Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Tracie Morris, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, Charles Bernstein, Sawako Nakayasu, Simone White, and others.
Don’t Refuse to Breathe: A discussion of Frank O’Hara: “Song (Is it dirty)” & “Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed)”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Robert von Hallberg, Charles Altieri, and Marjorie Perloff.
6/28/2023 • 52 minutes, 23 seconds
The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Brooke O’Harra, Michelle Taransky, and Chris Funkhouser.
5/22/2023 • 51 minutes, 53 seconds
Present Plans Succeed: A discussion of Dodie Bellamy’s “Vomit Journal”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Chantine Akiyama Poh, Henry Steinberg, and Murat Nemet-Nejat.
4/17/2023 • 55 minutes, 4 seconds
Woot of the Century: A discussion of “Welter” and “Static” by Douglas Kearney
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Divya Victor, Whitney Trettien, and Dagmawi Woubshet.
3/17/2023 • 51 minutes, 34 seconds
Rhetorical Happenings: A discussion of Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light.”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Bethany Swann, Jonathan Dick, and Kate Colby.
2/24/2023 • 46 minutes, 5 seconds
Nothing Made of Ink: A discussion of seven poems by Lisa Fishman
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lisa Fishman, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Laynie Browne.
1/11/2023 • 55 minutes, 9 seconds
Untranslatable: A discussion of Armand Schwerner’s “Tablet 25” & “‘daddy, can you staple these two stars together to make an airplane?’”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Pierre Joris, and Charles Bernstein.
12/22/2022 • 1 hour, 56 seconds
Downgraded to Scribble: A discussion of four poems from Dead Winter by Matvei Yankelevich
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ahmad Almallah, Huda Fakhreddine, and Kevin Platt.
11/25/2022 • 53 minutes, 40 seconds
Paw Mouthings: A discussion of Maggie O’Sullivan’s “Hill Figures” and “To Our Own Day”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Julia Bloch, Charles Bernstein, and Eric Falci.
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10/31/2022 • 56 minutes, 16 seconds
Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Carlos Decena, Dagmawi Woubshet, and Abdulhamit Arvas.
9/28/2022 • 58 minutes, 15 seconds
Composition of Life, as Life: A discussion of Joan Retallack’s The Poethical Wager (a several-page excerpt)
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joan Retallack, erica kaufman, and Laynie Browne.
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8/26/2022 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 30 seconds
Girls in the Supply Chain: A discussion of Sawako Nakayasu’s book Some Girls Walk into the Country Where They Are From
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Caroline Bergvall, Henry Steinberg, and Bethany Swann.
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7/25/2022 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 29 seconds
When a Name Falls from a Face: A discussion of a selection from Divya Victor’s book Curb
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Timothy Yu, Josephine Nock-Hee Park, and Piyali Bhattacharya.
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6/15/2022 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Trance of Language: A discussion of “Sleeping with the Dictionary” & “Dim Lady” from Sleeping with the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Maxe Crandall, Larissa Lai, and Julia Bloch.
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5/23/2022 • 51 minutes, 50 seconds
Teach Us Love: A discussion of “Language” and “The Anatomy of Monotony” by Eugene Ostachevsky
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Matvei Yankelevich, Ahmad Almallah, and Kevin Platt.
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4/22/2022 • 58 minutes, 8 seconds
Better To Lose & Win: A discussion of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lee Ann Brown, Kristen Gallagher, and Laynie Browne.
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3/14/2022 • 55 minutes, 31 seconds
Far in Toward the Far End: A discussion of George Quasha’s “preverbs.”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Charles Bernstein, Laynie Browne, and Anthony Elms.
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2/11/2022 • 53 minutes, 30 seconds
Hot and Cold: A discussion of Jayne Cortez’s “She Got He Got”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Yolanda Wisher, Amber Rose Johnson, and Daniel Bergmann.
1/14/2022 • 55 minutes, 23 seconds
Must It Ring True: A discussion of Myung Mi Kim’s “And Sing We”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jack Giesking, Jonathan Dick, and erica kaufman.
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12/22/2021 • 55 minutes, 22 seconds
Coup Created by Our Thoughts: A discussion of “Colliding and Not Colliding at the Same Time” by Cecilia Vicuña
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jena Osman, Edwin Torres, and Huda Fakhreddine.
