1542 Episodes

  1. [encore] 926: from "The Garden of Limbs" by Cristina Pérez Díaz

    Published: 9/10/2024

  2. [encore] 1103: Chaos Theory by Clint Smith

    Published: 9/9/2024

  3. [encore] 1125: English by Janel Pineda

    Published: 9/6/2024

  4. [encore] 1097: Mercy, Mercy Me by Olatunde Osinaike

    Published: 9/5/2024

  5. [encore] 932: Letter to my sister by Trapeta B. Mayson

    Published: 9/4/2024

  6. [encore] 1093: When Your Month is Lonely… by Christine Kwon

    Published: 9/3/2024

  7. [encore] 1117: I Am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

    Published: 9/2/2024

  8. 1195: First Kiss by Rooja Mohassessy

    Published: 8/30/2024

  9. 1194: Theories of Influence by Anselm Berrigan

    Published: 8/29/2024

  10. 1193: Chanson d’automne by Paul Verlaine, with special guest Jacques Pépin

    Published: 8/28/2024

  11. 1192: Narcissus and the Namesake River by Reginald Shepherd

    Published: 8/27/2024

  12. 1191: For Mac Miller and 2009 by Kayleb Rae Candrilli

    Published: 8/26/2024

  13. 1190: At the Museum of Empress Livia’s Garden Room by Pimone Triplett

    Published: 8/23/2024

  14. 1189: Nature Poem About Flowers by Matthew Rohrer

    Published: 8/22/2024

  15. 1188: In Jerusalem by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Fady Joudah, with special guest adrienne maree brown

    Published: 8/21/2024

  16. 1187: Picking Favorites by George Franklin

    Published: 8/20/2024

  17. 1186: Oh, y’know, just your standard Q&A by Alex Z. Salinas

    Published: 8/19/2024

  18. 1185: Fragment 31 by Sappho, translated by Christopher Childers

    Published: 8/16/2024

  19. 1184: End of December by Ashjan Hendi, translated by Moneera Al-Ghadeer

    Published: 8/15/2024

  20. 1183: maggie and milly and molly and may by E.E. Cummings, with special guest Eric Whitacre

    Published: 8/14/2024

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