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Talk About Poetry, where several working poets get together to talk about poems they like, are interested in, engaged by, or are annoyed by. Totally unscripted so anything can be said -- and frequently is!

Talk About Poetry


    • Nov 30, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 35m AVG DURATION
    • 63 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Talk About Poetry

    Steve Kuusisto reading from Old Horse

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 20:15


    Steve kuusisto reading from his new book, Old Horse What is to be Done?

    Leslie Ullman reading The You That All Along Has House You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 32:59


    Leslie Ullman reads selections from her book The You That All Along Has Housed You: A Sequence.

    Leslie Ullman reading The You That All Along Has House You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 33:00


    Leslie Ullman reads selections from her book The You That All Along Has Housed You: A Sequence.

    Sam Pereira reading from True North and Untrue You

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2020 47:58


    Sam Pereira reads from his latest book, True North and Untrue You, by Nine Mile Books.

    Sam Pereira reading from True North and Untrue You

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2020 47:59


    Sam Pereira reads from his latest book, True North and Untrue You, by Nine Mile Books.

    Editor's Choice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 50:44


    The editors discuss poems that moved them as starting artists and changed their views of poetry.

    Editor's Choice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 50:44


    The editors discuss poems that moved them as starting artists and changed their views of poetry.

    Georgia Popoff reads from her new book Psychometry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2020 51:15


    Georgia Popoff reads and discusses poems from her new book of poetry, Psychometry (Tiger Bark Press).

    Georgia Popoff reads from her new book Psychometry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2020 51:16


    Georgia Popoff reads and discusses poems from her new book of poetry, Psychometry (Tiger Bark Press).

    Le Moyne Creative Writers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2019 36:14


    A terrific reading by six poets from the le Moyne creative Writing program, plus the director, David Lloyd. Also reading were Nine Mile co-editor Steve Kuusisto and Diane Wiener, whose books The Golem Verses is out from Nine Mile books. The reading also featured the winners of the Newhouse awards in poetry, Meghan Lees and Alyssa Goudy.

    Le Moyne Creative Writers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2019 36:14


    A terrific reading by six poets from the le Moyne creative Writing program, plus the director, David Lloyd. Also reading were Nine Mile co-editor Steve Kuusisto and Diane Wiener, whose books The Golem Verses is out from Nine Mile books. The reading also featured the winners of the Newhouse awards in poetry, Meghan Lees and Alyssa Goudy.

    Dylan Krieger reading at Syracuse University

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 46:29


    Dylan Krieger reading her poems at Bird Library at Syracuse University on November 30, 2018

    Dylan Krieger reading at Syracuse University

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 46:30


    Dylan Krieger reading her poems at Bird Library at Syracuse University on N November 30, 2018

    Patrick Williams and Bob Herz reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2017 48:56


    Readings by Patrick Williams and Bob Herz at SU's Bird Library Lunchtime Poetry Series.

    Patrick Williams and Bob Herz reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2017 48:57


    Readings by Patrick Williams and Bob Herz at SU's Bird Library Lunchtime Poetry Series.

    Warren-Moore and Kuusisto

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2017 32:59


    A reading by Jackie Warren-Moore and Stephen Kuusisto at SU's Bird Library, the first of the Lunch Time Poems program.

    Warren-Moore and Kuusisto

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2017 33:00


    A reading by Jackie Warren-Moore and Stephen Kuusisto at SU's Bird Library, the first of the Lunch Time Poems program.

    Bill Knott

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2017 27:28


    We discuss poems by the late great Bill Knott, an eccentric, interesting, brilliant poet.

    Bill Knott

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2017 27:29


    We discuss poems by the late great Bill Knott, an eccentric, interesting, brilliant poet.

    Dylan Krieger Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2017 30:25


    Discussion with Dylan Krieger about her work, her poems, her book Giving Godhead. With Steve Kuusisto and Bob Herz, editors and publishers of Nine Mile Magazine and Nine Mile books.

