The Poetry Space_

What makes for a fair fight between centuries? In this episode, English titans Emily Dickinson and Margaret Atwood duke it out, poem by poem, as we arrive at a better understanding of each poet through their juxtaposition.

At the table:

Katie Dozier

Timothy Green

The Squad leaps back into the keys to writing an interesting poem with Nate Jacob reading a poem by Robert Hayden. Next up to the plate, Brian shares his list. Tim brings up the question of subjectivity, and Katie shares her own top ten keys. We also read poems by A.E. Stallings and Dorianne Laux.

At the Table:

Katie Dozier

Timothy Green

Brian O’Sullivan

Dick Westheimer

Nate Jacob

How to write an interesting poem is a topic at the very heart of this show, and the Squad wastes no time tackling it. In part one, Tim, Dick, and Nate share their homework from Katie–a top ten list pf the keys to writing an interesting poem. We read poems by Li-Young Lee, George Bilgere, Sharon Olds, and Tiana Clark.

At the Table:

Katie Dozier

Timothy Green

Dick Westheimer

Brian O’Sullivan

Nate Jacob

In this episode, we seek to learn more about two poets by having the two duel! This time, we look at two poets read in translation. Allen Ginsberg once asked in “A Supermarket in California,” “and you. Garcia Lorca, what were you doing down by the watermelons?” and this episode seeks to find out by looking at Federico García Lorca. Tomas Gösta Tranströmer’s The Blue House goes toe-to-toe with Lorca. Add in a totally unrelated chocolate tasting and you have an episode to satisfy the poetry sweet tooth!

At the table:

Katie Dozier

Timothy Green

It seems like such a simple question, but how to read a poem, like poetic interpretation itself, can be answered in many different ways. But what’s the best way to go about reading a poem? Katie turns to art criticism for a process that guides the episode to a deep reading of poems by: Billy Collins, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, and John Ashbury.

At the table:

Katie Dozier

Timothy Green

Joe Barca

Brian O’Sullivan

Dick Westheimer

Nate Jacob

It seems like such a simple question, but how to read a poem, like poetic interpretation itself, can be answered in many different ways. But what’s the best way to go about reading a poem? Katie turns to art criticism for a process that guides the episode to a deep reading of poems by: Robert Frost,  Carolina Ebeid, Alex Dimitrov, Ezra Pound, and Billy Collins. 

At the table:

Katie Dozier

Timothy Green

Joe Barca

Brian O’Sullivan

Dick Westheimer

Nate Jacob

Why shouldn't poems go head to head from time to time? In this episode, Katie and Tim introduce a new type of episode for The Poetry Space_—a poetry battle! Learn the rules, and hear poems from Bill Knott and Ruth Stone fight their way to victory in our first ever poetry duel.

At the Table:

Katie Dozier

Timothy Green

Starting out with Adrienne Christian's answer to Nate Jacob's question about starting a poetry workshopping group of his own, we examine how to bring our best to workshops. Katie shares a difficult workshopping experience, and we read some of our favorite on-topic poems.

At the Table:

Katie Dozier

Timothy Green

Adrienne Christian

Joe Barca

Nate Jacob

Brian O'Sullivan

Dick Westheimer

How can we craft a poetry workshop that inspires poets? In this episode of The Poetry Space_, the Squad is joined by poet and Pacific University professor Adrienne Christian to workshop our way to the perfect poetry workshop!

At the Table:

Katie Dozier

Timothy Green

Adrienne Christian

Joe Barca

Nate Jacob

Brian O'Sullivan

Dick Westheimer

After part one, comes part two on After Poems. When does it make sense to directly reference another poem? How can we give credit to previous poems without distracting readers from our own? In this episode, we continue our exploration of the logic of literary credit.

At the table:

Katie Dozier

Timothy Green

Joe Barca

Dick Westheimer