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11/24/2021 • 52 minutes, 42 seconds
Punch Fascists: A discussion of “Yes I Do Want to Punch” by Stephen Collis
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Pattie McCarthy, Kate Colby, and Lily Applebaum.
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10/18/2021 • 42 minutes
As Words Label Space: A discussion of Leslie Scalapino’s “‘Can’t’ is ’Night’”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Anna Vitale, Sophia DuRose, and Knar Gavin.
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9/27/2021 • 48 minutes
Perilous Bodies: A discussion of “Steveston, B.C.” by Daphne Marlatt
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Karis Shearer, Jane Robbins Mize, and Davy Knittle.
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8/27/2021 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 52 seconds
In My Rotting Place: A discussion of “Morning, Morning” & “No Deposit, No Return" by Tuli Kupferberg
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lee Ann Brown, Pierre Joris, Charles Bernstein, and Rachel Levitsky.
7/26/2021 • 58 minutes
This Unwitting Monument: A discussion of two poems from Sarah Dowling’s book Entering Sappho
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Larissa Lai, Maxe Crandall, and Julia Bloch.
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6/17/2021 • 53 minutes, 33 seconds
Biologically Speaking: A discussion of “Love Is Not All” and “I Shall Forget You Presently” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jane Malcolm, Sophia DuRose, and Lisa New.
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5/14/2021 • 50 minutes, 56 seconds
Adore Adore: A discussion of “Dada Lama” and “A Small Song That Is His” by bpNichol
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Derek Beaulieu, Tracie Morris, and Douglas Kearney.
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4/22/2021 • 52 minutes, 21 seconds
With a Little String & a Sharp Stone: A discussion of “Suicide” by Bob Kaufman
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Christopher Stackhouse, Maria Damon, and Devorah Major.
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3/10/2021 • 53 minutes, 15 seconds
A Way to Haunt Me: A discussion of “It All over My Face?” by Kevin Killian
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, Trisha Low, and Eric Sneathen.
2/17/2021 • 57 minutes, 45 seconds
A Way to Haunt Me: A discussion of “It All over My Face?” by Kevin Killian
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, Trisha Low, and Eric Sneathen.
2/17/2021 • 57 minutes, 45 seconds
Damned Fruitflies: A discussion of “With Shelter Gone” by Steve Dalachinsky
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jake Marmer, Bonny Finberg, Julien Poirier.
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1/25/2021 • 56 minutes, 8 seconds
Passion Shields Its Servants: A discussion of “Souvenir of the Manassah Ball” by Lorenzo Thomas
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tonya Foster, Erica Hunt, and Bob Perelman.
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12/23/2020 • 47 minutes, 27 seconds
Promise To Go On: A discussion of “The Similitude of This Great Flower” by Elizabeth Willis
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Angela Carr, and Kate Colby.
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11/25/2020 • 42 minutes
Rousing Earth to Excel: A discussion of “Arriving” by Daphne Marlatt
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Fred Wah, Meredith Quartermain, and Daphne Marlatt.
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10/23/2020 • 55 minutes, 42 seconds
Word for Word: A discussion of “The Poem That Took the Place of a Mountain” by Wallace Stevens.
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tyrone Williams, Mónica de la Torre, Kate Colby, and Aldon Nielsen.
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9/25/2020 • 50 minutes, 30 seconds
That’s Right: A discussion of Eileen Myles’s “Writing” and “Mount St. Helens”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephen Metcalf, June Thomas, and Jess Shollenberger.
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8/26/2020 • 52 minutes, 38 seconds
Ominous Pre-tingling: A discussion of “MJ Fan Letter” and “RSVP” by Terrance Hayes
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Dixon Li, and Jo Park.
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7/24/2020 • 52 minutes, 56 seconds
Find Me the Rage: A discussion of “Negus” by Kamau Brathwaite
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jacob Edmond, Amber Rose Johnson, and Huda Fakhreddine.
6/24/2020 • 48 minutes
A Word For Me: A discussion of “Should You Find Me” by Erica Hunt
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tyrone Williams, William J. Harris, Aldon Nielsen, and Erica Hunt.
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5/27/2020 • 49 minutes, 45 seconds
Begin to Awaken: A discussion of “By the road to the contagious hospital” by William Carlos Williams
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Imaad Majeed, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Irene Torra Mohedano.
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4/24/2020 • 49 minutes, 18 seconds
The Gaps I Mean: A discussion of “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Anna Strong Safford, Stephen Metcalf, and Ahmad Almallah.
