Talk About Poetry

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What's Talk About Poetry about?

Talk About Poetry, where several working poets get together to talk about poems they like, are interested in, engaged by, or are annoyed by. Totally unscripted so anything can be said -- and frequently is!

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Talk About Poetry episodes:

11.30.2021
Steve Kuusisto reading from Old Horse
Steve kuusisto reading from his new book, Old Horse What is to be Done?
01.26.2021
Leslie Ullman reading The You That All Along Has House You
Leslie Ullman reads selections from her book The You That All Along Has Housed You: A Sequence.
12.26.2020
Sam Pereira reading from True North and Untrue You
Sam Pereira reads from his latest book, True North and Untrue You, by Nine Mile Books.
06.03.2020
Editor's Choice
The editors discuss poems that moved them as starting artists and changed their views of poetry.
04.10.2020
Georgia Popoff reads from her new book Psychometry
Georgia Popoff reads and discusses poems from her new book of poetry, Psychometry (Tiger Bark Press).
04.21.2019
Le Moyne Creative Writers
A terrific reading by six poets from the le Moyne creative Writing program, plus the director, David Lloyd. Also reading were Nine Mile co-editor Steve Kuusisto and Diane Wiener, whose books The Golem Verses is out from Nine Mile...
12.12.2018
Dylan Krieger reading at Syracuse University
Dylan Krieger reading her poems at Bird Library at Syracuse University on November 30, 2018
10.14.2017
Patrick Williams and Bob Herz reading
Readings by Patrick Williams and Bob Herz at SU's Bird Library Lunchtime Poetry Series.
10.01.2017
Warren-Moore and Kuusisto
A reading by Jackie Warren-Moore and Stephen Kuusisto at SU's Bird Library, the first of the Lunch Time Poems program.
08.24.2017
Bill Knott
We discuss poems by the late great Bill Knott, an eccentric, interesting, brilliant poet.
08.06.2017
Dylan Krieger Interview
Discussion with Dylan Krieger about her work, her poems, her book Giving Godhead. With Steve Kuusisto and Bob Herz, editors and publishers of Nine Mile Magazine and Nine Mile books.
08.05.2017
Dylan Krieger Interview
Discussion with Dylan Krieger about her work, her poems, her book Giving Godhead. With Steve Kuusisto and Bob Herz, editors and publishers of Nine Mile Magazine and Nine Mile books.
07.29.2017
James Tate
Discussion of the work of the brilliant late poet James Tate, focusing on two of his poems, "The Lost Pilot" and "The Wheelchair Butterfly." The discussion is led by four working poets, Stephen Kuusisto, Bob Herz, Paul Memmer, and Georgia...
07.02.2017
Dylan Krieger reads from Giving Godhead
Dylan Krieger reads from Giving Godhead, her recent book from Delete Press, and discusses the background of the poems and of her life.
12.29.2016
Jackie Warren-Moore Reading
Jackie Warren-Moore reading from her book Where I Come From, at the ArtRage Gallery in Syracuse, NY on October28, 2016.
05.02.2016
Interview with Andrea Scarpino
An interview with Andrea Scarpino on her work, focusing especially on her brilliant book, What The Willow Said As It Fell. Interviewers were Bob Herz and Stephen Kuusisto, editors of Nine Mile Magazine. The quality and volume are...
04.07.2016
Andrea Scarpino Reading What The Willow Said As It Fell
Andrea Scarpino reading from her brilliant book, What The Willow Said As It Fell.
03.26.2016
Young Authors Reading - Emma Vallelunga and Christopher Costello
A reading by Emma Vallelunga and Christopher Costello, two of the young authors at the Syracuse YMCA Downtown Writers Center Young Authors Academy. The picture is of the several young authors at our session.
02.13.2016
Gwendolyn Brooks - Part 2
Close reading of several Gwendolyn Brooks poems by working poets Georgia Popoff, Stephen Kuusisto, and Bob Herz, and the last of Ms. Brooks' proteges, Quraysh Ali Lansana.
01.27.2016
Gwendolyn Brooks Part 1
Discussion of the life and significance of Gwendolyn Brooks with one of her proteges, the poet Quraysh Ali Lansana, and working poet colleagues Georgia Popoff, Stephen Kuusisto, and Bob Herz.
12.18.2015
Jeffrey Harrison Reading
Jeffrey Harrison reads his poems at the Downtown Writers Center at the Greater Syracuse YMCA.
11.09.2015
Christopher Citro Reading
Reading by Christopher Citro at the Greater Syracuse YMCA's Downtown Writers Center in October 2015. Mr. Citro's first book of poetry was published by Steel Toe Books in March , 2015. He won the 2015 Poetry Writing Competition...
