1600 Episodes

  1. 1210: Negro Hero (to Suggest Dorie Miller) by Gwendolyn Brooks

    Published: 10/4/2024

  2. 1209: Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare

    Published: 10/3/2024

  3. 1208: Gravelly Run by A. R. Ammons

    Published: 10/2/2024

  4. 1207: from "Spring and All" by William Carlos Williams

    Published: 10/1/2024

  5. 1206: Birches by Robert Frost

    Published: 9/30/2024

  6. 1205: Leaving by Madeleine Cravens

    Published: 9/27/2024

  7. 1204: The Joseph Cornell App by David Roderick

    Published: 9/26/2024

  8. 1203: This Living by Amber Tamblyn

    Published: 9/25/2024

  9. 1202: If only by Dawn Lundy Martin

    Published: 9/24/2024

  10. 1201: Try to Praise the Mutilated World by Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanagh

    Published: 9/23/2024

  11. 1200: Lying My Head Off by Cate Marvin

    Published: 9/20/2024

  12. 1199: Homo naledi by Sara Borjas

    Published: 9/19/2024

  13. 1198: The Big People by César Vallejo, translated by James Wright

    Published: 9/18/2024

  14. 1197: March, the Garden by Chera Hammons

    Published: 9/17/2024

  15. 1196: A Conversation between Women by Jennifer Chang

    Published: 9/16/2024

  16. [encore] 1165: Pando Aspen Clone by Jacqueline Balderrama

    Published: 9/13/2024

  17. [encore] 1063: Love Poem by Sophie Cabot Black

    Published: 9/12/2024

  18. [encore] 1138: Orientation by Cindy Juyoung Ok

    Published: 9/11/2024

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

    Published: 9/10/2024

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

    Published: 9/9/2024

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