Thomas Devaney, Susan Schultz, Leonard Schwartz talk about this work of apparently straightforward address yet tonal complexity with host, Al Filreis.

Episode 51 - Why Apples Can Cause Riots - Linh Dinh's "Eating Fried Chicken"

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss "The Austrian Maiden" and "Joe Brainard's Painting Bingo" by Richard Padgett.

Episode 195 - Also I don't suffer

The PoemTalk team travels to Scotland for a discussion at the Fruitmarket Arts Center in Edinburgh on two poems by Veronica Forrest-Thomson.

Episode 194 - Hack my name

The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Ariana Raines's "To the Reader," from A Sand Book (Tin House, 2019).

Episode 193 - The colors of death

The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems by Owen Dodson: "For Billie Holiday" and "Sorrow Is The Only Faithful One."

Episode 192 - Of shredded love

The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two Kenward Elmslie pieces, "Core Bonus" and "One Night Stand."

Episode 51 - Why Apples Can Cause Riots - Linh Dinh's "Eating Fried Chicken"

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