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Readings and conversations with The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young.
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Poetry Podcast
Adrian Matejka Reads C. D. Wright
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Against the Encroaching Grays,” by C. D. Wright, and his own poem “Almost Home.”
Poetry Podcast
April Bernard Reads John Ashbery
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “A Worldly Country,” by John Ashbery, and her own poem “Beagle or Something."
Poetry Podcast
Patricia Lockwood Reads Elizabeth Bishop
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “In the Waiting Room,” by Elizabeth Bishop, and her own poem “Love Poem Like We Used to Write It.”
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Traci Brimhall Reads Thomas Lux
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Refrigerator, 1957,” by Thomas Lux, and her own poem “Love Poem Without a Drop of Hyperbole in It.”
Poetry Podcast
Henri Cole Reads Louise Glück
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Vita Nova” by Louise Glück, and his own poem “Figs.”
Poetry Podcast
Bruce Smith Reads Mary Ruefle
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Open Letter to My Ancestors” by Mary Ruefle, and his own poem “The Game.”
Poetry Podcast
Garrett Hongo Reads Charles Wright
The poet joins Kevin Young to read “T’ang Notebook,” by Charles Wright, and his own poem “On Emptiness.”
Poetry Podcast
Sasha Debevec-McKenney Reads Gabrielle Calvocoressi
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Hammond B3 Organ Cistern,” by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, and her own poem “Kaepernick.”
Poetry Podcast
Megan Fernandes Reads Hala Alyan
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Half-Life in Exile,” by Hala Alyan, and her own poem “On Your Departure to California.”
Poetry Podcast
Erika Meitner Reads Philip Levine
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “What Work Is,” by Philip Levine, and her own poem “To Gather Together.”
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David St. John Reads Larry Levis
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Picking Grapes in an Abandoned Vineyard,” by Larry Levis, and his own poem “The Shore.”
Poetry Podcast
Edward Hirsch Reads Gerald Stern
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “96 Vandam,” by Gerald Stern, and his own poem “Man on a Fire Escape.”
Poetry Podcast
Jericho Brown Reads Elizabeth Alexander
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “When,” by Elizabeth Alexander, and his own poem “Colosseum.”
Poetry Podcast
Kevin Young and Deborah Garrison Discuss “A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker”
The poets talk about “A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker.”
Poetry Podcast
Dobby Gibson Reads Diane Seuss
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Wireless Warning System.”
Poetry Podcast
Rae Armantrout Reads Dorothea Lasky
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Mother,” by Dorothea Lasky, and her own poem “Finally.”
Poetry Podcast
Jim Moore Reads Jane Mead
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I wonder if I will miss the moss,” by Jane Mead, and his own poem “Mother.”
Poetry Podcast
Amber Tamblyn Reads Didi Jackson
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Dahlias,” by Didi Jackson, and her poem “This Living.”
Poetry Podcast
Valzhyna Mort Reads Victoria Amelina and Wisława Szymborska
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss her translation of “Testimonies,” by Amelina, and Clare Cavanaugh’s translation of “Map,” by Szymborska.
Poetry Podcast
Raymond Antrobus Reads John Lee Clark
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “A Protactile Version of ‘Tintern Abbey,’ ” and his own poem “Signs, Music.”