The Poets.org Poetcast

Ars Poeticast

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:20:00 EST

For National Poetry Month, poems about poetry from Philip Schultz, Russell Edson, Robert Kelly, and Kenneth Koch.

The Lovecast

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:21:00 EST

"Eros is often the fuel of the lyric imagination, which chooses to use words, sentences, musical structures of language to re/member the beloved, to enter that inexhaustible source of--not uniquely "carnal"--knowledge which is another person's body and mind." -Marilyn Hacker The Lovecast: Poems of pleasure, pain, parting, and passion from Jack Gilbert, Robert Creeley, James Fenton, and Peter Gizzi.

AWP Conference Broadcast

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:21:00 EST

The Academy of American Poets broadcasts from the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference in New York City. This podcast features a selection of the poets who stopped by to record poems with the Academy during the conference. Featured poets include Li-Young Lee, Paul Hoover, Claudia Emerson, Christian Bok, and A. Van Jordan. Visit the Academy at www.poets.org or from your mobile phone at www.poets.org/mobile.

The Word Museum: Poetry and Art

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:21:00 EST

Mary Jo Bang reads from her book of ekphrastic poems, The Eye Like a Strange Balloon, and discusses her composition process, the ekphrastic poet's relationship to the world of a painting, and her book's curious origin in the "museum of her childhood."

Robert Fagles: Homer's Burly Courtesy

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:45:00 EST

A discussion of translator Robert Fagles and his work on Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey", and Virgil's "Aeniad". Features Fagles discussing American translation and reading from the "Iliad" in Greek and English, as well as commentary on Fagles by poet C.K. Williams.

Poetcast: November 19th, 2007

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:25:00 EST

At the Common Table: Poems About Food

Poetcast: November 7th, 2007

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:45:00 EST

VIDEO: Robert Hass at the Poets Forum.

Poetcast: October 30th, 2007

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:25:00 EST

The Halloween Poetry Frightcast.

Poetcast: October 16th, 2007

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:25:00 EST

Academy Chancellor Carl Phillips goes West.

Poetcast: October 9th, 2007

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:21:00 EST

Susan Howe whispers the netherworld.

Poetcast: October 3rd, 2007

Wed, 3 Oct 2007 14:56:00 EST

Happy Birthday, Dear W. S.: Merwin turns 80.

Poetcast: September 18th, 2007

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:47:00 EST

A poem by James McMichael, winner of the 2007 Academy Fellowship.

Poetcast: September 10th, 2007

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:17:00 EST

Kim Addonizio reads poetry by the numbers.

Poetcast: August 31st, 2007

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:07:00 EST

Hayden Carruth goes to work in the fields.

Poetcast: August 27th, 2007

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:30:00 EST

Charles Simic goes to the planetarium.

Poetcast: August 22nd, 2007

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:35:00 EST

Matthew Lippman on Joy, Sex and Marriage.

Poetcast: July 3rd, 2007

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:25:00 EST

The poetics of Americana with Kimiko Hahn and David Baker.

Poetcast: May 8th, 2007

Tue, 08 May 2007 15:34:00 EST

Selections from National Poetry Month readings, featuring poems from Maurice Manning, Mary Karr and Carl Dennis.

Poetcast: April 10th, 2007

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:04:00 EST

Selections from readings hosted for National Poetry Month 2007, including new poems by Laure-Anne Bosselaar and Elaine Equi.

Poetcast: March 13th, 2007

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:55:00 EST

Uncollected poems by David Baker, Nick Flynn and C.D. Wright, recorded during the 2007 Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

Poetcast: February 5th, 2007

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:20:00 EST

A retrospective on the life and work of Muriel Rukeyser, including historical recordings and reflections from her former student, Sharon Olds.

Poetcast: January 3rd, 2007

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:10:00 EST

Galway Kinnell reads a poem by James Wright, Robert Pinsky reads "Other Hand," and Gregory Orr reads an untitled poem.

Poetcast: December 5th, 2006

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:10:00 EST

National Book Award-winner Nathaniel Mackey talks about his winning collection "Splay Anthem," and reads a poem from the book.

Poetcast: November 2nd, 2006

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:15:00 EST

Tony Hoagland lists "Reasons to Survive November", Sarah Manguso reads "The Movement of a Caravan Over the Landscape", and Charles Simic reads "Folksongs".

Poetcast: October 13th, 2006

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:39:00 EST

Joshua Beckman reads from "Shake," Mark Doty reflects on the work of younger poets, and Claudia Rankine reads from "The End of the Alphabet."

Poetcast: September 20th, 2006

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:59:00 EST

Louise Glück reads "Telescope" by telephone, Major Jackson reads "Blunts" in Bryant Park, and Lucie Brock-Broido pairs a poem of her own with a poem by Langston Hughes.

Poetcast: August 28th, 2006

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:54:00 EST

A Life Lines entry from "Blue Peninsula" by Madge McKeithen accompanies poems by Edward Hirsch and Charles Bernstein.

Poetcast: August 7th, 2006

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:54:00 EST

Selections from recent National Poetry Month readings by Carol Frost, Meena Alexander and Thomas Lux.

Poetcast: July 17th, 2006

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:31:00 EST

Robert Pinsky reads "Samurai Song", Natasha Trethewey shares a poem from "Native Guard", and Quincy Troupe reads a villanelle for Michael Jordan.

Poetcast: June 9th, 2006

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:58:00 EST

Stephen Burt speaks about a poem by Randall Jarrell, Deborah Digges reads "Fence of Sticks", and the late Stanley Kunitz reads "The Portrait".

Poetcast: May 5th, 2006

Fri, 05 May 2006 10:46:00 EST

Rachel Hadas shares a Life Lines entry on Wallace Stevens, Garrison Keillor reads a poem by James Wright, and Harryette Mullen reads from "Sleeping With the Dictionary".