3/27/2020 • 54 minutes, 30 seconds
Knots of a Woman: A discussion of A Swarm of Bees in High Court by Tonya Foster
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephanie Burt, Bonnie Costello, and Anna Strong Safford.
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2/20/2020 • 56 minutes, 42 seconds
Mammal Patriot: A discussion of Ghost Tantras by Michael McClure
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Selena Dyer, and Jonathan Dick.
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1/22/2020 • 49 minutes, 15 seconds
Beside the Mind: A discussion of Clairvoyant Journal by Hannah Weiner
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Davy Knittle, Charles Bernstein, and Kate Colby.
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12/20/2019 • 48 minutes, 32 seconds
These Squiggles: A discussion of “As if the Trees by Their Very Roots Had Hold of Us” by Charles Bernstein
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tracie Morris, Marjorie Perloff, and Danny Snelson. (With a cameo appearance by Charles Bernstein himself at the end.)
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11/22/2019 • 44 minutes, 50 seconds
September 1941: A discussion of “Memory Tree” by Rosmarie Waldrop
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Laynie Browne, Mónica de la Torre, Kate Colby, and Rosmarie Waldrop.
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10/28/2019 • 47 minutes, 30 seconds
The Republic of Space: A discussion of “The Blue Stairs” by Barbara Guest
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, and Kristin Prevallet.
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9/27/2019 • 47 minutes, 11 seconds
Worker’s Tanka: A discussion of six tankas (2 each) by three worker poets, Christine Yvette Lewis, Lorraine Garnett and Davidson Garrett
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Husnaa Hashim, Meg Pendoley, and Mark Nowak.
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8/27/2019 • 48 minutes, 2 seconds
Written in Water: A discussion of Bluets by Maggie Nelson
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jennifer Firestone, Adrienne Raphel, and Julia Bloch.
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7/19/2019 • 47 minutes, 37 seconds
Laying Poems Away: A discussion of “The Ambition Bird” by Anne Sexton
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ellen Berman, Anthony Rostain, and Ahmad Almallah.
6/21/2019 • 47 minutes, 24 seconds
Saw the Lie: A discussion of three short poems in “SKY WRI TEI NGS” by Nasser Hussain
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ujjwala Maharjan, Kevin Platt, and Nasser Hussain.
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5/17/2019 • 39 minutes, 39 seconds
Hadbeen Variety: A discussion of “Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake” by John Cage
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Marjorie Perloff, Danny Snelson, and Nancy Perloff.
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4/24/2019 • 57 minutes, 8 seconds
Slowing the Rate of Perception: A discussion of “Hello, the Roses” by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joshua Schuster, Evelyn Reilly, and James Sherry.
3/20/2019 • 49 minutes, 43 seconds
Flesh Ekes Ink: A discussion of Divya Victor’s “W Is for Walt Whitman’s Soul” from her book Kith.
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Mytili Jaganathan, Angela Carr, and Anna Strong Safford.
2/20/2019 • 46 minutes, 35 seconds
Light filtering through: A discussion of G. Maria Hindmarch's “Kitsilano”.
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Erín Moure, Karis Shearer, and Deanna Fong.
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1/16/2019 • 49 minutes, 45 seconds
Filter, Impose, Trespass: A discussion of Rachel Zolf’s Human Resources.
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jeff T. Johnson, Whitney Trettien, and Amy Paeth.
12/19/2018 • 48 minutes, 9 seconds
Not Detainable: A discussion of Gwendolyn Brooks’s “Riot”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Amber Rose Johnson, Tonya Foster, and Davy Knittle.
11/16/2018 • 43 minutes, 45 seconds
The After-Hell: A discussion of Sylvia Plath's poem “The Stones”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Susan Schultz, Sally Van Doren, and Huda Fakhreddine.
10/17/2018 • 47 minutes, 30 seconds
Of Beautiful Tangents: A discussion of two poems from Perfect Villagers by Sueyeun Juliette Lee
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Sawako Nakayasu, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, and Donato Mancini.
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9/20/2018 • 51 minutes, 50 seconds
Boring in a Different Way: A discussion of John Ashbery's “The Short Answer”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Marjorie Perloff, Susan McCabe, and Robert von Hallberg.
8/21/2018 • 47 minutes, 15 seconds
Something in the Way: A discussion of Amiri Baraka’s “Something in the Way of Things (In Town)”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring William J. Harris, Tyrone Williams, and Aldon Nielsen.
