Poem Talk
Poetry
Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Tracie Morris, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, Charles Bernstein, Sawako Nakayasu, Simone White, and others.
Location:
United States
Description:
Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Tracie Morris, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, Charles Bernstein, Sawako Nakayasu, Simone White, and others.
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
Episodes
Don’t Refuse to Breathe: A discussion of Frank O’Hara: “Song (Is it dirty)” & “Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed)”
6/28/2023
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Robert von Hallberg, Charles Altieri, and Marjorie Perloff.
Duration:00:52:23
The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”
5/22/2023
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Brooke O’Harra, Michelle Taransky, and Chris Funkhouser.
Duration:00:51:53
Present Plans Succeed: A discussion of Dodie Bellamy’s “Vomit Journal”
4/17/2023
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Chantine Akiyama Poh, Henry Steinberg, and Murat Nemet-Nejat.
Duration:00:55:04
Woot of the Century: A discussion of “Welter” and “Static” by Douglas Kearney
3/17/2023
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Divya Victor, Whitney Trettien, and Dagmawi Woubshet.
Duration:00:51:34
Rhetorical Happenings: A discussion of Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light.”
2/24/2023
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Bethany Swann, Jonathan Dick, and Kate Colby.
Duration:00:46:05
Nothing Made of Ink: A discussion of seven poems by Lisa Fishman
1/11/2023
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lisa Fishman, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Laynie Browne.
Duration:00:55:02
Untranslatable: A discussion of Armand Schwerner’s “Tablet 25” & “‘daddy, can you staple these two stars together to make an airplane?’”
12/22/2022
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Pierre Joris, and Charles Bernstein.
Duration:01:00:50
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Related to acrostic, a poem in which the first letter of each line or stanza follows sequentially through the alphabet. See Jessica Greenbaum, “A Poem for S.” Tom Disch’s “Abecedary” adapts the principles of an abecedarian poem, while Matthea Harvey’s “The Future of Terror/The Terror of Future” sequence also uses the alphabet as an organizing principle. Poets who have used the abecedarian across whole collections include Mary Jo Bang, in The Bride of E, and Harryette Mullen, in Sleeping with...
Duration:00:41:08
Downgraded to Scribble: A discussion of four poems from Dead Winter by Matvei Yankelevich
11/25/2022
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ahmad Almallah, Huda Fakhreddine, and Kevin Platt.
Duration:00:53:35
Paw Mouthings: A discussion of Maggie O’Sullivan’s “Hill Figures” and “To Our Own Day”
10/31/2022
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Julia Bloch, Charles Bernstein, and Eric Falci.
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Duration:00:56:16
Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery
9/28/2022
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Carlos Decena, Dagmawi Woubshet, and Abdulhamit Arvas.
Duration:00:58:09
Composition of Life, as Life: A discussion of Joan Retallack’s The Poethical Wager (a several-page excerpt)
8/26/2022
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joan Retallack, erica kaufman, and Laynie Browne.
Duration:01:03:26
Girls in the Supply Chain: A discussion of Sawako Nakayasu’s book Some Girls Walk into the Country Where They Are From
7/25/2022
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Caroline Bergvall, Henry Steinberg, and Bethany Swann.
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Duration:01:02:23
When a Name Falls from a Face: A discussion of a selection from Divya Victor’s book Curb
6/15/2022
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Timothy Yu, Josephine Nock-Hee Park, and Piyali Bhattacharya.
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Duration:01:02:41
Trance of Language: A discussion of “Sleeping with the Dictionary” & “Dim Lady” from Sleeping with the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen
5/23/2022
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Maxe Crandall, Larissa Lai, and Julia Bloch.
Duration:00:51:49
Teach Us Love: A discussion of “Language” and “The Anatomy of Monotony” by Eugene Ostachevsky
4/22/2022
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Matvei Yankelevich, Ahmad Almallah, and Kevin Platt.
Duration:00:58:06
Better To Lose & Win: A discussion of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters
3/14/2022
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lee Ann Brown, Kristen Gallagher, and Laynie Browne.
Duration:00:55:31
Far in Toward the Far End: A discussion of George Quasha’s “preverbs.”
2/11/2022
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Charles Bernstein, Laynie Browne, and Anthony Elms.
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Duration:00:53:28