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Malena Mörling and Jonas Ellerström discuss Swedish poetry and the challenges of translation, and they read some poems in both Swedish and English from their anthology…
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- AudioPoetry LecturesChristopher Merrill speaks with Harris Khalique about literary traditions in Pakistan, the cultural influences of different cities, and the important role of women in…
- AudioPoetry LecturesKwame Dawes speaks with Matthew Shenoda about Shenoda's poetry and identity as an Egyptian American, and the poetry of the African diaspora. Need a transcript of this…
- AudioPoetry LecturesSouth African poet Gabeba Baderoon speaks with Matthew Shenoda about poetry and apartheid in South Africa.
- AudioPoetry LecturesAmerican poet Kevin Young talks to Les Murray about Australian poetry and culture.
- AudioPoetry LecturesBurmese poet Zeyar Lynn and English poet and translator James Byrne speak with Ilya Kaminsky about poetry from Burma. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript…
- AudioPoetry LecturesIrish poets Patrick Cotter and Matthew Sweeney discuss the history and current state of Irish poetry. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
- AudioPoetry LecturesMatthew Shenoda talks with Chris Abani about poetry in Nigeria, the oral and religious traditions in African poetry, and the one-sided conversation between African and…
- AudioPoetry LecturesItalian poet Patrizia Cavalli and American poet Geoffrey Brock speak with Ilya Kaminsky about Contemporary Italian Poetry and translation.
- AudioPoetry LecturesVera Pavlova from Russia and Valzhyna Mort from Belurus speak with the director of the Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute, Ilya Kaminsky.
- AudioPoetry LecturesNative American poet Simon Ortiz reads at the University of Arizona in 1975. The recording is used with permission of the University of Arizona Poetry Center and Simon…
- AudioPoetry LecturesEgyptian-American writer Matthew Shenoda speaks with poet Kwame Dawes about African poetics, reggae, and poetry of the African diaspora.
- AudioPoetry LecturesPolish poet Adam Zagajewski talks to American translator Clare Cavanaugh and Ilya Kaminsky about contemporary Polish poetry.
- AudioPoetry LecturesRobin Blaser talks at “The Recovery of the Public World” Conference—devoted to his poetry—at the University of British Columbia in June 1995. The recording of this program…
- AudioPoetry LecturesFady Joudah and Ghassan Zaqtan discuss Palestinian poetry with Ilya Kaminsky. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
- AudioPoetry LecturesAn informal conversation remembering the life and work of Elizabeth Bishop, with Lloyd Schwartz, Frank Bidart, Rosanna Warren, Gail Mazur, and Megan Marshall. Conducted…
- AudioPoetry LecturesGerman poet Jan Wagner discusses some of the major German poets of the twentieth century with Ilya Kaminsky.
- AudioPoetry LecturesA reunion of the Dark Room Collective at the Poetry Foundation in April 2012. This reading features Nehassaiu deGannes, John Keene, Kevin Young, Sharan Strange, Major…
- AudioPoetry LecturesAmerican poet Katie Ford talks to Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail about how the experience of natural and human disasters inform their work.
- AudioPoetry LecturesAn informal conversation between poets John Ashbery and Ron Padgett, remembering the life of Frank O’Hara. Conducted at Harvard University in April 2011, and used by…