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Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 1, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Avia Tadmor for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 31, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Tacey M. Atsitty for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 31, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Ameen Animashaun for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 30, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Brian Teare for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 29, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Weijia Pan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 28, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Jennifer Elise Foerster for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 27, 2025. 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 October 26, 2025. 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 October 25, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Hieu Minh Nguyen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 24, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Dujie Tahat for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 23, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Matthew Gellman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 22, 2025. www.poets.org
What role can poetry play in public health? Henneh Kyereh Kwaku joins Jared to explore how his MFA in Creative Writing intersects with his academic background in public health and disease control. Together, they discuss how Henneh uses a poetic lens to examine issues like vaccine hesitancy. He also reflects on writing about his home country of Ghana while living in the US, drawing from non-fiction and audio storytelling through cross-genre courses, and finding lasting support from MFA faculty even after his graduation.Winner of Poetry Magazine's J. Howard and Barbara M.J. Wood Prize, Henneh Kyereh Kwaku was born in Gonasua and raised in Drobo in the Bono Region of Ghana. He has received fellowships from the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD), Chapman University, and the Carolyn Moore Writing Residency. He is an interdisciplinary scholar with a Bachelor of Public Health (Disease Control), an MA in Health Education, an MFA in Creative Writing, and is pursuing a PhD with an emphasis in Health and Culture. His (public) health communication scholarship explores art-based approaches to addressing medical mistrust and vaccine hesitancy in Black populations. He's the author of Revolution of the Scavengers (African Poetry Book Fund/Akashic Books, 2020) and the founder/host of the Church of Poetry. His poems/essays have appeared or are forthcoming in the Academy of American Poets' A-Poem-A-Day, Poetry Magazine, Prairie Schooner, World Literature Today, Air/Light Magazine, Tupelo Quarterly, Poetry Society of America, Lolwe, Agbowó, CGWS, Olongo Africa, 20:35 Africa, and elsewhere. He shares memes on Twitter/Instagram at @kwaku_kyereh.MFA Writers is hosted by Jared McCormack and produced by Jared McCormack and Hanamori Skoblow. New episodes are released every two weeks. You can find more MFA Writers at MFAwriters.com.BE PART OF THE SHOWDonate to the show at Buy Me a Coffee.Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts.Submit an episode request. If there's a program you'd like to learn more about, contact us and we'll do our very best to find a guest who can speak to their experience.Apply to be a guest on the show by filling out our application.STAY CONNECTEDTwitter: @MFAwriterspodInstagram: @MFAwriterspodcastFacebook: MFA WritersEmail: mfawriterspodcast@gmail.com
Recorded by Susan Mitchell for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 21, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Sam Sax for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 20, 2025. 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 October 19, 2025. 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 October 18, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Sasha Wade for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 17, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 16, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Monica Ferrell for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 15, 2025. www.poets.org
Episode 642 also features an E.W. Poetic Piece titled, "Matisse Piece." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Thee Sacred Souls, Esme' Patterson, Joni Mitchell, 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 Kevin Prufer for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 14, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 13, 2025. 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 October 12, 2025. 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 October 11, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Kelan Nee for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 10, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Victoria Chang for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 9, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Dāshaun Washington for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 8, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Kelli Russell Agodon for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 7, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Zeina Hashem Beck for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 6, 2025. 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 October 5, 2025. 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 October 4, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by David Roderick for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 3, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Blas Falconer for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 2, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Hua Xi for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 1, 2025. www.poets.org
Bruce Smith joins Kevin Young to read “Open Letter To My Ancestors” by Mary Ruefle, and his own poem “The Game.” Smith, the author of eight poetry collections, including the forthcoming “Hungry Ghost,” has received awards from the Academy of American Poets and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, in addition to fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He teaches at Syracuse University. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Recorded by Rodney Saint-Éloi and Nathalie Handal for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 30, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Rick Barot for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 30, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by María Auxiliadora Álvarez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 29, 2025. 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 September 28, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Phương Anh for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 27, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Marcelo Morales and Kristin Dykstra for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 26, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Antonella Anedda and Gioia Guerzoni for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 25, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Samira Negrouche for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 24, 2025. www.poets.org
In her recent book, P.O.E.T. (Power Over Emotional Trauma), Honey Bell-Bey asks, "What do you do with what did not kill you?" Trauma happens, she notes, but healing happens also.rnrnWidely known as the dynamic National Award-winning Poet Laureate (Academy of American Poets), Honey Bell-Bey isn't just a poet. She is also an Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist, and for decades, has used her talent in poetry as a vehicle for healing intergenerational trauma and other issues related to public health. Together with Dr. Scott Frank, an award-winning family medical doctor, Associate Professor Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), and poet himself, they worked to underscore the importance of poetry as a public health need.
Recorded by Nisrine Mbarki Ben-Ayad and Michele Hutchison for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 23, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by Jorge Galán and Janet Hendrickson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 22, 2025. 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 September 21, 2025. www.poets.org
Recorded by John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 20, 2025. www.poets.org
Hala Alyan is the author of the debut memoir I'll Tell You When I'm Home, available from Avid Reader Press. Alyan is the author of the novels Salt Houses—winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Arab American Book Award, and a finalist for the Chautauqua Prize—and The Arsonists' City, a finalist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. She is also the author of five highly acclaimed collections of poetry, including The Twenty-Ninth Year and The Moon That Turns You Back. Her work has been published by The New Yorker, The Academy of American Poets, The New York Times, The Guardian, and Guernica. She lives in Brooklyn with her family, where she works as a clinical psychologist and professor at New York University. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Get How to Write a Novel, the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to Brad's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch Instagram TikTok Bluesky Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices