The Poetry Foundation
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Audio poems, poetry docs and poetry podcasts from The Poetry Foundation in Chicago.
Series
176 Pieces
If you've ever been curious about why and how a poem gets made, PoetryNow is a weekly 4-minute, modular radio program that offers an audio immersion into the concept of a poem. Listen to and follow the inner workings of a new poem as poets read and talk about their work on PoetryNow, a presentation of The Poetry Foundation.
- From: The Poetry Foundation
- Updated: Jun 20, 2018
Pieces
Atsuro Riley imagines the life of a young runaway from the south.
- Added: Jun 12, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Andrew Zawacki meditates on the difficulty of writing a personal poem after the birth of his daughter.
- Added: Jun 06, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Melissa Broder writes about self-realization and survival.
- Added: May 31, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Hayan Charara considers how the world would be different today if certain historically significant events had not taken place in the late 1990s.
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Hai-Dang Phan examines archival documents concerning the abduction of a young Vietnamese woman by Thai pirates in the 1980s.
Bought by KALW, KHSU, KENW, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: May 18, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Joyelle McSweeney thinks about various forms of infection and contagion facing the human
race.
- Added: May 11, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Simone White documents a mother’s life with her infant son.
- Added: May 03, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 5
Timothy Yu meditates on perceptions of race, on television and in social media.
- Added: Apr 24, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Camille Guthrie discusses the virtues of living like Icelandic popstar Björk.
- Added: Apr 17, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 5
Caitlin Doyle thinks about romance novels at the end of a relationship.
- Added: Apr 11, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4