Poetry Spoken Here

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What's Poetry Spoken Here about?

An almost weekly poetry podcast that features interviews with poets, reviews of poetry books, examinations of individual poems, and investigations of themes in poetry. Sit back, relax, and let poetry speak to you.

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Poetry Spoken Here episodes:

01.27.2023
Episode #208 Therese Broderick on Tone in Poetry and Her Lending Library of Local Poets
Albany area poet Therese Broderick discusses her work, how she thinks about tone in poetry, introduces the concept of ice balloons, and talks about her personally curated lending library of local poets work. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR!...
01.06.2023
Episode #207 Faith Vicinanza, Poet Laureate of Southbury, Connecticut
Faith Vicinanza, slam poet and poet laureate of Southbury, CT, shares memories of the slam scene of the 90s, her plans for her laureateship, and the tips she gives to new writers in her workshops. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF...
12.30.2022
Episode #206 2022: The Poetry Spoken Here Retrospective
In 2022 Poetry Spoken Here celebrated its 200th episode. We had guests from across the United States and around the world. We also shared even more readings from the Unamuno Author Festival which took place in 2019. Guests you will...
12.16.2022
Episode #205 Maya Jewell Zeller Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival
Maya Jewell Zeller reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place in May of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. This reading was recorded at Desperate Literature, an independent bookstore in Madrid. More about Maya Jewell Zeller, here: https://western.edu/people/maya-jewell-zeller/ SUBMIT TO THE...
12.02.2022
Episode #204 Violet Du Feng, Director of HIDDEN LETTERS on the Secret Language of Chinese Women
Emmy Award-winning director Violet Du Feng discusses her latest film Hidden Letters about Nushu, a secret language developed by women in China. She also reads poems written in Nushu that offer a window into the lives of women living in...
11.18.2022
Episode #203 Raena Shirali Reads from Her New Collection SUMMONINGS
Raena Shirali is a poet, editor, and educator whose latest book SUMMONINGS won the 2021 Hudson Prize. The book examines present-day witch hunting in India. Shirali reads from the book, discusses some of the formatting choices she made, and explains...
11.05.2022
Episode #202 Aracelis Girmay Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival
Aracelis Girmay reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place in May of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. This reading was recorded at La Residencia de Estudiantes which cultural luminaries such as Frederico Garcia Lorca and Salvador Dali once...
10.21.2022
Episode #201 Rich Ferguson Reads from EVERYTHING IS RADIANT BETWEEN THE HATES and BEAT NOT BEAT
California poet Rich Ferguson reads from his new collection EVERYTHING IS RADIANT BETWEEN THE HATES. He also discusses and reads from BEAT, NOT BEAT a collection of California poets whose work is in a beat vein. Learn more about Rich and...
10.07.2022
Episode #200 Tanya Tagaq Reads from Split Tooth
After just over six years, we've reached a milestone - 200 episodes of Poetry Spoken Here! This is an extra special episode featuring multi-award-winning musician, poet, and activist Tanya Tagaq. She reads from her 2018 book Split Tooth, shares warm...
09.16.2022
Episode #199 Major New Gary Snyder and Jim Harrison Collections Reviewed
In this special episode, host Charlie Rossiter reviews and reads from two new collections of poetry by Gary Snyder and Jim Harrison. In June of 2022 the Library of America released an 1100+ page collection of Snyder's poetry and at...
09.02.2022
Episode #198 Marty Gervais - First Poet Laureate of Windsor, Ontario - Shares Tales from the Road
Marty Gervais, the first Poet Laureate of Windsor, Ontario, reads from his new book MEETING THOREAU AT THE GAS STATION DINER, a collection of poems about his adventures hitchhiking across Canada in the late 1960s. During his travels he met...
08.19.2022
Episode #197 Francesca Bell on Writing About All the Things Others Don't Want to Talk About
