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Episode 197 - Walking the walk

PoemTalk at the Writers House - June 25, 2024 13:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss four of Marjorie Welish's "Textiles."

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Episode 196 - A tide of voices

PoemTalk at the Writers House - May 22, 2024 13:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Hart Crane's "The Harbor Dawn," as performed by Tennessee Williams.

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Episode 195 - Also I don't suffer

PoemTalk at the Writers House - April 18, 2024 15:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss "The Austrian Maiden" and "Joe Brainard's Painting Bingo" by Richard Padgett.

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PoemTalk 194 - Hack my name

PoemTalk at the Writers House - March 21, 2024 16:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The PoemTalk team travels to Scotland for a discussion at the Fruitmarket Arts Center in Edinburgh on two poems by Veronica Forrest-Thomson.

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Episode 194 - Hack my name

PoemTalk at the Writers House - March 21, 2024 16:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The PoemTalk team travels to Scotland for a discussion at the Fruitmarket Arts Center in Edinburgh on two poems by Veronica Forrest-Thomson.

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PoemTalk 193 - The colors of death

PoemTalk at the Writers House - February 16, 2024 16:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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).

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Episode 193 - The colors of death

PoemTalk at the Writers House - February 16, 2024 16:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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).

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Episode 192 - Of shredded love

PoemTalk at the Writers House - January 31, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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."

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PoemTalk 192 - Of shredded love

PoemTalk at the Writers House - January 31, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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."

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Episode 191 - Fracas in the hinterlands

PoemTalk at the Writers House - December 21, 2023 16:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two Kenward Elmslie pieces, "Core Bonus" and "One Night Stand."

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PoemTalk 191 - Fracas in the hinterlands

PoemTalk at the Writers House - December 21, 2023 16:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two Kenward Elmslie pieces, "Core Bonus" and "One Night Stand."

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PoemTalk 190 - Watches don't shoot

PoemTalk at the Writers House - November 20, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers for a live session in the Kelly Writers House's Arts Cafe to discuss the eponymous piece from Aldon Nielson's book Tray (Make Now Press, 2017).

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Episode 190 - Watches don't shoot

PoemTalk at the Writers House - November 20, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers for a live session in the Kelly Writers House's Arts Cafe to discuss the eponymous piece from Aldon Nielson's book Tray (Make Now Press, 2017).

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PoemTalk 189 - Humming in the vacancy

PoemTalk at the Writers House - October 27, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Gregory Corso's 1969 performance of "Vision of Rotterdam."

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Episode 189 - Humming in the vacancy

PoemTalk at the Writers House - October 27, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Gregory Corso's 1969 performance of "Vision of Rotterdam."

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Episode 188 - To the goon ictus

PoemTalk at the Writers House - September 26, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Ted Pearson's 1987 book-length poem, Catenary Odes.

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PoemTalk 188 - To the goon ictus

PoemTalk at the Writers House - September 26, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Ted Pearson's 1987 book-length poem, Catenary Odes.

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PoemTalk 187 - Bray brassily

PoemTalk at the Writers House - August 28, 2023 21:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two "Love Poems" by Mina Loy, from a recording and interview with Paul Blackburn and Robert Von Dias in 1965.

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Episode 187 - Bray brassily

PoemTalk at the Writers House - August 28, 2023 21:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two "Love Poems" by Mina Loy, from a recording and interview with Paul Blackburn and Robert Von Dias in 1965.

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Episode 186 - The dots move out

PoemTalk at the Writers House - July 28, 2023 21:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss a version of Tina Darragh's "Wire Boxes" performed at the Line Reading Series in New York in February of 2001.

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PoemTalk 186 - The dots move out

PoemTalk at the Writers House - July 28, 2023 21:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss a version of Tina Darragh's "Wire Boxes" performed at the Line Reading Series in New York in February of 2001.

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PoemTalk 185 - Don't refuse to breathe

PoemTalk at the Writers House - June 28, 2023 15:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The team hits the road and lands in Los Angeles at the home of Marjorie Perloff, where the group gathers to discuss two well-known poems by Frank O'Hara: "Poem" or "Lana Turner Has Collapsed!" and "Song (Is it Dirty)."

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Episode 185 - Don't refuse to breathe

PoemTalk at the Writers House - June 28, 2023 15:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The team hits the road and lands in Los Angeles at the home of Marjorie Perloff, where the group gathers to discuss two well-known poems by Frank O'Hara: "Poem" or "Lana Turner Has Collapsed!" and "Song (Is it Dirty)."

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PoemTalk 184 - The whole world smiles

PoemTalk at the Writers House - May 22, 2023 15:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss John Giorno's 1977 poem, "Everyone is a complete disappointment."

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Episode 184 - The whole world smiles

PoemTalk at the Writers House - May 22, 2023 15:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss John Giorno's 1977 poem, "Everyone is a complete disappointment."

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Episode 183 - Present plans succeed

PoemTalk at the Writers House - April 12, 2023 15:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss an excerpt from Dodie Bellamy's Vomit Journal.

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PoemTalk 183 - Present plans succeed

PoemTalk at the Writers House - April 12, 2023 15:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss an excerpt from Dodie Bellamy's Vomit Journal.

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Episode 182 - Woot of the century

PoemTalk at the Writers House - March 16, 2023 15:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems from Douglas Kearney's SHO (Wave Books, 2021): "Welter" and "Static."

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PoemTalk 182 - Woot of the century

PoemTalk at the Writers House - March 16, 2023 15:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems from Douglas Kearney's SHO (Wave Books, 2021): "Welter" and "Static."

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Episode 181 - Rhetorical happenings

PoemTalk at the Writers House - February 23, 2023 15:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The group gathers at the Writers House to discuss Hoa Nguyen's "Long Light," collected in Red Juice: Poems, 1998-2008 (Wave Books, 2014).