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The Poetry Gods
The Poetry Gods are here to show you how to not be wack in 2016 & beyond. Interviews and stories about the people behind the poems. You don't have to love poetry to love the show. Hosted by Aziza Barnes, Jon Sands, and José Olivarez. Artwork by Jess X. Chen. If you dig the show, share the link.
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Season 2, Episode 12 Featuring Willie Perdomo
On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to Willie Perdomo about how he got started writing poetry, The Crazy Bunch, friendships in poetry, and so...

Season 2, Episode 11 Featuring Eboni Hogan
On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to Eboni Hogan about courtship: the do's and don'ts, fragile masculinity, poetry, New York City, making th...

Season 2, Episode 10 Featuring Lauren Whitehead
On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to Lauren Whitehead about courting rejection, writing in multiple disciplines, The Handmaid's Tale by Marg...

Season 2, Episode 9 Featuring Adam Falkner
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 9 of The Poetry Gods!
“If we commit to telling particular stories, we need to tell the circumference of the...

Season 2, Episode 8 Featuring John Manuel Arias
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 8 of The Poetry Gods! We realized many of the poetry podcasts we listened to were wildly dull. Hyper self-serious, self-a...

Season 2, Episode 7 Featuring Nicole Shanté
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 7 of The Poetry Gods! We realized many of the poetry podcasts we listened to were wildly dull. Hyper self-serious, self-a...

Season 2, Episode 6 Featuring Desiree C. Bailey
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 6 of The Poetry Gods! We realized many of the poetry podcasts we listened to were wildly dull. Hyper self-serious, self-a...

Season 2, Episode 5 Featuring Aracelis Girmay
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 5 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to Aracelis Girmay about poetry, wolves, and more. Chec...

Season 2, Episode 4 Featuring Noel Quiñones
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 4 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to 2016 Poets House Emerging Fellow and one of the co-f...

Season 2, Episode 3 Featuring Patricia Smith (Part 2)
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 3 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to one of our favorite poets and people, Patricia Smith...

Season 2, Episode 2 Featuring Patricia Smith (Part 1)
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to one of our favorite poets and people, Patricia Smith...

Season 2, Episode 1 Featuring Tim Seibles
Welcome to Season 2 of The Poetry Gods! We're back! Thank you to everyone who has been politely and not so politely asking us about when Season 2 woul...

Episode 16 Featuring Where It All Started-- Season One Finale
Welcome to Episode 16 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we take you back to where it all started: the unreleased pilot episode o...

Episode 15 Featuring Your Questions-- Part 1
Welcome to Episode 15 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we answer your questions! We had a raucous time answering your questions...

Episode 14 Featuring The BreakBeat Poets LIVE From Berl's Poetry Shop
Welcome to Episode 14 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we have a brand new "What's On Your Mind?" along with an archival record...

Episode 13 Featuring Camonghne Felix
Welcome to Episode 13 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to Camonghne Felix about growing up in The Bronx & how she got s...

Episode 12 Featuring Safia Elhillo
Welcome to Episode 12 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to Safia Elhillo about her writing journey & much more. As alway...

Episode 11 Featuring Morgan Parker
Welcome to Episode 11 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we skip our usual segment of "What's on Your Mind?" to talk about names,...

Episode 10 Featuring Mahogany L. Browne PART 2
Welcome to Episode 10 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk about language, whiteness, community, and much much more. This i...

Episode 9 Featuring Mahogany L. Browne
Welcome to Episode 9 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, José apologizes to Nas, & we talk extensively about community and creatin...

Episode 8 Featuring Jive Poetic
Welcome to Episode 8 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk about love poems (including of one of our favorite love poems: Ma...

Episode 7 Featuring Nabila Lovelace
Welcome to Episode 7 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, Aziza talks about her trip to Dubai, José is raspy (ask Aziza about what...

Episode 6 Featuring Paul Tran
Welcome to Episode 6 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we introduce a new segment: Unpopular Opinions! What don't we like? Find...

Episode 5 Featuring Joshua Bennett
Welcome to Episode 5 of The Poetry Gods! This episode is brought to you by Robitussin & Vaporub. On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to poet,...

Episode 4 Featuring Jeanann Verlee
Welcome to Episode 4 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to the extraordinary Jeanann Verlee about social media, the strug...

Episode 3 Featuring Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
Welcome to Episode 3 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to poet, essayist, and relentless Ohioan Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib...

Episode 2 Featuring Jeremy Michael Clark
Welcome to Episode 2 of The Poetry Gods! In this episode we talk to Jeremy Michael Clark about the worst performances we've ever done, tattoo ideas, v...

Episode 1 featuring Jayson P Smith
Welcome to episode 1 of The Poetry Gods. In this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to poet Jayson P Smith about love, how to spit game, growing up t...