Francesca Bell, whose new book WHAT SMALL SOUND will come out from Red Hen Press in the Spring of 2023, shares some poems, talks about writers who inspire her, discusses writing through the brain-fog of long COVID and much more. Learn...
08.08.2022
Episode #196 Caylin Capra-Thomas Reads from IGUANA IGUANA
Caylin Capra-Thomas shares poems from her new collection IGUANA IGUANA. She also discusses some of the best advice she has received about writing poems as well as what she tells young poets about the writing process. She and host Charlie...
07.15.2022
Episode #195 Jim Cohn and The Power Of The Storm Anthology
Poet and activist Jim Cohn, founder of the Museum of American Poetics, joins host Charlie Rossiter to talk about his new collection TREASURES FOR HEAVEN: COLLECTED POEMS 1976-2021 from Giant Steps Press. In the second part of the show, Charlie discusses...
06.24.2022
Episode #194 Donald G. Evans and Al DeGenova on New Chicago Anthology WHEREVER I'M AT
Donald G. Evans and Al DeGenova join host Charlie Rossiter to talk about a new mega-anthology of Chicago poetry WHEREVER I'M AT: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHICAGO POETRY. They discuss the book's long gestation process, the list of contributors, and even...
06.18.2022
Episode #193 Todd Boss On House-Sitting, Motionpoems, and His New Book SOMEDAY THE PLAN OF A TOWN
Poet, inventor, and all around creative dynamo Todd Boss discusses his new book SOMEDAY THE PLAN OF A TOWN that came out earlier this year from WW Norton. In the book, he reflects on his time house-sitting across the world....
06.03.2022
Episode #192 Mary Makofske Reads from Her New Collection The Gambler's Daughter
Mary Makofske reads from her new collection "The Gambler's Daughter" from Orchard Street Press. She discusses the importance of family in her writing, reads poems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares some of her favorite poets. Learn more about Mary...
05.20.2022
Episode #191 Laura Budofsky Wisniewski Reads from Sanctuary, Vermont
Vermont poet Laura Budofsky Wisniewski reads from her new collection Sanctuary, Vermont. The book explores the history (and pre-history) of a fictional Vermont town. Hear more in this interview about the inspiration behind the collection and the exhaustive research -...
05.06.2022
Episode #190 - Teresa Dzieglewicz on Teaching at Standing Rock
Award-winning poet, Teresa Dzieglewicz, reads poems inspired by her time teaching at the Standing Rock Reservation where she spent time working alongside water protectors. She also discusses her work as the Chicago Poetry Center's poet-in-residence. She also encourages listeners to...
04.29.2022
Episode #189 Open Mic of the Air #11
The Open Mic of the Air is a project from Poetry Spoken Here that began just over two years ago. When in-person poetry events were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Open Mic of the Air was created as...
04.15.2022
Episode #188 James Crews on The Path to Kindness
Vermont poet James Crews discusses and reads from the new collection he edited, "The Path to Kindness" a follow up to the 2021 anthology he curated, "How to Love the World." In his new book, Crews brings together poetry from...
04.01.2022
Episode #187 Jose Angel Araguz on Latinx Poetics and His New Book Rotura
Jose Angel Araguz discusses his new collection "Rotura" from Black Lawrence Press, which former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera called, "A moving book where the voice undulates dark and soul-filled along cracked borders, rising boundaries and worn “brown gods”...
03.18.2022
Episode #186 Monica Prince on Choreopoems and Her Journey to Poetry
Monica Prince, author of the award-winning collection "Instructions for Temporary Survival" and the choreopoem "How to Exterminate the Black Woman," reads from her work and discusses choreopoems, a blend of poetry and theater. Find out more about Prince and choreopoems on...
03.05.2022
Episode #185 Mark Doty Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival
Mark Doty reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place in May of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. This reading was recorded at Desperate Literature, an independent bookstore in Madrid. Doty has won the National Book Award for his 2008...
02.18.2022
Episode #184 Devon Bohm Reads from Careful Cartography
