PoetryNow
Series produced by The Poetry Foundation
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.
The series will feature 52 episodes available for stations to broadcast in any quantity or combination, at no cost, starting June.
176 Pieces
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Camille Guthrie discusses the virtues of living like Icelandic popstar Björk.
- Added: Apr 17, 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
Simone White documents a mother’s life with her infant son.
- Added: May 03, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 5
Joyelle McSweeney thinks about various forms of infection and contagion facing the human
race.
- Added: May 11, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
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
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
Melissa Broder writes about self-realization and survival.
- Added: May 31, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
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
Atsuro Riley imagines the life of a young runaway from the south.
- Added: Jun 12, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
John Tipton looks at the Rosetta Spacecraft’s September 2016 landing on a comet orbiting Jupiter.
- Added: Jun 20, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Juan Delgado describes a dangerous journey by a series of freight trains that migrants from Central America use to reach the U.S. border.
- Added: Jun 26, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Douglas Kearney pays tribute to the late music icon Prince.
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Amanda Nadelberg reflects on life accomplishments and what has been left unachieved.
- Added: Jul 10, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Sunnylyn Thibodeaux mediates on the anxieties and ambitions of adult life.
- Added: Jul 17, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Francisco Aragón describes a threatening incident against a college student after the 2016 election.
- Added: Jul 25, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Nikki Wallschlaeger meditates on issues of accountability.
- Added: Jul 28, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Sara Deniz Akant considers the virtues and meaning of one’s name.
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Kimberly Lyons interrogates the purchase of second-hand clothes and the writing of poetry.
- Added: Aug 14, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
In the voice of her mother, Eileen Tabios reflects on the accomplishments and tragedies of her mother’s children.
- Added: Aug 17, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Kiki Petrosino imagines an escape from a fairy house.
- Added: Aug 30, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 5
