Poetry Off the Shelf
Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.
Any Currency
Jae Nichelle on debt, cartoon crushes, and musical gynecology.
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My Faith in Faith
Sanam Sheriff on pronouns, looking proper, and making an American decision.
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The Life Underneath
Ada Limón on rejection, moving forward, and what the trees have seen.
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A Little Angry at God
Marcus Wicker on hip hop, aliens, and real estate.
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Tempting Fate
Emily Skaja on cemeteries, pregnancy, and gardening the future.
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On My Way to God
Fanny Howe (rerun) on the sky, visions, and the beam that killed the landlord, plus an excerpt from her posthumous collection.
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Until the Last Second
Maya C. Popa on the monkey at the pet store, beauty, and waking up to the world as it is.
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My Old Self
Laura Kolbe on hormones, sainthood, and the trouble with change.
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We Hold These Truths
America at 250.
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An Act of Mercy
Serena Chopra on prairie grass, manic rage, and the memories in her ears.
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Don’t Make Any Noise
J Brooke on testosterone, incinerators, and the mobster at home.
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The Act of Touching
Chris Crowder on muscles, privacy, and being Captain Safety.
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Hereafter Parties
Arielle Hebert on Florida, driving with the windows down, and tallying up the dead.
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A Handful of Dust
Iain McGilchrist on Rip Van Winkle, the poet's brain, and the real word for sunshine.
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The Wrong Details
D.S. Waldman on the left hand, losing his brother, and introducing the most wounded part.
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The Character in the Corner
Sony Ton-Aimé on radical joy, pig blood, and the ancestors we forgot.
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Those Bodies We Borrowed
Monica Ferrell on robot apples, Playboy bunnies, and botox vs. crow's feet.
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What It Takes to Be a Man
James Ciano on sports, masculinity, and the desperation to belong.
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How to Survive on an Island
Stephanie Niu on being lost at sea, crab bridges, and finding the heart of the world.
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The Multiverse of Me
Diamond Forde on poison, fan fiction, and writing the Great American Vampire Novel.
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Poets We Lost in 2025
Remembering Ellen Bryant Voigt, plus a few words on mortality by Andrea Gibson.
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An Old Face
Amanda Quaid on cancer, being bad in New York, and erotic hands.
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An Impossible Wish
Tracy K. Smith on her Hello Kitty notebook, automatic writing, and the afterlife.
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Body of Water
Chet'la Sebree on fertility, the ocean, and sonnets about menstruation.
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What Heaven Looks Like
brittny ray crowell on grief, the scent of burning leaves, and finding her way back.
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We Dream of Each Other
Kay Gabriel on embarrassment, labor organizing, and the discipline of hope.
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Glow in the Dark
Martha Silano in memoriam: on blushing knees, fairy houses, and preparing your kids for loss.
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Mentor for Life
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize winner Rigoberto González on immigration raids, rhythm, and his father’s last words.
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Let the World Whisper
Ahmad Almallah on Gaza, the moon, and the companionship of Paul Celan.
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A New Leaf
KB Brookins on change, gym bros, and the stories that haven't been told.
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Sleep and Surrender
Drew Ackerman on insomnia, late-night radio, and soothing his inner cynic.
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Museum of Stories
Shin Yu Pai on professional breakup, desert art, and love in the archive.
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The Last Touch
Alina Stefanescu on ruins, fear of flying, and life in the Romanian Republic of Alabama.
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Touch the Moon
Philip Hoare on William Blake, revolution, and swimming in the dark.
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Growing Sideways
Stephanie Burt on queer time, glass dildos, and making it up as you go.
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Forty Years in Nappies
Lauren K. Watel on blooming late, showing off, and the question of what's for dinner.
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Long Song
Catherine-Esther Cowie on Saint Lucia, breathing life into history, and the violence in our heart.
After a Bad Dream
Darius Atefat-Peckham on crocheting, masculinity, and the aftermath of loss.
Stones in the Shed
A.E. Stallings on shipwrecks, daylight robbery, and the air in 19th century Athens.
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Martha Silano’s “Once”
A reading in memory of Martha Silano.
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