Devon Bohm reads from her new book Careful Cartography published in November of 2021 from Cornerstone Press. She also discusses writing advice that has stuck with her, ways she's broadening her reading, and talks about where the title or the...
02.05.2022
Episode #183 Christian J. Collier Talks Writing Process and Reads from The Gleaming of the Blade
Christian J. Collier shares poetry from his new collection "The Gleaming of the Blade" and shares details about his creative process which includes blowing apart early drafts of poems so they can be totally reformed. Learn even more about Christian on...
01.21.2022
Episode #182 Jonathan Mayers, Poet Laureate of Baton Rouge, on Writing in English and Kouri-Vini
Jonathan Mayers, poet laureate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, shares poetry in English and Kouri-Vini, the endangered Louisiana Creole language. Mayers is involved with efforts to keep Kouri-Vini alive. He also discusses some of the work he has planned during his...
01.07.2022
Episode #181 Ashley M. Jones - Poet Laureate of Alabama
Newly appointed Alabama Poet Laureate, Ashley M. Jones discusses taking complicated inspiration from James Brown, contrapuntal poems, and her plans for poetry in Alabama. She also reads from her new book "Reparations Now!" Jones is the first Black poet laureate...
12.31.2021
Episode #180 2021: The Poetry Spoken Here Retrospective
In 2021 Poetry Spoken Here reached tens of thousands of listeners around the world. We also featured poets from around the world - both on regular episodes and as part of our ongoing series The Open Mic of the Air,...
12.25.2021
Episode #179 Sheila Maldonado Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival
Sheila Maldonado reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place in the spring of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. This reading took place at Desperate Literature. Maldonado is the author of the 2011 book "one-bedroom solo" and of "that’s what...
12.17.2021
Episode #178 David Watts on Writing, Consciousness, and the Health Benefits of Poetry
David Watts, poet, commentator, and professor of medicine, shares his poetry and describes how his writing process has changed over time. He began writing linear poems, then experimented with writing while half-awake to add what he calls "wildness" to his...
12.03.2021
Episode #177 Jenny Qi on Her New Book Focal Point
Jenny Qi shares poems from her new book "Focal Point" just out from Steel Toe Books (and winner of the Steel Toe Book Poetry Award). She also talks about growing up in Las Vegas, translating her mother's writing, and how...
11.19.2021
Episode #176 Tomás Morín on Poetry, Narrative, and His New Collection Machete
Tomás Morín reads from his new collection Machete and discusses poetry's relationship to narrative. He also goes in-depth on the creative process behind some of his poems and explains why one of them several years to finish. Learn more about Tomás...
11.05.2021
Episode #175 Gary Jackson on The Future of Black Anthology & Michael Wimberly's Album Afrofuturism
Gary Jackson co-editor of the new collection "The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry" reads poems from the book - both his own and those from other contributors - and discusses Afrofuturism. In the second part of the...
10.29.2021
Episode #174 Monica Youn Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival
Monica Youn reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place in 2019 in Madrid, Spain. Monica Youn is a lawyer-turned-poet whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and many others. Her 2016 book "Blackacre" was...
10.15.2021
Episode #173 Raúl Sánchez on When There Were No Borders
Raúl Sánchez, poet laureate of Richmond, Washington and author of the new book "When There Were No Borders," reads his poems, describes some of the creative ways he has brought poetry to new audiences as poet laureate of Redmond, Washington,...
10.01.2021
Episode #172 Mike Bernhardt on Poetry, Grief, and Voices of the Grieving Heart at 30
Mike Bernhardt discusses the collection "Voices of the Grieving Heart" which he first edited and published shortly after the death of his first wife in 1991. Now, an expanded 30th anniversary edition includes poems that touch on the COVID-19 pandemic....
09.17.2021
