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
Randall Horton thinks about the ways we trap ourselves and others in boxes.
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Diana Arterian describes the wedding ceremony of Agrippina the Younger, Empress of Rome and mother to the infamous Emperor Nero.
- Added: Mar 21, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Meryl Streep narrates an hour-long documentary special about how the Women’s Movement changed poetry, and how women poets changed the culture.
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- Added: Mar 16, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 73
Rodney Koeneke considers the mystery and language of riddles.
- Added: Mar 14, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Johannes Göransson catalogs his summer travels through Berlin and Stockholm.
- Added: Mar 08, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Vi Khi Nao’s poem inhabits the scene of a painting composed in 1998.
- Added: Mar 02, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Kit Robinson describes a walk home on a summer night as a cinematic experience.
- Added: Feb 22, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Emily Skillings writes a tribute to poet John Ashbery who died in September of 2017.
- Added: Feb 19, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Harmony Holiday meditates on her biracial heritage and the legacy of her parents.
- Added: Feb 12, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Jennifer Firestone recounts the state of dementia in a loved one.
- Added: Feb 02, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2