the Poetry Project Podcast

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Live from St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery in Manhattan's East Village, The Poetry Project has promoted, fostered and inspired the reading and writing of contemporary poetry since 1966.

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the Poetry Project Podcast episodes:

03.18.2021
Julie Patton - March Lions Before Lambs: a score to settle (translations welcome)
Julie Patton - March Lions Before Lambs: a score to settle (translations welcome) by
03.18.2021
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Reading @ The Poetry Project
Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading in the Sanctuary at The Poetry Project
03.18.2021
Akilah Oliver Reading 'she said dialogues', April 1999
Akilah Oliver Reading From 'she said dialogues', April 1999 @ The Poetry Project
10.25.2020
Edo Wallad - Carousel
Sound recording using live loops by Edo Wallad of his own poem, “Carousel” from Pesta Sebelum Kiamat
06.04.2020
Ted Joans & Jayne Cortez
Ted Joans & Jayne Cortez by
06.04.2020
Ntozake Shange & Gwendolyn Brooks
Ntozake Shange & Gwendolyn Brooks read at The Poetry Project.
06.04.2020
Amiri Baraka Symposium
Amiri Baraka Symposium by
05.27.2020
Youmna Chlala & Jennifer Firestone - January 29th, 2020
Wednesday Reading Series: Youmna Chlala & Jennifer Firestone— January 29th, 2020 Hosted by Kyle Dacuyan. Youmna Chlala is an artist and a writer born in Beirut based in New York. She is the author of the poetry collection, The Paper Camera (Litmus Press,...
05.27.2020
Harmony Holiday & Lily Jue Sheng With Nyle Genevieve January 10th, 2020
Friday Reading Series: Harmony Holiday & Lily Jue Sheng with Nyle Genevieve— January 10th, 2020 Hosted by Nicole Wallace. Harmony Holiday is a writer, dancer, archivist, director, and the author of four collections of poetry, Negro League Baseball, Go Find Your Father / A Famous...
05.27.2020
Launch For Beautiful Aliens: A Steve Abbott Reader — February 24th, 2020
Monday Reading Series: A Steve Abbott Reader— February 24th, 2020 Hosted by Kyle Dacuyan. Join us in celebration of Beautiful Aliens: A Steve Abbott Reader (Nightboat Books, 2019) edited by Jamie Townsend, with an afterword by Alysia Abbott. In this long...
05.27.2020
Elaine Kahn With Coco Gordon Moore & Bridget Talone - February 21st, 2020
Friday Reading Series: Elaine Kahn With Coco Gordon Moore & Bridget Talone— February 21st, 2020 Hosted by Laura Henriksen. Join us for the New York City launch of Elaine Kahn's latest book Romance or The End (Softskull Press, 2020). In this highly anticipated collection...
05.21.2020
Sarah Schulman, 1990
Sarah Schulman, 1990 by
05.21.2020
T MO - Spoiled
House Party is a digital performance and publication series out of The Poetry Project with readings, songs, dances, writings and prompts from the past, present, and future. Within each issue, we'll also be sharing a living list of resources, emergency...
05.21.2020
Amanda Monti - Spore-radical ASMR
House Party is a digital performance and publication series out of The Poetry Project with readings, songs, dances, writings and prompts from the past, present, and future. Within each issue, we'll also be sharing a living list of resources, emergency...
05.01.2020
Cookie Mueller
12/16/1981, Cookie Mueller reading with Pedro Pietri
05.01.2020
Normaleo Tropifatalista by Raquel Salas Rivera
Normaleo Tropifatalista by Raquel Salas Rivera by
04.23.2020
Davey Davis - David Wojnarowicz
House Party is a digital performance and publication series out of The Poetry Project with readings, songs, dances, writings and prompts from the past, present, and future. Within each issue, we'll also be sharing a living list of resources, emergency...
04.09.2020
It's the 5am alarm that wakes me - Samuel Ace
It's the 5am alarm that wakes me - Samuel Ace by
04.01.2020
Sunset Soundz (early Draft)by The Actual Fuck
The Actual Fuck are a pop band from Cincinnati, OH consisting of Cyndi Stinson (drums) Mark Mendoza (bass, vox) & Dana Ward (keys, vox). This version of “Sunset Soundz” is a demo Dana made for his bandmates.
04.01.2020
From The Freezer Door Except by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
From The Freezer Door Except by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore by
03.19.2020
Crush Sonnets by Melissa Lozada-Oliva, 3 18 20
Crush Sonnets by Melissa Lozada-Oliva, 3 18 20 by
02.21.2020
Sonia Sanchez - May 3, 2017
Sonia Sanchez - May 3, 2017 by
02.21.2020
Lyn Hejinian & Jacqueline Waters - February 22, 2017
Lyn Hejinian & Jacqueline Waters - February 22, 2017 by
02.21.2020
Lily Jue Sheng with Nyle Genevieve - January 10, 2020
Lily Jue Sheng with Nyle Genevieve - January 10, 2020 by
02.21.2020
Harmony Holiday - January 10, 2020
Harmony Holiday - January 10, 2020 by
02.21.2020
Nicole Fleetwood & 신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin - October 21, 2019
Nicole Fleetwood & 신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin - October 21, 2019 by
02.21.2020
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue 20th Anniversary - June 12, 2019
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue 20th Anniversary - June 12, 2019 by
02.21.2020
Anselm Berrigan - March 20, 2019
Anselm Berrigan - March 20, 2019 by
02.21.2020
Diana Khoi Nguyen - March 20, 2019
Diana Khoi Nguyen - March 20, 2019 by
02.21.2020