Episode #171 Janet Marie Rogers on Recent Haudenosaunee Storytelling Festival and Ego of a Nation
Haudenosaunee poet Janet Marie Rogers shares work from her newest collection Ego of a Nation and discusses what it was like organizing the first literary festival focused on Haudenosaunee storytelling. Watch the award-winning book trailer for "Ego of a Nation," here:...
09.03.2021
Episode #170 Marc di Saverio Featured and Gregorio Gomez's New Book Reviewed
Marc di Saverio reads poems from his new collection "Crito Di Volta" recently published by Guernica Editions. The book is about a young man released after a decade of institutionalization. Marc discusses the inspiration for the book and how he...
08.20.2021
Episode #169 Sarah Bracey White Featured and Camille Guthrie's "Diamonds" Reviewed
Poet, memoirist, and essayist Sarah Bracey White shares poems and stories. She discusses the importance of having unconditional support and love from non-parental family members, the advice she gives students, and the need to consider often overlooked perspectives. In the second...
08.06.2021
Episode #168 Wilnona Marie and Jade Dee of And I Thought Ladies
Charlie Rossiter sits down with Wilnona Marie and Jade Dee also known as the And I Thought Ladies who helm a multi-platform media empire. They write books, publish a literary magazine, and host virtual events among many other ventures. Find out...
07.16.2021
Episode #167 Freesia McKee Featured and DeWitt Clinton's New Book Reviewed
Freesia McKee shares her poetry and discusses how she makes a living as a poet and writer. In the second part of the show host Charlie Rossiter reviews DeWitt Clinton's new book "By a Lake Near a Moon" which was...
07.02.2021
Episode #166 Poet, Rapper, and Activist Propaganda on Building a Better World
Poet, writer, activist, emcee, father, and academic Propaganda shares poems from his new book "Terraform: Building a Better World" and reflects on the power of narrative, the necessity of 'institutional neighborliness,' and what it's like living in a house that...
06.18.2021
Episode #165 Katerina Canyon
Award-winning poet and poetry festival founder Katerina Canyon shares poems from her newest book "Surviving Home." She also discusses the personal history she drew on when writing the collection, her time as Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga, and the struggle...
06.04.2021
Episode #164 Rob Carney Reads from Call and Response and The Book of Sharks
Poet Rob Carney reads from his new book "Call and Response" just out from Black Lawrence Press. He also shares some of the advice he gives poetry students and a poem from his previous book, "The Book of Sharks." Get a...
05.21.2021
Episode #163 Khalisa Rae, Author of Ghost in a Black Girl's Throat
Khalisa Rae reads from her new book Ghost in a Black Girl's Throat recently out from Red Hen Press. She also discusses some of her numerous projects including Women Speak a "monthly reading series geared towards creating a stage for...
05.07.2021
Episode #162 Terese Svoboda on Poetry, Plays, and More
Writer Terese Svoboda reads poems from her new book "Theatrix: Poetry Plays" and talks about the secrets to her success in a variety of literary styles - short story, memoir, opera, and more. Get a copy of Theatrix, here: http://www.anhingapress.org/poetry/theatrix-poetry-plays-by-terese-svoboda SUBMIT TO...
04.16.2021
Episode #161 Kelly Harris DeBerry
New Orleans poet Kelly Harris DeBerry reads from her new collection "Freedom Knows My Name," talks about how writing poetry is a "sacred practice," and how she combines her experience with spoken word and performance poetry with the academic and...
04.09.2021
Episode #160 Paisley Rekdal Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival
Paisley Rekdal reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place in May of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. This reading was recorded at Desperate Literature an independent bookstore in Madrid. Though this reading is short it includes everything from Greek...
04.02.2021
Episode #159 Gretchen Primack
Poet, writer, and animal rights advocate Gretchen Primack shares her poetry. She reads from her 2013 book "Kind" which reflects on the dynamics between humans and other animals as well as her new book "Visiting Days" which was inspired by...