10.22.2015
Marvin Bell on his Dead Man poems
Discussion with Marvin Bell about his unique and brilliant Dead Man poems.
10.07.2015
Marvin Bell Interview - Part 1
Discussion with Marvin Bell by working poets Stephen Kuusisto, Phil member, Georgia Popoff, Jasmine Bailey, and Bob Herz. Focus on the early part of Bell's career. t
09.20.2015
Marvin Bell reading Dead Man p
Marvin Bell reading some of his brilliant Dead man poems.
09.07.2015
Sam Pereira Reading His Poems
Sam Pereira reading poems, including several from his new book, Bad Angels, published by Nine Mile Press, which is also the sponsor of these podcasts. Several of the poems have as a site places in and around Iowa City,...
08.03.2015
Talk About Jasmine Bailey's Poetry
Discussion of the poems of Jasmine Bailey, with a focus on her latest book, Alexandria.
07.04.2015
Georgia Popoff's Psalter
Discussion of Georgia Popoff's Psalter: The Agnostic's Book of Common Curiosities, with a focus on two poems, Name: Inconsequential, and The Agnostic Parses It Out.
06.28.2015
Georgia Popoff Reading from her book Psalter: The Agnostic's Book of Common Curiosities
Georgia Popoff reading from her extraordinary new book of poems, Psalter: The Agnostic's Book of Common Curiosities, published by Tiger Bark Press (www.tigerbarkpress.com ).
05.03.2015
Ken Weisner reading at Downtown Writers Center
Ken Weisner is a poet, teacher, and editor living in Santa Cruz, California. He read at the Downtown Writers Center in Syracuse in March 2015. Weiner has published widely in national journals including The Antioch Review, Seneca Review, The Brooklyn Review, Berkeley Poetry Review, and...
04.18.2015
Andrea Scarpino Reading at Downtown Writers Center
Poetry reading by Andrea Scarpino at the Downtown Writers center at the YMCA of Greater Syracuse in Syracuse, NY. Ms. Scarpino is author of Once, Then, from Red Hen Press. This reading is underwritten by the Downtown Writers...
04.05.2015
Kenneth Rexroth's "Floating"
Kenneth Rexroth's erotic poem "Floating" discussed by the Talk About Poetry poets—Bob Herz, Phil Memmer, and Stephen Kuusisto.
03.26.2015
Allen Ginsberg's "Wichita Vortex Sutra" - Part 2 of Our Discussion
Part 2 of our discussion of Ginsberg's amazing Wichita Vortex Sutra. See delve deeper into its mode of composition, the structuring of its parts, and its relevance for today.
03.20.2015
Marvin Bell's "About The Dead Man Poem and Your Hands"
Discussion of Marvin Bell's About the Dead man and Your Hands by poets Bob Herz, Phil Memmer, Stephen Kuusisto, and Georgia Popoff.
03.20.2015
Stephen Kuusisto's "Sand" and "They Say"
Discussion of Stephen Kuusisto's poems "Sand" and "They Say." Stephen Kuusisto was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. Blind since birth, he attended Hobart College where he earned a BA and the University of Iowa, where he earned an MFA....
03.20.2015
Robert Bly's "Old Boards"
Discussion of Robert Bly's "Old Boards," with poets Phil Memmer, Georgia Popoff, Stephen Kuusisto, and Bob Herz, editor of Nine Mile Magazine.
03.20.2015
Allen Ginsberg's "Wichita Vortex Sutra" - Part 1 of Our Discussion
Part 1 of our discussion of Allen Ginsberg's powerful anti-war poem Wichita Vortex Sutra, with poets Bob Herz, Phil Memmer, and Stephen Kuusisto. Many thanks to the Ginsberg estate for allowing us to use recordings of Allen Ginsberg reading...
02.28.2015
Georgia Popoff's "The Agnostic Acknowledges the Food Chain" and "Name Inconsequential"
A discussion of Georgia Popoff's poems, The Agnostic Acknowledges the Food Chain and Name Inconsequential. Georgia A. Popoff, of Syracuse, NY, is an educator, arts-in-education specialist, Comstock Review managing editor, Downtown Writer’s Center Workshops Coordinator and faculty member with...
02.28.2015
Phil Memmer's "How Many Shapes Must A God Take?" and "Psalm"
Talk About Poetry focuses on two poems by Phil Memmer, How Many Shapes Must A God Take? and Psalm. Poet, editor and teacher Philip Memmer is the author of four books of poems: The Storehouses of the Snow: Psalms, Parables and...
02.27.2015
Brigit Kelly's "Garden Of Flesh, Garden Of Stone"
Talk About Poetry discussion about Brigit Kelly’s “Garden of Flesh, Garden of Stone.” Participants in the discussion are: Phil Memmer, Executive Director of the Syracuse YMCA Downtown Writer’s Center (DWC); Georgia Popoff, a Community Poet in Syracuse and teacher at the...