7/25/2018 • 53 minutes, 15 seconds
Fallout from Cooling: A discussion of three poems from Erica Baum
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Christine Nelson, Davy Knittle, and Erica Baum
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6/13/2018 • 40 minutes, 42 seconds
Our Endless Ear: A discussion of Jack Kerouac’s “Old Angel Midnight”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring J. C. Cloutier, Michelle Taransky, and Clark Coolidge.
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5/16/2018 • 43 minutes, 23 seconds
Bugging the Circles: A discussion of David Antin’s “War”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Diane Rothenberg, and Ariel Resnikoff.
4/13/2018 • 57 minutes, 17 seconds
Insurrection Is Value: A discussion of Sean Bonney’s “Happiness”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephen Willey, Anna Strong Safford, and Luke Roberts.
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3/9/2018 • 1 hour, 3 minutes
This Corner of the Diaspora: A discussion of Jerome Rothenberg’s “Galician Nights” (a section of Poland/1931)
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Frank London, Maria Damon, and Jake Marmer.
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2/16/2018 • 1 hour, 45 seconds
World Without Sequence: A discussion of Ann Lauterbach's poem “Under the Sign”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Matvei Yankelevich, Kate Colby, and Christina Davis.
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1/18/2018 • 39 minutes, 30 seconds
Nothing To Say: A discussion of three poems by Fatemeh Shams
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Mahyar Entezari, and Leonard Schwartz.
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12/14/2017 • 45 minutes, 9 seconds
Question Therefore the Age: A discussion of M. NourbeSe Philip’s Zong!
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Amber Rose Johnson, Tracie Morris, and Alexandria Johnson.
11/17/2017 • 48 minutes, 38 seconds
The Dark Containers: A discussion of Larissa Lai’s “Nascent Fashion”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Colin Browne, Daphne Marlatt, and Fred Wah.
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10/13/2017 • 45 minutes, 56 seconds
Images, Mon Ami: A discussion of Anne Tardos’s “Uxudo”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Ariel Resnikoff, and Stephen Ross.
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9/13/2017 • 40 minutes, 15 seconds
The Hand's Reach: A discussion of Lorenzo Thomas’s “An Arc Still Open”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring William J. Harris, Aldon Nielsen, and Tyrone Williams.
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8/16/2017 • 44 minutes, 2 seconds
Dead To Me: A discussion of Claudia Rankine's “Don't Let Me Be Lonely”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Kyoo Lee, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, and Simone White.
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7/12/2017 • 45 minutes
Truth Flies: A discussion of Robin Blaser’s “A Bird in the House.”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Brian Teare, Jed Rasula, and Kristen Prevallet.
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6/6/2017 • 39 minutes, 58 seconds
Listen to Everything You Love Disappear: A discussion of Patrick Rosal’s “Instance of an Island."
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ross Gay, Josephine Park, and Herman Beavers.
5/16/2017 • 38 minutes, 13 seconds
Rise and Live: A discussion of Naomi Replansky's “In Syrup, in Syrup” and “Ring Song."
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ron Silliman, Charles Bernstein, and Rachel Zolf.
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4/12/2017 • 47 minutes, 14 seconds
To Rearrange the World: A discussion of Philip Whalen’s “Life at Bolinas. The Last of California.”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring poets Stephen Ratcliffe, Joanne Kyger, and Julia Bloch.
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3/7/2017 • 44 minutes, 35 seconds
I Mean Only Means: A discussion of Kate Colby's I Mean.
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring poets Siobhan Phillips, Emily Harnett, and Joseph Massey.
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2/9/2017 • 36 minutes, 59 seconds
But Too Beautiful: A discussion of Tracie Morris' “Slave Sho to Video aka Black but Beautiful”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Edwin Torres, Camara Brown, and Brooke O’Harra.
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1/11/2017 • 40 minutes, 35 seconds
It Is Time: A discussion of Paul Celan's "Corona"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ariel Resnikoff, Anna Strong, and Pierre Joris.
12/6/2016 • 44 minutes, 34 seconds
Dear Conflicted Reader: A discussion of C.D. Wright's One Big Self
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Mel Nichols, Rob Casper, and Mark McMorris.
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11/15/2016 • 48 minutes, 10 seconds
No Truths Self-Evident: A Discussion of Michael Magee’s “Morning Constitutional”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Kristen Gallagher, Joshua Schuster, and Kerry Sherin Wright.