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    Dylan Krieger Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2017 30:26


    Discussion with Dylan Krieger about her work, her poems, her book Giving Godhead. With Steve Kuusisto and Bob Herz, editors and publishers of Nine Mile Magazine and Nine Mile books.

    nine mile dylan krieger
    James Tate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2017 27:16


    Discussion of the work of the brilliant late poet James Tate, focusing on two of his poems, "The Lost Pilot" and "The Wheelchair Butterfly." The discussion is led by four working poets, Stephen Kuusisto, Bob Herz, Paul Memmer, and Georgia Popoff.

    James Tate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2017 27:16


    Discussion of the work of the brilliant late poet James Tate, focusing on two of his poems, "The Lost Pilot" and "The Wheelchair Butterfly." The discussion is led by four working poets, Stephen Kuusisto, Bob Herz, Paul Memmer, and Georgia Popoff.

    Dylan Krieger reads from Giving Godhead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2017 40:31


    Dylan Krieger reads from Giving Godhead, her recent book from Delete Press, and discusses the background of the poems and of her life.

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    Dylan Krieger reads from Giving Godhead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2017 40:31


    Dylan Krieger reads from Giving Godhead, her recent book from Delete Press, and discusses the background of the poems and of her life.

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    Jackie Warren-Moore Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2016 42:34


    Jackie Warren-Moore reading from her book Where I Come From, at the ArtRage Gallery in Syracuse, NY on October28, 2016.

    Jackie Warren-Moore Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2016 42:35


    Jackie Warren-Moore reading from her book Where I Come From, at the ArtRage Gallery in Syracuse, NY on October28, 2016.

    Interview with Andrea Scarpino

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2016 26:57


    An interview with Andrea Scarpino on her work, focusing especially on her brilliant book, What The Willow Said As It Fell. Interviewers were Bob Herz and Stephen Kuusisto, editors of Nine Mile Magazine. The quality and volume are a little irregular as this was a phone interview.

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    Interview with Andrea Scarpino

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2016 26:58


    An interview with Andrea Scarpino on her work, focusing especially on her brilliant book, What The Willow Said As It Fell. Interviewers were Bob Herz and Stephen Kuusisto, editors of Nine Mile Magazine. The quality and volume are a little irregular as this was a phone interview.

    interviewer andrea scarpino
    Andrea Scarpino Reading What The Willow Said As It Fell

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2016 18:57


    Andrea Scarpino reading from her brilliant book, What The Willow Said As It Fell.

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    Andrea Scarpino Reading What The Willow Said As It Fell

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2016 18:57


    Andrea Scarpino reading from her brilliant book, What The Willow Said As It Fell.

    reading fell andrea scarpino
    Young Authors Reading - Emma Vallelunga and Christopher Costello

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2016 17:49


    A reading by Emma Vallelunga and Christopher Costello, two of the young authors at the Syracuse YMCA Downtown Writers Center Young Authors Academy. The picture is of the several young authors at our session.

    Young Authors Reading - Emma Vallelunga and Christopher Costello

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2016 17:49


    A reading by Emma Vallelunga and Christopher Costello, two of the young authors at the Syracuse YMCA Downtown Writers Center Young Authors Academy. The picture is of the several young authors at our session.

    Gwendolyn Brooks - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2016 80:43


    Close reading of several Gwendolyn Brooks poems by working poets Georgia Popoff, Stephen Kuusisto, and Bob Herz, and the last of Ms. Brooks' proteges, Quraysh Ali Lansana.

    Gwendolyn Brooks - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2016 80:43


    Close reading of several Gwendolyn Brooks poems by working poets Georgia Popoff, Stephen Kuusisto, and Bob Herz, and the last of Ms. Brooks' proteges, Quraysh Ali Lansana.

    Gwendolyn Brooks Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2016 47:29


    Discussion of the life and significance of Gwendolyn Brooks with one of her proteges, the poet Quraysh Ali Lansana, and working poet colleagues Georgia Popoff, Stephen Kuusisto, and Bob Herz.

    Gwendolyn Brooks Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2016 47:30


    Discussion of the life and significance of Gwendolyn Brooks with one of her proteges, the poet Quraysh Ali Lansana, and working poet colleagues Georgia Popoff, Stephen Kuusisto, and Bob Herz.

