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Recorded by Isa Borgeson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 23, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Travis Tate for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 22, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 21, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 20, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Ariana Brown for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 19, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Shira Erlichman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 18, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Kamelya Omayma Youssef for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 17, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Moncho Alvarado for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 16, 2026. www.poets.org
Loss sits at the crux of grief and growth. In her brilliant debut book of poetry, Splashed Things, Leigh Lucas charts a path through this crossroad with lyrical imagery both savage and excruciatingly tender. Hear her read selections from the book and talk about its development as she claims her own grief at the loss of a cherished one. Splashed Things was selected by Maya C. Popa for the A. Poulin Jr. Prize from Boa Editions. Leigh's chapbook, Landsickness (Tupelo Press, 2024) was selected by Chen Chen for the 2023 Sunken Garden Poetry chapbook Award. Her writing has appeared in Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, Adroit, Poetry Society of American, and elsewhere.
Recorded by Jimin Seo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 15, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 14, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 13, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Eva Candelaria Sosa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 12, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Lan Lesmeisterfor Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 11, 2026. www.poets.org
Tracy K. Smith comes to Shakespeare and Company for a conversation with Adam Biles. They discuss her book Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times, a bold manifesto on poetry as a tool for deeper living, clearer thinking, and more compassionate citizenship. Drawing on her time as US Poet Laureate, Smith reflects on taking poetry to rural America, and how poems, unlike political debate, can open rather than entrench. She talks about the origins of Fear Less, and why she chose to write a love letter to the art form rather than a polemic. Smith also reads from her forthcoming collection The Forest, sharing new poems on war, complicity, the divine feminine, and an expansive, unsettling "us" that includes those we revile.Buy Fear Less: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/fear-less-4Tracy K. Smith was born in Massachusetts and raised in northern California. She earned a BA from Harvard University and an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. From 1997 to 1999 she held a Stegner fellowship at Stanford University. Smith is the author of four books of poetry: The Body's Question (2003), which won the Cave Canem prize for the best first book by an African-American poet; Duende (2007), winner of the James Laughlin Award and the Essense Literary Award; Life on Mars (2011), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; and Wade in the Water (2018). In 2014 she was awarded the Academy of American Poets fellowship. She has also written a memoir, Ordinary Light (2015), which was a finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction. Her latest book is Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times (2025). In June 2017, Smith was named U.S. poet laureate. She teaches at Harvard University, where she is a professor of English and of African and African American Studies and the Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company.Listen to Alex Freiman's latest EP, In The Beginning: https://open.spotify.com/album/5iZYPMCUnG7xiCtsFCBlVa?si=h5x3FK1URq6SwH9Kb_SO3w Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Recorded by Janani Balasubramanian for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 10, 2026 www.poets.org
Recorded by Andrea Lawlor for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 9, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Billy-Ray Belcourt for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 8, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 7, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 6, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Danez Smith for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 5, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by William Ward Butler for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 4, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Alexis N. Garcia for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 3, 2026. www.poets.org
Episode 675 also includes an E.W. Poetic Piece titled, Glide. Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughn, Branford Marsalis & Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors.
Recorded by Muriel Leung for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 2, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Kyle Carrero Lopez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 1, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 31, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Sam Sax for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 31, 2026 www.poets.org
Recorded by Kashiana Singh for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 30, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Sarah Ghazal Ali for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 29, 2026 www.poets.org
Recorded by Safia Elhillo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 28, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Megan Fernandes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 27, 2026 www.poets.org
Recorded by Sara Deniz Akant for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 26, 2026. www.poets.org
Robert Wrigley's collections of poetry include The True Account of Myself as a Bird (Penguin, 2022; Box (Penguin, 2017); Anatomy of Melancholy & Other Poems (Penguin, 2013); winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award; Beautiful Country (Penguin, 2010); Earthly Meditations: New and Selected Poems (2006); Lives of the Animals (2003), winner of the Poets Prize; Reign of Snakes (1999), winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award; and In the Bank of Beautiful Sins (1995), winner of the San Francisco Poetry Center Book Award and finalist for the Lenore Marshall Award from the Academy of American Poets. His most recent book is a collection of essays, Nemerov's Door, published by Tupelo Press. Find more here: https://robertwrigley.com/ As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. Submit your poems through Submittable by midnight Sunday for a chance to be invited: https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/269309/rattlecast-prompt-poems-online For links to all the past episodes, visit: https://www.rattle.com/page/rattlecast/ This Week's Prompt: Write a poem that's all about taste! Include a scent, but not the word “delicious.” Next Week's Prompt: Write a poem about a time you got into trouble outdoors. The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.
Recorded by Kiran Bath for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 25, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 24, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Ravi Shankar for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 23, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Jeanann Verlee for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 22, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Adam Falkner for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 21, 2026 www.poets.org
Recorded by Yahya Ashour for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 20, 2026 www.poets.org
Recorded by Maha Hashwi for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 19, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Diannely Antigua for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 18, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Deahna Fumerol for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 17, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Ralph Nazareth for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 16, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Hamed Sinno for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 15, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Noor Hindi for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 14, 2026 www.poets.org
Recorded by Elizabeth Crawford for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 13, 2026 www.poets.org
Recorded by Ahmad Ibsais for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 12, 2026 www.poets.org
Recorded by Ashna Ali for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 11, 2026. www.poets.org
Recorded by Ronald Carson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 10, 2026. www.poets.org