Announcing PoetryNow!!

Today we released the first episode of PoetryNow, a new 5 minute podcast and radio broadcast created in partnership with the Poetry Foundation and WFMT in Chicago, featuring poets reading and talking about a new poem. We're kicking off the series with a poem by Jericho Brown (one of this month's bloggers here on Harriet!). We'll be releasing a new episode two times a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays through our Poem of the Day subscription, and the episodes will be broadcast on radio stations throughout the country and internationally.

Many hands helped create this program. From the Poetry Foundation I'd like to thank Robert Polito, Elizabeth Burke-Dain, Micah Jefferson, Karl Saffran, and Adam Fitzgerald, who contributed vital editorial insight and assistance. At WFMT I'd like to thank Tony Macaluso, Steve Robinson, Heather McDougall, Paloma Orozco, and the audio producers David Schulman, Sara Murphy, and Colin McNulty. And then, of course, I'd like to thank all the poets who contributed to this first round of PoetryNow, which will run from April through the end of June.

Head here to listen to Jericho read his new poem "Herman Finley," then head here to sign up for Poem of the Day. You can also follow PoetryNow on Twitter here.

Here is the full schedule of episodes:

Tuesday, April 7: Rae Armantrout

Thursday, April 9: Frank Bidart

Tuesday, April 14: Kevin Killian

Thursday, April 16: Morgan Parker

Tuesday, April 21: Fanny Howe

Thursday, April 23: Robert Fernandez

Tuesday, April 28: Lucy Ives

Thursday, April 30: Khadijah Queen

Tuesday, May 5: John Ashbery

Thursday, May 7: Dorothea Lasky

Tuesday, May 12: Eileen Myles

Thursday, May 14: Amber Atiya

Tuesday, May 19: Jamaal May

Thursday, May 21: Solmaz Sharif

Tuesday, May 26: Cedar Sigo

Thursday, May 28: CAConrad

Tuesday, June 2: Danez Smith

Thursday, June 4: Mary Jo Bang

Tuesday, June 9: Catherine Wagner

Thursday, June 11: Anthony Madrid

Tuesday, June 16: Wendy Xu

Thursday, June 18: Thomas Sayers Ellis

Tuesday, June 23: Deborah Landau

Thursday, June 25: David Tomas Martinez

Tuesday, June 30: Oli Hazzard