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Poetry Spoken Here episodes:

Episode #208 Therese Broderick on Tone in Poetry and Her Lending Library of Local Poets

Episode #207 Faith Vicinanza, Poet Laureate of Southbury, Connecticut

Episode #206 2022: The Poetry Spoken Here Retrospective

Episode #205 Maya Jewell Zeller Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival

Episode #204 Violet Du Feng, Director of HIDDEN LETTERS on the Secret Language of Chinese Women

Episode #203 Raena Shirali Reads from Her New Collection SUMMONINGS

Episode #202 Aracelis Girmay Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival

Episode #201 Rich Ferguson Reads from EVERYTHING IS RADIANT BETWEEN THE HATES and BEAT NOT BEAT

Episode #200 Tanya Tagaq Reads from Split Tooth

Episode #199 Major New Gary Snyder and Jim Harrison Collections Reviewed

Episode #198 Marty Gervais - First Poet Laureate of Windsor, Ontario - Shares Tales from the Road

Episode #197 Francesca Bell on Writing About All the Things Others Don't Want to Talk About

Episode #196 Caylin Capra-Thomas Reads from IGUANA IGUANA

Episode #195 Jim Cohn and The Power Of The Storm Anthology

Episode #194 Donald G. Evans and Al DeGenova on New Chicago Anthology WHEREVER I'M AT

Episode #193 Todd Boss On House-Sitting, Motionpoems, and His New Book SOMEDAY THE PLAN OF A TOWN

Episode #192 Mary Makofske Reads from Her New Collection The Gambler's Daughter

Episode #191 Laura Budofsky Wisniewski Reads from Sanctuary, Vermont

Episode #190 - Teresa Dzieglewicz on Teaching at Standing Rock

Episode #189 Open Mic of the Air #11

Episode #188 James Crews on The Path to Kindness

Episode #187 Jose Angel Araguz on Latinx Poetics and His New Book Rotura

Episode #186 Monica Prince on Choreopoems and Her Journey to Poetry

Episode #185 Mark Doty Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival

Episode #184 Devon Bohm Reads from Careful Cartography

Episode #183 Christian J. Collier Talks Writing Process and Reads from The Gleaming of the Blade

Episode #182 Jonathan Mayers, Poet Laureate of Baton Rouge, on Writing in English and Kouri-Vini

Episode #181 Ashley M. Jones - Poet Laureate of Alabama

Episode #180 2021: The Poetry Spoken Here Retrospective

Episode #179 Sheila Maldonado Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival

Episode #178 David Watts on Writing, Consciousness, and the Health Benefits of Poetry

Episode #177 Jenny Qi on Her New Book Focal Point

Episode #176 Tomás Morín on Poetry, Narrative, and His New Collection Machete

Episode #175 Gary Jackson on The Future of Black Anthology & Michael Wimberly's Album Afrofuturism

Episode #174 Monica Youn Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival

Episode #173 Raúl Sánchez on When There Were No Borders

Episode #172 Mike Bernhardt on Poetry, Grief, and Voices of the Grieving Heart at 30

Episode #171 Janet Marie Rogers on Recent Haudenosaunee Storytelling Festival and Ego of a Nation

Episode #170 Marc di Saverio Featured and Gregorio Gomez's New Book Reviewed

Episode #169 Sarah Bracey White Featured and Camille Guthrie's "Diamonds" Reviewed

Episode #168 Wilnona Marie and Jade Dee of And I Thought Ladies

Episode #167 Freesia McKee Featured and DeWitt Clinton's New Book Reviewed

Episode #166 Poet, Rapper, and Activist Propaganda on Building a Better World

Episode #165 Katerina Canyon

Episode #164 Rob Carney Reads from Call and Response and The Book of Sharks

Episode #163 Khalisa Rae, Author of Ghost in a Black Girl's Throat

Episode #162 Terese Svoboda on Poetry, Plays, and More

Episode #161 Kelly Harris DeBerry

Episode #160 Paisley Rekdal Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival

Episode #159 Gretchen Primack