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10/19/2016 • 50 minutes, 22 seconds
Explode for Small Change: A Discussion of Akilah Oliver's “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Patricia Spears Jones, Charles Bernstein, and Yolanda Wisher.
9/14/2016 • 36 minutes, 58 seconds
Swear It Closed: A Discussion of Simone White’s book Of Being Dispersed
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Eileen Myles, Rachel Zolf, and erica kaufman.
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8/9/2016 • 37 minutes, 36 seconds
Mind’s Not Right: A Discussion of Robert Lowell's "Skunk Hour"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Rafael Campo, Elisa New, and Christina Davis.
7/12/2016 • 45 minutes
With What Geometry: A Discussion of Edward Dorn’s “The Sundering U.P. Tracks”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Sophia Le Fraga, and Andrew Whiteman.
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6/14/2016 • 45 minutes, 42 seconds
A Retrospective: A Discussion of Previous Episodes with Seven Poets
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring William J. Harris, Tracie Morris, Erica Kaufman, Steve McLaughlin, Herman Beavers, Maria Damon & Charles Bernstein.
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5/10/2016 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 26 seconds
The Unabettable Bleak: A Discussion of Four Poems by William Bronk
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joseph Massey, Julia Bloch, and Michelle Gil-Montero.
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4/12/2016 • 39 minutes, 40 seconds
Weakness Stalks in Pride: A Discussion of James Weldon Johnson's “O Southland!”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Herman Beavers, Salamishah Tillet, Chris Mustazza.
3/15/2016 • 45 minutes, 46 seconds
Articulate beyond Walls: A Discussion of Three Poems by Larry Eigner
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ron Silliman, Daniel Bergmann, and Michael Kelleher.
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2/17/2016 • 47 minutes, 8 seconds
The Laurel Crown: A Discussion of Allen Grossman's "My Radiant Eye"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Peter Cole, Kathryn Hellerstein, and Ariel Resnikoff.
1/19/2016 • 44 minutes, 39 seconds
I too received identity: A Discussion of Rob Fitterman’s Sprawl
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Michelle Taransky, Laynie Browne, and Rodrigo Toscano.
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12/8/2015 • 35 minutes
No Spell Broken: A Discussion of CAConrad's (Soma)tic Midge
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Trace Peterson, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, and Erica Kaufman.
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11/17/2015 • 44 minutes, 59 seconds
Dreams Not Spoiled by Roaches: A Discussion of Helen Adam’s “Cheerless Junkie’s Song"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Laura Sims, Corina Copp, Richard Deming.
10/20/2015 • 46 minutes, 48 seconds
An Abductee, in Theory: A discussion of Bob Perelman’s “Confession”
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Kathy Lou Schultz, Kristen Gallagher, and Bruce Andrews.
9/22/2015 • 45 minutes, 40 seconds
The Body in Pain: A discussion of Gill Ott's "The Forgotten"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jenn McCreary, Pattie McCarthy, and Frank Sherlock.
8/18/2015 • 30 minutes, 7 seconds
The F*ck-You Bow: A discussion of Gertrude Stein's "How She Bowed to Her Brother"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Julia Bloch, Sarah Dowling, and Maxe Crandall.
7/14/2015 • 37 minutes, 10 seconds
Requiem So Sweet We Forgot What It Lamented: A Discussion of Nathaniel Mackey's "Day after Day of the Dead"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring William J. Harris, Tsitsi Jaji, Herman Beavers.
6/18/2015 • 36 minutes, 39 seconds
Me No One Will Take: A Discussion of Kathy Acker's "The Diseased" and "The Slave Trader"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Maria Damon, Catherine Wagner, and Kaplan Harris.
5/19/2015 • 41 minutes, 22 seconds
Amplitude and Awe: A Discussion of Emily Dickinson's "Wild Nights - Wild Nights!" and "She rose to His Requirement"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Michelle Taransky, Cecilia Corrigan, and Lily Applebaum.
4/21/2015 • 34 minutes, 19 seconds
The Signature Public: A Discussion of Tyrone Williams's, "Written By H'Self" & "Cant"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Herman Beavers, Alan Golding and Lily Applebaum.
3/24/2015 • 40 minutes, 49 seconds
A Day Like Any Other: A Discussion of James Schuyler's "February"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Bernadette Mayer, Julia Bloch and Erica Kaufman.