What's Talk About Poetry about?

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Talk About Poetry episodes:

Steve Kuusisto reading from Old Horse

Leslie Ullman reading The You That All Along Has House You

Sam Pereira reading from True North and Untrue You

Editor's Choice

Georgia Popoff reads from her new book Psychometry

Le Moyne Creative Writers

Dylan Krieger reading at Syracuse University

Patrick Williams and Bob Herz reading

Warren-Moore and Kuusisto

Bill Knott

Dylan Krieger Interview

Dylan Krieger Interview

James Tate

Dylan Krieger reads from Giving Godhead

Jackie Warren-Moore Reading

Interview with Andrea Scarpino

Andrea Scarpino Reading What The Willow Said As It Fell

Young Authors Reading - Emma Vallelunga and Christopher Costello

Gwendolyn Brooks - Part 2

Gwendolyn Brooks Part 1

Jeffrey Harrison Reading

Christopher Citro Reading

Marvin Bell on his Dead Man poems

Marvin Bell Interview - Part 1

Marvin Bell reading Dead Man p

Sam Pereira Reading His Poems

Talk About Jasmine Bailey's Poetry

Georgia Popoff's Psalter

Georgia Popoff Reading from her book Psalter: The Agnostic's Book of Common Curiosities

Ken Weisner reading at Downtown Writers Center

Andrea Scarpino Reading at Downtown Writers Center

Kenneth Rexroth's "Floating"

Allen Ginsberg's "Wichita Vortex Sutra" - Part 2 of Our Discussion

Marvin Bell's "About The Dead Man Poem and Your Hands"

Stephen Kuusisto's "Sand" and "They Say"

Robert Bly's "Old Boards"

Allen Ginsberg's "Wichita Vortex Sutra" - Part 1 of Our Discussion

Georgia Popoff's "The Agnostic Acknowledges the Food Chain" and "Name Inconsequential"

Phil Memmer's "How Many Shapes Must A God Take?" and "Psalm"

Brigit Kelly's "Garden Of Flesh, Garden Of Stone"