Camonghne Felix, Denice Frohman, & Porsha Olayiwola - February 13, 2019
Camonghne Felix, Denice Frohman, & Porsha Olayiwola - February 13, 2019 by
02.21.2020
Trickster Feminism with Anne Waldman & Friends - November 14, 2018
Trickster Feminism with Anne Waldman & Friends - November 14, 2018 by
02.21.2020
Khadijah Queen & Divya Victor - October 3, 2018
Khadijah Queen & Divya Victor - October 3, 2018 by
02.21.2020
Pamela Sneed's Sweet Dreams Book Launch - September 19, 2018
Pamela Sneed's Sweet Dreams Book Launch - September 19, 2018 by
02.21.2020
John Godfrey & Camille Rankine - February 28, 2018
John Godfrey & Camille Rankine - February 28, 2018 by
02.21.2020
Terrance Hayes & Asiya Wadud - November 15, 2017
Terrance Hayes & Asiya Wadud - November 15, 2017 by
02.21.2020
Youmna Chlala & Anna Moschovakis - October 4, 2017
Youmna Chlala & Anna Moschovakis - October 4, 2017 by
07.01.2017
Tommy Pico & Sasha Smith - March 13th, 2017
Monday Reading Series Tommy “Teebs” Pico is a poet from the Viejas Indian reservation of the Kumeyaay nation. He authored the books IRL, Nature Poem, and Junk, & myriad keen Tweets including “Love in the time of climate change.” He is...
02.09.2017
Giant Night: Artists Love Poets - November 11th, 2016
This event is a part of the “GIANT NIGHT: The Poetry Project at 50” platform series. In honor of our 50th Anniversary, and as part of our fundraising efforts, the Project teamed up with The Song Cave to print a limited...
02.09.2017
Lauren Levin & Eric Sneathen - November 14th, 2016
Monday Reading Series Lauren Levin grew up in New Orleans and lives in Richmond, CA with her family. Her first full-length book The Braid is forthcoming with Krupskaya Books in October 2016. Recent work can be found in the chapbook Only...
01.08.2017
GIANT NIGHT: (Re)Defining Downtown - November 9th, 2016
This event is a part of the “GIANT NIGHT: The Poetry Project at 50” platform series. Participants will answer some or none of the following half-questions: What’s it mean for The Poetry Project to be The Poetry Project right now, in...
01.04.2017
Keith Waldrop & Rosmarie Waldrop - November 2nd, 2016
Wednesday Reading Series Keith Waldrop is the author of Selected Poems (Omnidawn 2016), Transcendental Studies (U of California Press, National Book Award 2009), and more than a dozen other books of poems. He has also published a novel, Light While There...
12.30.2016
Vi Khi Nao & Jayson P. Smith - October 28th, 2016
Friday Reading Series Vi Khi Nao holds an MFA in fiction from Brown University, where she received the John Hawkes and Feldman Prizes in fiction and the Kim Ann Arstark Memorial Award in poetry. Her work includes poetry, fiction, film, and...
12.29.2016
Myung Mi Kim & Juliana Spahr - October 26th, 2016
Wednesday Reading Series Myung Mi Kim’s books include Penury (Omnidawn), Commons (University of California Press), DURA (Sun & Moon and Nightboat Books), The Bounty (Chax Press), and Under Flag (Kelsey Street Press), winner of The Multicultural Publisher’s Exchange Award of Merit....
12.28.2016
It’s After the End of the World, Don’t You Know That Yet? - October 24th, 2016
Monday Reading Series It’s After the End of the World, Don’t You Know That Yet?: Writing in the Shadow of Human Extinction This evening, consisting of readings, screenings and discussion will focus on the question of writing in the late anthropocene. With...
12.28.2016
Garrett Caples & Hoa Nguyen - October 19th, 2016
Wednesday Reading Series Garrett Caples is the author of three full-length poetry collections, including the brand-new Power Ballads (Wave Books, 2016). He has also written a book of essays, Retrievals (Wave, 2014), and a pamphlet, Quintessence of the Minor: Symbolist Poetry...
12.27.2016
Anaïs Duplan & Loma (Christopher Soto) - October 17th, 2016
Monday Reading Series Anaïs Duplan is the author of Take This Stallion. Her poems and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in/on: Hyperallergic, Boston Review, The Journal, FENCE, PBS Newshour, the Ploughshares blog, Asymptote Journal’s blog, and other places. She directs...
12.27.2016
Señal Series Celebration - October 15th, 2016
Friday Reading Series Join us in the Parish Hall for bilingual readings in Spanish and English with authors and translators from the Señal Series, featuring: Luis Felipe Fabre (with translation by John Pluecker), Stalina Emmanuelle Villarreal (reading Sor Juana), Pablo Katchadjian...
12.26.2016
Todd Colby, Adam Fitzgerald & Vincent Katz - October 12th, 2016
Wednesday Reading Series Todd Colby has published six books of poetry. His latest book, Splash State, was published by The Song Cave in 2014. Todd’s most recent poetry and art have appeared in Poetry, Columbia: a journal of literature and art,...
12.26.2016
Jameson Fitzpatrick & Ali Power - October 10th, 2016
Monday Reading Series Jameson Fitzpatrick is the author of the chapbook Morrisroe: Erasures, which comprises 24 versions of a single text by the late artist Mark Morrisroe, and his poems have appeared in The Awl, BuzzFeed Reader, Poetry, Prelude, and elsewhere....
12.11.2016
Sara Deniz Akant & Jasmine Gibson - October 5th, 2016
Wednesday Reading Series Sara Deniz Akant is a Brooklyn-based educator, poet and performer. She is the author of Babette, selected by Maggie Nelson for the Rescue Press Black Box Poetry Prize, as well as Parades (Omnidawn, 2014), and Latronic Strag (Persistent...

