O, Word? is a podcast interested in talking to poets about the craft choices they come back to, the processes that make them tick, and the work that keeps them writing. The podcast's companion series, e·pon·y·mous, focuses on the title poem of a poet's collection and diving deeper into the background that brought the work into the world. If you're interested in dissecting a poet's personal poetics, this podcast is for you! <br/><br/><a href="https://oword.deesoulpoetry.com?utm_medium=podcast">oword.deesoulpoetry.com</a>
O, Word?
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O, Word? is a podcast interested in talking to poets about the craft choices they come back to, the processes that make them tick, and the work that keeps them writing. The podcast's companion series, e·pon·y·mous, focuses on the title poem of a poet's collection and diving deeper into the background that brought the work into the world. If you're interested in dissecting a poet's personal poetics, this podcast is for you! <br/><br/><a href="https://oword.deesoulpoetry.com?utm_medium=podcast">oword.deesoulpoetry.com</a>
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June 19, 2026
e·pon·y·mous | "Praisesong For the People" edited by Amanda Johnston
<p>A conversation with Texas Poet Laureate Amanda Johnston about the anthology, the power of poetry to build community, and freedom</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.amandajohnston.com/"><strong>Amanda Johnston</strong></a> is a writer, visual artist, the 61st Texan Poet Laureate, and founder of Torch Literary Arts.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to O, Word? at <a href="https://oword.deesoulpoetry.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">oword.deesoulpoetry.com/subscribe</a>
June 1, 2026
e·pon·y·mous | "YEET!" by jason b. crawford
<p>A conversation with jason b. crawford about their collection YEET!, finding a safe home for Black people, and how we write ourselves alive</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.jasonbcrawford.com/"><strong>jason b. crawford (He/They)</strong></a>, born in Washington, DC and raised in Lansing, Michigan, is the author of <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/year-of-the-unicorn-kidz-jason-b-crawford/096febcf3fd79351?ean=9781951979270&next=t"><strong>Year of the Unicorn Kidz</strong></a>. Their second collection, <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/yeet-jason-b-crawford/5a49529df199779c?ean=9781632431707&next=t"><strong>YEET!</strong></a> is the winner of the Omnidawn 1st/2nd Book Prize and was published Fall 2025. At the time of this recording, it was also a finalist for the 2026 Lammy Awards from Lambda Literary. They have been published in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jason-crawford">POETRY Magazine</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://poets.org/poem/untitled-1975-86">Academy of American Poets</a>, Cincinnati Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, and <a target="_blank" href="https://rhinopoetry.org/poems/asters-by-jason-b-crawford">RHINO Poetry</a>, among others. They are a 2023 Emerging Writers Fellow for Lambda Literary and hold their MFA in Poetry from The New School.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to O, Word? at <a href="https://oword.deesoulpoetry.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">oword.deesoulpoetry.com/subscribe</a>
May 11, 2026
O, Nonce!
<p>A conversation with Nick Martino about Nonce Forms, The Possibilities of Visual Poetics, and Writing Towards Surprise</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nickmartinopoetry.com/"><strong>Nick Martino</strong></a> is a poet and teacher from Milwaukee. His debut poetry collection, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/scrap-book"><strong>Scrap Book</strong></a> (from Alice James Books) won the 2024 Alice James Editors’ Choice Award and will be published in June of 2026. His poems have been published in Best New Poets, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/fall-2023/poetry/leaving-gym-i-smoke-one-cigarette-then-another-nick-martino">Narrative</a>, Ninth Letter, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/three-poems-10/">The Boston Review</a>, and The Southern Review, among others. A finalist for the 2024 Sewanee Review Poetry Prize, he holds an MFA from the University of California, Irvine where he received the 2022 Excellence in Poetry Prize. He lives in LA.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to O, Word? at <a href="https://oword.deesoulpoetry.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">oword.deesoulpoetry.com/subscribe</a>
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