Poetry Lectures
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Poetry Lectures
Talks given by notable scholars and critics on poets, poetry, and their intersections with other art forms. Features recordings from historic archives and live events.
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Malena Mörling and Jonas Ellström: International Poets in Conversation
Malena Mörling and Jonas Ellerström discuss Swedish poetry and the challenges of translation, and they read some poems in both Swedish and English fro...
Harris Khalique: International Poets in Conversation
Christopher Merrill speaks with Harris Khalique about literary traditions in Pakistan, the cultural influences of different cities, and the important...
Matthew Shenoda: International Poets in Conversation
Kwame Dawes speaks with Matthew Shenoda about Shenoda's poetry and identity as an Egyptian American, and the poetry of the African diaspora.
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Gabeba Baderoon: International Poets in Conversation
South African poet Gabeba Baderoon speaks with Matthew Shenoda about poetry and apartheid in South Africa.
Les Murray: International Poets in Conversation
American poet Kevin Young talks to Les Murray about Australian poetry and culture.
Zeyar Lynn: International Poets in Conversation
Burmese poet Zeyar Lynn and English poet and translator James Byrne speak with Ilya Kaminsky about poetry from Burma.
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Patrick Cotter & Matthew Sweeney: International Poets in Conversation
Irish poets Patrick Cotter and Matthew Sweeney discuss the history and current state of Irish poetry.
Chris Abani: International Poets in Conversation
Matthew Shenoda talks with Chris Abani about poetry in Nigeria, the oral and religious traditions in African poetry, and the one-sided conversation be...
Patrizia Cavalli: International Poets in Conversation
Italian poet Patrizia Cavalli and American poet Geoffrey Brock speak with Ilya Kaminsky about Contemporary Italian Poetry and translation.
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Vera Pavlova & Valzhyna Mort: International Poets in Conversation
Vera Pavlova from Russia and Valzhyna Mort from Belurus speak with the director of the Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute, Ilya Kaminsky.
Simon Ortiz
Native American poet Simon Ortiz reads at the University of Arizona in 1975. The recording is used with permission of the University of Arizona Poetry...
Kwame Dawes: International Poets in Conversation
Egyptian-American writer Matthew Shenoda speaks with poet Kwame Dawes about African poetics, reggae, and poetry of the African diaspora.
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Adam Zagajewski: International Poets in Conversation
Polish poet Adam Zagajewski talks to American translator Clare Cavanaugh and Ilya Kaminsky about contemporary Polish poetry.
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Robin Blaser
Robin Blaser talks at “The Recovery of the Public World” Conference—devoted to his poetry—at the University of British Columbia in June 1995. The reco...
Ghassan Zaqtan: International Poets in Conversation
Fady Joudah and Ghassan Zaqtan discuss Palestinian poetry with Ilya Kaminsky.
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Oral History Initiative: On Elizabeth Bishop
An informal conversation remembering the life and work of Elizabeth Bishop, with Lloyd Schwartz, Frank Bidart, Rosanna Warren, Gail Mazur, and Megan M...
Jan Wagner: International Poets in Conversation
German poet Jan Wagner discusses some of the major German poets of the twentieth century with Ilya Kaminsky.
Dark Room Collective
A reunion of the Dark Room Collective at the Poetry Foundation in April 2012. This reading features Nehassaiu deGannes, John Keene, Kevin Young, Shara...
Dunya Mikhail: International Poets in Conversation
American poet Katie Ford talks to Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail about how the experience of natural and human disasters inform their work.
Oral History Initiative: On Frank O'Hara
An informal conversation between poets John Ashbery and Ron Padgett, remembering the life of Frank O’Hara. Conducted at Harvard University in April 20...
Nikola Madzirov: International Poets in Conversation
Macedonian poet Nikola Madzirov and Ilya Kaminsky discuss the poetics of war and its aftermath, and the nature of memory and rediscovering.
Poetry and Piano
Poets Reginald Gibbons, Rachel Jamison Webster, Christina Pugh, and Ed Roberson are accompanied on piano by Mabel Kwan and Ari Brown. Recorded in Apri...
Three Native American Poets
The Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute hosts a conversation between Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Linda Hogan, and Sherwin Bitsui.
Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes reads poems from four of his books at the Art Institute of Chicago in January 2008.
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Raúl Zurita: International Poets in Conversation
A conversation between Chilean poet Raúl Zurita and American poet Forrest Gander.
Rita Dove
Rita Dove speaking at the Key West Literary Seminar.
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Aleš Šteger: International Poets in Conversation
The Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute hosts Aleš Šteger who reads from his works and talks about poetry in Slovenia.
Philip Levine
Poet Philip Levine reads from his own work.
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Blas Falconer and Gina Franco
The second half of a 2008 reading featuring four Latino poets, as part of the American Perspectives series at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Francisco Aragón and Brenda Cárdenas
The first half of a 2008 reading featuring four Latino poets, as part of the American Perspectives series at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Don Paterson on Robert Frost
In November 2010, Don Paterson delivered the 22nd Aldeburgh PoetryFestival's annual poet-on-poet lecture on Robert Frost. The lecture, titled "Frost a...
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams speaks at Harvard University in 1951.
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Jahan Ramazani
Jahan Ramazani presents examples of non-European post-colonial poetry that relate to the language of song, prayer, law, and post-colonial theory.
Brenda Hillman: Stronach Memorial Lecture
Brenda Hillman delivers a 2006 talk entitled "Cracks in the Oracle Bone: Teaching Certain Contemporary Poems" at the Judith Lee Stronach Memorial Lect...
Peter Sacks: Stronach Memorial Lecture
Peter Sacks delivers a 2007 talk entitled "'You Only Guide Me by Surprise': Poetry and the Dolphin's Turn" at the Judith Lee Stronach Memorial Lecture...
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney in conversation with Michael Laskey, fellow poet and co-founder of the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival. This is an edited version of an interv...
Billy Collins
Two-term poet laureate Billy Collins speaks at the Key West Literary Seminar.
Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky speaking on “Modernism and Memory” at the Key West Literary Seminar.
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Mary Karr and Stuart Dybek
Mary Karr and Stuart Dybek read from their own work and discuss how writing poetry relates to writing prose.
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