurism and the New Manifesto: Part II

Futurism and the New Manifesto: Part II

Joshua Mehigan and Thomas Sayers Ellis read at the Museum of Modern Art. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a tr... Read more

3 Nov 2009

47mins

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Brenda Hillman: Stronach Memorial Lecture

Brenda Hillman: Stronach Memorial Lecture

Brenda Hillman delivers a 2006 talk entitled "Cracks in the Oracle Bone: Teaching Certain Contemporary Poems" at the Jud... Read more

19 Jan 2011

51mins

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Futurism and the New Manifesto: Part I

Futurism and the New Manifesto: Part I

Charles Bernstein and A.E. Stallings read at the Museum of Modern Art.

21 Sep 2009

56mins

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Oral History Initiative: On Elizabeth Bishop

Oral History Initiative: On Elizabeth Bishop

An informal conversation remembering the life and work of Elizabeth Bishop, with Lloyd Schwartz, Frank Bidart, Rosanna W... Read more

7 Dec 2012

49mins

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