Tracy K. Smith discusses her new book and her tenure as current US poet laureate.

Retelling the American Story

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 conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.

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April Gibson on chronic illness, religion, and being a teenage mother.

My Awesome Stoma

Declan Ryan on his father's construction job, tenderness between boxers, and the inevitable tragic end.

Working-Class Superheroes

Monica Rico on cooking, grunt work, and the heat at General Motors.

All the Shiny Knives

Nam Le on commerce, irony vs. sincerity, and being in the Arctic.

Let Light Form

Gregory Pardlo on improv, therapy, and driving around with his father’s ashes.

Retelling the American Story

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