Poetry Off the Shelf

By Poetry Foundation

Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard con... more

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Poetry Off the Shelf episodes:

December 13, 2022 Attica, Again
Celes Tisdale on similarities, teaching after the uprising, and his mother's favorite poet.

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41min
November 29, 2022 Hiding Between the Loaves
Belarussian poets Valzhyna Mort and Julia Cimafiejeva on magic, transformation, and what's hidden underneath the forest floor.

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1h 3min
November 17, 2022 The Poet and the Riot
Shortly after Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote a poem about the power of riots.
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16min
November 15, 2022 Please Poem
JoAnna Novak on islands, a plush placenta, and a gift from the suicide hotline.

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46min
November 14, 2022 The Poet and the Riot
Shortly after Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote a poem about the power of riots.
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16min
November 01, 2022 Give Me a Sign
Alexandra Lytton Regalado on fate, snake mirrors, and the daily work of letting go.

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1h 2min
October 04, 2022 As I Am
Ama Codjoe on normal naked bodies, solving problems, and her childfree life.

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56min
September 20, 2022 The Land Is the Center
Noʻu Revilla on ancestral history in newspapers, ocean consciousness, and how to be a guest.

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50min
September 06, 2022 Remember Every Ginseng Seed
Chelsea Harlan on knowledge, creaturehood, and the quest for her mother’s secret sadness.

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1h
August 23, 2022 Before We Return to Dust
André Naffis-Sahely on desert sand, rootlessness, and the long shadow of fascism.

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50min

FAQs about Poetry Off the Shelf:

How many episodes does Poetry Off the Shelf have?

The podcast currently has 250 episodes available.