Friends, lovers, bilches—this episode wraps up our pandemic season of The Poet Salon, and what an episode it is! After chopping it up with Amaud Jamaul Johnson on smoke, speakers, and silences, he brought us Linda Gregg's "The Poet Goes About H

Amaud Jamaul Johnson + Neat Glass of The Macallan Fine Whisky

Nov 3rd, 2021 1h 2m

Good day, bilches! We're winding down this stab at a third season with our last, luminous guest, Amaud Jamaul Johnson, with whom we discuss advisorship, allusion, and arrangement.Born and raised in Compton, California, educated at Howard Unive

Jane Wong reads Gwendolyn Brooks‘ ”when you have forgotten sunday: the love story”

Oct 13th, 2021 45m 54s

Salami lovers, soup slurpers, and salad spinners—this week Jane Wong served up the one and only Gwendolyn Brooks. In this episode, you'll hear us eat up Brooks' "when you have forgotten sunday: the love story"JANE WONG is the author of How to

Jane Wong + Wild Fire Season

Oct 13th, 2021 59m 49s

Dear lovers and frenemies—we're marching along through the end of this season. Our latest offering is a lovely conversation with Jane Wong with whom we discuss food, framings and frontiers. Phew.JANE WONG is the author of How to Not Be Afraid

Carl Phillips reads Kobayashi Issa‘s ”[The world of dew]” trans. Noyobuki Yuasa

Oct 6th, 2021 38m 38s

Frenz, as promised, here is Carl Phillips' reading our first-ever haiku on The Poet Salon, Kobayashi Issa's "[The world of dew]" or "On the Death of a Child." CARL PHILLIPS is the author of fourteen books of poetry, most recently Pale Colors i

Carl Phillips + Italian Margarita in a Silver-Rimmed Buffalo Horn Goblet

Oct 6th, 2021 1h 4m

We're alive! Our hair is grown out. We brought you flowers. We missed you. For each of the next few weeks, we'll release both episodes with each of our guests. Today, we've got for you the inimitable Carl Phillips, with whom we discussed syntax

Tommye Blount reads Spencer Reece's "Interlude"

Jun 14th, 2021 32m 1s

What's good, baby. We're back for the second part of our conversation with esteemed Tommye Blount. For us today, Tommy brought Spencer Reece's "Interlude," a short poem that imagines, does, asks so, so much.TOMMYE BLOUNTE grew up in Detroit,

Tommye Blount + Pellegrino with Lime

Jun 7th, 2021 1h 20m

Lovely loves, we went on a panda break but we're back now with our latest drop: a conversation with the inimitable Tommye Blount on color, order and desire.TOMMYE BLOUNTE grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He earned an MFA from Warren Wilson Coll

Ada Limón reads Wanda Coleman's "Requiem for a Nest"

Feb 1st, 2021 40m 11s

Friends—here we are. Here you are. Here's Ada Limón reading Wanda Coleman's "Requiem for a Nest." It is almost certainly the record for times we thought we were done with the conversation and Luther realized he had more to say about the poem. E

Ada Limón + January Gimlet

Jan 25th, 2021 1h 9m

O hi there, it's us, The Poet Salon, back in your ears with our third season—and what a season it is! We're kicking things off with the incomparable Ada Limón. After some quick updates from us, we discuss the virtues of poetic "play" before co

Bonus

Season 3 - Coming Soon!

Dec 30th, 2020 5m 36s

Beloveds, lovers, and loves—new episodes are coming to you, right here in this feed, starting January 25, 2021. Wash your hands. Get ready. It's gonna be good.