What's the Poetry Project Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

the Poetry Project Podcast episodes:

Julie Patton - March Lions Before Lambs: a score to settle (translations welcome)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Reading @ The Poetry Project

Akilah Oliver Reading 'she said dialogues', April 1999

Edo Wallad - Carousel

Ted Joans & Jayne Cortez

Ntozake Shange & Gwendolyn Brooks

Amiri Baraka Symposium

Youmna Chlala & Jennifer Firestone - January 29th, 2020

Harmony Holiday & Lily Jue Sheng With Nyle Genevieve January 10th, 2020

Launch For Beautiful Aliens: A Steve Abbott Reader — February 24th, 2020

Elaine Kahn With Coco Gordon Moore & Bridget Talone - February 21st, 2020

Sarah Schulman, 1990

T MO - Spoiled

Amanda Monti - Spore-radical ASMR

Cookie Mueller

Normaleo Tropifatalista by Raquel Salas Rivera

Davey Davis - David Wojnarowicz

It's the 5am alarm that wakes me - Samuel Ace

Sunset Soundz (early Draft)by The Actual Fuck

From The Freezer Door Except by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Crush Sonnets by Melissa Lozada-Oliva, 3 18 20

Sonia Sanchez - May 3, 2017

Lyn Hejinian & Jacqueline Waters - February 22, 2017

Lily Jue Sheng with Nyle Genevieve - January 10, 2020

Harmony Holiday - January 10, 2020

Nicole Fleetwood & 신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin - October 21, 2019

Times Square Red, Times Square Blue 20th Anniversary - June 12, 2019

Anselm Berrigan - March 20, 2019

Diana Khoi Nguyen - March 20, 2019

Camonghne Felix, Denice Frohman, & Porsha Olayiwola - February 13, 2019

Trickster Feminism with Anne Waldman & Friends - November 14, 2018

Khadijah Queen & Divya Victor - October 3, 2018

Pamela Sneed's Sweet Dreams Book Launch - September 19, 2018

John Godfrey & Camille Rankine - February 28, 2018

Terrance Hayes & Asiya Wadud - November 15, 2017

Youmna Chlala & Anna Moschovakis - October 4, 2017

Tommy Pico & Sasha Smith - March 13th, 2017

Giant Night: Artists Love Poets - November 11th, 2016

Lauren Levin & Eric Sneathen - November 14th, 2016

GIANT NIGHT: (Re)Defining Downtown - November 9th, 2016

Keith Waldrop & Rosmarie Waldrop - November 2nd, 2016

Vi Khi Nao & Jayson P. Smith - October 28th, 2016

Myung Mi Kim & Juliana Spahr - October 26th, 2016

It’s After the End of the World, Don’t You Know That Yet? - October 24th, 2016

Garrett Caples & Hoa Nguyen - October 19th, 2016

Anaïs Duplan & Loma (Christopher Soto) - October 17th, 2016

Señal Series Celebration - October 15th, 2016

Todd Colby, Adam Fitzgerald & Vincent Katz - October 12th, 2016

Jameson Fitzpatrick & Ali Power - October 10th, 2016

Sara Deniz Akant & Jasmine Gibson - October 5th, 2016