    Jeffrey Harrison Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2015 33:07


    Jeffrey Harrison reads his poems at the Downtown Writers Center at the Greater Syracuse YMCA.

    Jeffrey Harrison Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2015 33:07


    Jeffrey Harrison reads his poems at the Downtown Writers Center at the Greater Syracuse YMCA.

    Christopher Citro Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2015 26:21


    Reading by Christopher Citro at the Greater Syracuse YMCA's Downtown Writers Center in October 2015. Mr. Citro's first book of poetry was published by Steel Toe Books in March , 2015. He won the 2015 Poetry Writing Competition at Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art (judged by Beth Ann Fennelly) and has a poem included in Best New Poets 2014. His poetry was an honorable mention for the 2015 River Styx International Poetry Prize, shortlisted for the 2015 Booth Poetry Prize, a semifinalist for the 2015 Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize, and a finalist for the 2015 Arts & Letters Rumi Prize in Poetry and the 2015 Rattle Poetry Prize. He currently lives in Syracuse, NY where he teaches creative writing classes at the Downtown Writer's Center. He is the Poetry Editor for the online literary magazine decomP.

    Christopher Citro Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2015 26:21


    Reading by Christopher Citro at the Greater Syracuse YMCA's Downtown Writers Center in October 2015. Mr. Citro's first book of poetry was published by Steel Toe Books in March , 2015. He won the 2015 Poetry Writing Competition at Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art (judged by Beth Ann Fennelly) and has a poem included in Best New Poets 2014. His poetry was an honorable mention for the 2015 River Styx International Poetry Prize, shortlisted for the 2015 Booth Poetry Prize, a semifinalist for the 2015 Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize, and a finalist for the 2015 Arts & Letters Rumi Prize in Poetry and the 2015 Rattle Poetry Prize. He currently lives in Syracuse, NY where he teaches creative writing classes at the Downtown Writer’s Center. He is the Poetry Editor for the online literary magazine decomP.

    Marvin Bell on his Dead Man poems

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2015 42:40


    Discussion with Marvin Bell about his unique and brilliant Dead Man poems.

    Marvin Bell on his Dead Man poems

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2015 42:40


    Discussion with Marvin Bell about his unique and brilliant Dead Man poems.

    Marvin Bell Interview - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2015 38:34


    Discussion with Marvin Bell by working poets Stephen Kuusisto, Phil member, Georgia Popoff, Jasmine Bailey, and Bob Herz. Focus on the early part of Bell's career. t

    Marvin Bell Interview - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2015 38:34


    Discussion with Marvin Bell by working poets Stephen Kuusisto, Phil member, Georgia Popoff, Jasmine Bailey, and Bob Herz. Focus on the early part of Bell's career. t

    Marvin Bell reading Dead Man p

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2015 26:37


    Marvin Bell reading some of his brilliant Dead man poems.

    Marvin Bell reading Dead Man p

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2015 26:37


    Marvin Bell reading some of his brilliant Dead man poems.

    Sam Pereira Reading His Poems

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2015 41:26


    Sam Pereira reading poems, including several from his new book, Bad Angels, published by Nine Mile Press, which is also the sponsor of these podcasts. Several of the poems have as a site places in and around Iowa City, a remembrance of the time when Sam attended the renowned Iowa Writer's Workshop.

    Sam Pereira Reading His Poems

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2015 41:26


    Sam Pereira reading poems, including several from his new book, Bad Angels, published by Nine Mile Press, which is also the sponsor of these podcasts. Several of the poems have as a site places in and around Iowa City, a remembrance of the time when Sam attended the renowned Iowa Writer's Workshop.

    Talk About Jasmine Bailey's Poetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2015 35:39


    Discussion of the poems of Jasmine Bailey, with a focus on her latest book, Alexandria.

    Talk About Jasmine Bailey's Poetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2015 35:39


    Discussion of the poems of Jasmine Bailey, with a focus on her latest book, Alexandria.

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