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
Fady Joudah describes a car ride through a national park and observes wildlife, both living and dead.
- Added: Apr 03, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Tyrone Williams imagines a motorist’s confrontation with the police in a strip mall parking lot.
- Added: Mar 27, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Quraysh Ali Lansana recalls a compromised night on the U.S./Mexico border.
- Added: Mar 20, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Kaveh Akbar describes a nascent sexuality emerging in a life troubled by alcohol.
- Added: Mar 09, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Shane McCrae imagines the life of the adopted son of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Philip Jenks considers the word “dust,” from Biblical language to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
- Added: Feb 24, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Hannah Brooks-Motl reflects on the course of a life and its future
- Added: Feb 17, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Roberto Tejada guides through an underworld of surveillance.
- Added: Feb 13, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Eric Amling remembers the death of a beloved celebrity and considers a world saturated in pharmaceuticals.
- Added: Feb 06, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Monica McClure imagines a prophet in the forest who collects the lives of men.
- Added: Jan 30, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
People who work with The Poetry Foundation
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Poetry Admin (Admin)
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Nuria Sheehan (Admin)
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