Justin Phillip Reed reads Reginald Shepherd's "Occurrences across the Chromatic Scale"

Jul 13th, 2020 32m 49s

Congrats! You, us, we have made it through two whole seasons of this wacky little experiment to get poets to talk to us about poems. Can't think of more lovely way to close us out than with this conversation with the one and only Justin Phillip

Justin Phillip Reed + Whiskey From The Bottle

Jun 30th, 2020 1h 27m

Hello beautifuls—we're nearing the end of our second season (one more episode to go!) and we're grateful you're here with us. This week we answer TWO audience questions about capital-P Poetry and reading rituals. Then, we get the chance to (vir

Keetje Kuipers reads Eavan Boland's "Quarantine"

Jun 5th, 2020 24m 14s

Donate to bailout fund, pass it on.Following up on last week's conversation with one of our favs Keetje Kuipers, today, we dig into one of her mentor's poems "Quarantine" by Eavan Boland.Writer and editor KEETJE KUIPERS (pronounced Kay-tcha K

Keetje Kuipers + The Small Town Drag Show

May 27th, 2020 1h 2m

Another week, another hundred hand-washes. This week we get dig into ways to unstick writer's block before the blessing that was the virtual company of Keetje Kuipers. Together, we talk about symmetry, sadness, and sticking cold cheese in unexp

Aria Aber reads Solmaz Sharif's "The Master's House"

May 20th, 2020 42m 7s

Yooo we did it! Another week, another episode. In this one, the one-and-only Aria Aber brings in Solmaz Sharif's "The Master's House" to binge and revel and geek and play and laugh and pray. And oh did we—ARIA ABER was raised in Germany. Her d

Aria Aber + Duino Mojito

May 14th, 2020 1h 5m

Friends! Lovers! Nemeses! Hope you're washing your hands! This episode is our first recording entirely remotely—including our interview with special guest Aria Aber, who was gracious enough to deal with a combination of technical difficulties a

Michelle Peñaloza reads Douglas Kearney's "Tallahatchie Lullabye, Baby"

May 4th, 2020 26m 53s

Hi loves, we're back with part deux of our conversation with the vibrant Michelle Peñaloza. Coming off of last week's lovely conversation about her own work, for this episode, she brought in Douglas Kerney's "Tallahatchie Lullabye, Baby". We ex

Michelle Peñaloza + Fire and Chrysanthemums

Apr 24th, 2020 49m 9s

This week, friends, we're sitting with the question "So what do you write about?" ahead of a lovely conversation with Michelle Peñaloza. We chop it up about confession, contrast, and kasamas while sipping on Fire and Chrysanthemums. Enjoy!MICH

Bonus

Bonus: The Craft of the Literary Podcast Interview

Apr 17th, 2020 1h 59m

Hope you're staying safe, loves! This week we've got a special bonus episode for you: The Craft of the Literary Podcast Interview, which was initially slated to be an AWP panel. Due to pandemic, it was cancelled, but you still get to hear the

Paisley Rekdal reads Brigit Pegeen Kelly's "Black Swan"

Apr 8th, 2020 25m 50s

O dear ones—hope you're staying safe and well! We're coming to you from our respective apartments for our second conversation with Paisley Rekdal, who was kind enough to bring in Brigit Pegeen Kelley's "Black Swan". We geeked. If you haven't ye

Paisley Rekdal + The Dark Sister

Apr 3rd, 2020 1h

Have you washed your hands yet? Please take care of your selves and each other.This week, we recorded remotely for the first time. After chopping it up about how COVID-19 has affected our relationships to poetry, we dive into a conversation wi

Taneum Bambrick reads Aria Aber's "The Only Cab Service of Farmington, Maine"

Mar 24th, 2020 21m 4s

Hope your washing your hands, friends! We're back this week with a cute little episode in which Taneum Bambrick reads Aria Aber's "The Only Cab Service of Farmington, Maine". Last week we kicked it with Taneum talking about sturgeon, sex, and s

Taneum Bambrick + End of Tour Toddy

Mar 17th, 2020 58m 30s

Hello dearest dearests—what a time to be alive listening to podcasts! If you're here, you probably know the drill already. If not, you're about to hear a thoughtful and laugh-filled conversation with Taneum Bambrick about sturgeon, sex, and stu

Oliver de la Paz reads Laura Jensen's "Bad Boats"

Mar 10th, 2020 17m 2s

Look. Last week we got into it over sonnets (which, it turns out, we know a lot more about than prosody!) before diving into a conversation with Oliver de la Paz about his work. This week he brought in Laura Jensen's much-beloved poem "Bad Boat