Poetry Spoken Here

Poetry Spoken Here

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  • Episode #148 Open Mic of the Air #9
    The Open Mic of the Air is a project from Poetry Spoken Here begun in March of 2020. Since most in-person poetry events are suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet.
    We are also eager to receive and share poems inspired by the nation-wide protests against police brutality and in support of black lives.
    This is the ninth episode of the Open Mic of the Air featuring poets from around the world - Czech Republic and India - as well as from across the United States. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode!
    Send a recording - 5 mins or less - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to [email protected].
    For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air
    Zack Rogow, San Francisco, California — “For Chaim Soutine”
    Sophia Behal, Czech Republic — “The Survivor”
    Tanvi Gaurav Srivastava, India — “Mask”
    Gabriella Brand, New Haven, Connecticut — “Socks”
    Sarenity Naber, Modesto, California — "Life of Scars”
    Christine O. Adler, Westchester County, New York — “Unearthed”
    Ilizibith Summerhalder, Provo, Utah – “Forgiveness”
    M.L. Woldman, Austin, Texas – “Everything is a Library”
    Mariam Sagan, Santa Fe, New Mexico – “Pluto: Ambivalence”
    Tricia Park, Chicago, Illinois – “Korean Love: The Untranslatable Concept of 'Jung'”
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    29 min
  • Episode #147 Pierre Joris on Translating Paul Celan
    Find out how a visit from a poetry reader to a high school German class turned into a 50+ year literary journey. Pierre Joris talks about translating the works of Paul Celan, his latest book of Celan translations "Microliths They Are, Little Stones: Posthumous Prose" from Contra Mundum Press, and reads some of his own work.
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    35 min
  • Episode #146 jessica Care moore
    Poet, performance artist, activist jessica Care moore, from Detroit talks about her influences including Haki Madhubuti, Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee and more. She also reads from her new book "We Want Our Bodies Back" and talks about some of her musical projects like Black WOMEN Rock!
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    31 min
  • Episode #145 David Koehn
    California poet David Koehn talks about how he gets around the "smart part of the brain" to write his poetry and reads from his new book "Scatterplot."
    Get your copy of "Scatterplot" here: https://www.omnidawn.com/product/scatterplot-david-koehn/
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    34 min
  • Episode #144 Luis J. Rodriguez Reading at the Unamuno Author Festival
    Luis J. Rodriguez reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place in May of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. This reading was recorded at the book store Desperate Literature.
    Luis J. Rodriguez is a chicano poet whose memoir “Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days” was a national bestseller. In 2014 he was named Los Angeles poet laureate a position he held until 2016. He has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and has written everything from poetry and criticism to children’s books. He is also an activist - one of the founder of Tia Chuchas Centro Cultural, and a founding editor of Tia Chucha Press. You can learn more about Rodriguez at his website: luisjrodriguez.com.
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    20 min
  • Episode #143 Open Mic of the Air #8
    The Open Mic of the Air is a project from Poetry Spoken Here begun in March of 2020. Since most in-person poetry events are suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet.
    We are also eager to receive and share poems inspired by the nation-wide protests against police brutality and in support of black lives.
    This is the eighth episode of the Open Mic of the Air featuring poets from around the world - Albania, Indonesia, the UK and more - as well as from across the United States. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode!
    Send a recording - 5 mins or less - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to [email protected].
    For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air
    This Week's Readers
    Oriada Dajko, Tirana, Albania – “Matryoshka”
    Michael Panasuk, Bradenton, Florida — “The Spiritual Revolution is Coming”
    Peter Dietrich, Northampton, UK— “You Were Always More Than Just You”
    Sarah Lipton-Sidibeh, London, England —“The 1970s”
    Jim Hirtle, Texas, “If I Could”
    James Penha, Bali, Indonesia – The Good Life”
    Lennert Lundh, Orland Hills, Illinois – “Spring Night in the Forest of the Spirit”
    Sue Fagalde Lick, South Beach, Oregon – “Dollar Store Requiem”
    The Lockdown Collective (Olivia Mevorach, Josh Frydman, Shikha Subramanium, Dan Frydman, Kate Frydman, Beverly Frydman & Michael Frydman) – New York, Los Angeles, London – “What’s New”
    Aldo Quagliotte, Italy/London – “Effrontery”
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    31 min
  • Episode #142 Open Mic of the Air #7
    The Open Mic of the Air is a project from Poetry Spoken Here begun in March of 2020. Since most in-person poetry events are suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet.
    We are also eager to receive and share poems inspired by the nation-wide protests against police brutality and in support of black lives.
    This is the seventh episode of the Open Mic of the Air featuring poets from across the United States - California, Utah, New York and more - as well as the Island of Dominica. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode!
    Send a recording - 5 mins or less - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to [email protected].
    For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air
    This Week's Readers
    Walter Worden, Middletown, New York – “Anthem”
    Trish Hopkinson, Provo, Utah – “Other Ways”
    Jared Smith, Lafayette, Colorado – “There is a Song in all Poetry”
    Blake More, Mendocino, California – “Dirty Word”
    Peter F. Crowley, Boston area – “Time’s Recurrence and Vanishing”
    Celia A. Sorhaindo, Dominica – “Ajai Alai”
    Jennifer Dotson, Highland Park, Illinois – “Late Night Talk Show Fantasy”
    Michael Warr with translation by Chun Yu, San Francisco, California – “To Your Assailant—Who Attacks us All” (a rant in progress written in response to violent attacks against Asians during the COVID-19 crisis)
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    31 min
  • Episode #141 Michael Warr, Editor of "Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin"
    San Francisco poet Michael Warr, editor of "Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin" discusses that collection - begun in 2013, published in 2016, and more relevant than ever - and reads his own poetry.
    Get your copy of "Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Treyvon Martin" here" https://wwnorton.com/books/Of-Poetry-and-Protest/
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    32 min
  • Episode #140 Chris Green and the New Collection "American Gun" from Big Shoulder Books
    Chris Green, Senior Professional Lecturer at DePaul University and poet, reads his poems and talks about the new book "American Gun" from Big Shoulders Books. American Gun is a book-length pantoum about gun violence in Chicago written collaboratively by 100 poets from across the city. Big Shoulders Books publishes and distributes books on social issues for free.
    Check out Big Shoulders Books, here: https://bigshouldersbooks.com/
    Get a copy of American Gun, here: https://bigshouldersbooks.com/americangun
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    30 min
  • Episode #139 Christopher Benson
    Chris Benson now of South Carolina talks about found poetry and reads poems about his time living on a failed sort-of hippie commune farm in New England. Benson was a senior lecturer at Clemson University and was the Writing Coordinator and Editor for the Bread Loaf Teacher Network Magazine from Middlebury College.
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    27 min

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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…