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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Matthew Zapruder dedicates a graduation address to poet and fiction writer Denis Johnson who died in May, 2017.
- Added: Jan 03, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Marie Buck describes relaxing activities many people like to do, and one rather unpleasant one.
- Added: Dec 27, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Brenda Coultas describes the act of writing as it unfolds during the course of a day.
- Added: Dec 18, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Jennifer Foerster imagines encountering her younger self on a walk through the streets of Vienna.
- Added: Dec 11, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Uche Nduka expresses a sense of anguish and offers possible spiritual solutions to current political and existential problems.
- Added: Dec 06, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Sueyeun Juliette Lee mediates on loss and its aftermath.
- Added: Nov 27, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Joshua Edwards mediates on the nature of work and communal living.
- Added: Nov 15, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Julien Poirier navigates the line between what can be imagined and what is real.
- Added: Nov 13, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Tyehimba Jess pays tribute to Sissieretta Jones, the first African-American to perform at Carnegie Hall in 1892.
- Added: Nov 06, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Hoa Nguyen considers the objects of jokes and humor.
- Added: Oct 30, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Vincent Katz observes a March evening as the city of New York goes about its daily life.
- Added: Oct 25, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Barbara Jane Reyes remembers and praises the life of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina domestic worker who was swindled into becoming a drug mule.
- Added: Oct 10, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Noelle Kocot investigates the politics and power of the pronoun “they.”
- Added: Sep 28, 2017
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 2
Reginald Dwayne Betts recalls a fellow inmate with respect and admiration for the man’s integrity.
- Added: Sep 25, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Ana Božičević explores the feelings and emotions of spring.
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Gerard Malanga responds to the poaching and endangerment of elephants.
- Added: Sep 05, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 5
Kiki Petrosino imagines an escape from a fairy house.
- Added: Aug 30, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 5
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
Kimberly Lyons interrogates the purchase of second-hand clothes and the writing of poetry.
- Added: Aug 14, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Sara Deniz Akant considers the virtues and meaning of one’s name.
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
