Knox Pods

About Knox Pods

Library programs on a variety of topics―mostly book and author talks―and some Knoxville, Tenn. history.

Publisher

Knox County Public Library

Category

arts · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Dec 2007

Latest episode

5 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

189 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Mar 2026

   The Beat: Matt Broaddus

   Matt Broaddus is the author of Deeper the Tropics and Temporal Anomalies. His poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Annulet, Denver Quarterly, and The Paris Review. He lives in Colorado and serves as an Advisory Poetry Editor for The Paris Review. Links: Matt Broaddus' website (https://www.matt-broaddus.com/) "'Blue Prints' and Other Poems" at (https://changes.press/matt-broaddus/)Changes (https://changes.press/matt-broaddus/) "The Seal of Approval" at (https://aprweb.org/poems/the-seal-of-approval)American Poetry Review (https://aprweb.org/poems/the-seal-of-approval) "The Sun Is a Disembodied Thought: An Interview with Matt Broaddus" at (https://poems.com/features/what-sparks-poetry/the-sun-is-a-disembodied-thought-an-interview-with-matt-broaddus/)Poetry Daily (https://poems.com/features/what-sparks-poetry/the-sun-is-a-disembodied-thought-an-interview-with-matt-broaddus/) "These Lit Particulars: On Matt Broaddus’ (https://clereviewofbooks.com/these-lit-particulars-on-matt-broaddus-deeper-the-tropics/)Deeper the Tropics (https://clereviewofbooks.com/these-lit-particulars-on-matt-broaddus-deeper-the-tropics/)" at (https://clereviewofbooks.com/these-lit-particulars-on-matt-broaddus-deeper-the-tropics/)Cleveland Review of Books (https://clereviewofbooks.com/these-lit-particulars-on-matt-broaddus-deeper-the-tropics/) Mentioned in this episode: KnoxCountyLibrary.org Thank you for listening and sharing this podcast. Explore life-changing resources and events, sign up for newsletters, follow us on social media, and more through our website, www.knoxcountylibrary.org. Rate & review on Podchaser (https://pods.knoxlib.org/rate)

2. 

   9 Feb 2026

   The Beat: Shuly Xóchitl Cawood

   Shuly Xóchitl Cawood teaches writing workshops, doodles with Sharpies and acrylic paint, and is raising two poodles and a dwindling number of orchids. Her books include Something So Good It Can Never Be Enough (Press 53, 2023) and Trouble Can Be So Beautiful at the Beginning (Mercer University Press, 2021), winner of the Adrienne Bond Award for Poetry. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Sun, and Rattle. Links: Shuly Xóchitl Cawood's website (https://www.shulycawood.com/) "Poem in Which I Fail to Teach My Dog How to Fetch" at (https://www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/25927-poem-in-which-i-fail-to-teach-my-dog-how-to-fetch)The Sun (https://www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/25927-poem-in-which-i-fail-to-teach-my-dog-how-to-fetch) Two Poems at (https://www.havehashad.com/hadposts/two-poems-af4ba0fd-8c2d-4f09-bf1c-fabcf647dab6?fbclid=IwAR1GRW_wg_ybHSMTTOvMEU1HXA27HGcO0OMYq_H-v-defwr-HTG9QbhwGJk)Have Has Had (https://www.havehashad.com/hadposts/two-poems-af4ba0fd-8c2d-4f09-bf1c-fabcf647dab6?fbclid=IwAR1GRW_wg_ybHSMTTOvMEU1HXA27HGcO0OMYq_H-v-defwr-HTG9QbhwGJk) Interview and four poems at (https://www.doesithavepockets.com/features/shuly-xchitl-cawood)Does It Have Pockets (https://www.doesithavepockets.com/features/shuly-xchitl-cawood) Video: Cawood reading her poem "You Are Not a Cat" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEjICY5i3Ic)

3. 

   15 Dec 2025

   The Beat: Arlene Keizer's Poems for Beauford Delaney

   Arlene Keizer, an Afro-Caribbean American poet and scholar, writes about the literature, lived experience, theory, and visual culture of the African Diaspora. The recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize, she later earned an MA in English and Creative Writing (Poetry) at Stanford University and a PhD at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Black Subjects: Identity Formation in the Contemporary Narrative of Slavery (Cornell UP), and her poems and articles have appeared in African American Review, American Literature, The Kenyon Review, Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora, PMLA, Poem-a-Day, TriQuarterly, and other venues. Fraternal Light: On Painting While Black, her collection of poems about the African American painter Beauford Delaney, won the 2022 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize and was published in 2023 by the Kent State University Press. She is a professor at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Links: Arlene Keizer Arlene Keizer’s page at Pratt Institute (https://www.pratt.edu/people/arlene-keizer/) Interview with Arlene Keizer at Speaking of Marvels (https://spkofmarvels.wordpress.com/2023/04/27/arlene-keizer/) “Canopy” in Poem-A-Day (https://poets.org/poem/canopy) Fraternal Light: On Painting While Black at Kent State University Press (https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2023/fraternal-light/) Beauford Delaney Bio and artwork at Knoxville Museum of Art (https://knoxart.pastperfectonline.com/bycreator?page=3&keyword=Delaney%2C%20Beauford&searchType=creator&showsearch=True) Bio and Artwork at the Smithsonian (https://americanart.si.edu/artist/beauford-delaney-1186) Bio and artwork at Studio Museum in Harlem (https://www.studiomuseum.org/artists/beauford-delaney) Artwork at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery (https://www.michaelrosenfeldart.com/artists/beauford-delaney-1901-1979/selected-works/8) “Beauford Delaney in Knoxville” at Knoxville History Project (https://knoxvillehistoryproject.org/2020/02/26/beauford-delaney-in-knoxville/) Mentioned in this episode: KnoxCountyLibrary.org Thank you for listening and sharing this podcast. Explore life-changing resources and events, sign up for newsletters, follow us on social media, and more through our website, www.knoxcountylibrary.org. Rate & review on Podchaser (https://pods.knoxlib.org/rate)

Who has been a guest on Knox Pods

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Matthew Minicucci
• Sara Pirkle
• Anya Krugovoy Silver

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

168,351

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

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Quality

71

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

68

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