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PoemTalk at the Writers House
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PoemTalk at the Writers House, hosted by Al Filreis and based at Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. PoemTalk is a collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing and Jacket2.org.
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Episode 218 - One song worth singing
May 2600:55:31Tap to summarizeGeorge Fragopoulos, Chloe Tsolakoglou, and Christos Kalli join Al Filreis in the Wexler Studio at Kelly Writers House to discuss two sections from Book One and Two of George Economou's Ameriki.
Transcribe →Episode 217 - Turn your life into a book
May 601:02:28Tap to summarizePattie McCarthy, Sophia DuRose, and Elizabeth Willis join Al Filreis in the Wexler Studio at Kelly Writers House to discuss Willis's "To Be Longing" and "Motion Pictures" from Liontaming in America.
Transcribe →Episode 216 - The impalpable fog
Mar 2301:04:03Tap to summarizeClaire Marie Stancek, Sarah Riggs, and Laynie Browne join Al Filreis in the Wexler Studio at Kelly Writers House to discuss Etel Adnan's "Return from London."
Transcribe →Episode 215 - Knot know now
Feb 2600:57:59Tap to summarizeSarah Riggs, Laynie Browne, and Lee Ann Brown join Al Filreis at the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation in New York City for a discussion of two poems by Stacy Doris: "Menage a trois" and "Month of Valentines."
Transcribe →Episode 214 - The game is always on
Jan 1701:02:05Tap to summarizeErnest Hilbet, Guy D'Annolfo, and Larry Robin join Al Filreis in the Writers House's Wexler Studio for a discussion of three poems by Thomas Devaney from Getting to Philadelphia (Hanging Loose Press, 2019): "The Blue Stoop," "Oregon Avenue," and "A Week in the Childhood of W.C. Fields."
Transcribe →Episode 213 - Momentary resting place
Jan 401:00:02Tap to summarizeCharles Bernstein, Ariel Resnikoff, and Nicole Peyrafitte join Al Filreis for a special live taping in the Writers House's Arts Cafe to discuss two poems by recently departed poets Pierre Joris ("The word, the mawqif") and Jerome Rothenberg ("A letter to Paul Celan, in memory").
Transcribe →Episode 212 - Reflection affliction
Nov 301:10:10Tap to summarizeThe group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss three poems from George Quasha's Hearing Other, the latest in his extensive Preverbs series: "Mind-degradable theory," "Verb at first sight," and "(Dis)play."
Transcribe →Episode 211 - No snake no slick no stone
Sep 2201:00:15Tap to summarizeThe group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems by Ed Roberson: "The Motorcycle Crossing" and "To See the Earth Before the End of the World."
Transcribe →Episode 210 - Make touch poems
Aug 2600:55:55Tap to summarizeThe group convenes for a special live PoemTalk discussion of Muriel Rukeyser's "Waking This Morning."
Transcribe →Episode 209 - F*** no to all that
Jun 2701:09:19Tap to summarizeThe group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss three poems from Sadie Dupuis's "Cry Perfume."
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