
Poem Talk
Hosted by Al Filreis · Poetry Foundation
4.5from 104 ratings
- 98
- Episodes
- 104
- Ratings
- 2015
- First episode
About Poem Talk
Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Tracie Morris, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, Charles Bernstein, Sawako Nakayasu, Simone White, and others.
- Publisher
- Poetry Foundation
- Category
- arts · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 May 2015
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2024
Latest episodes
98 episodes in the feed.

23 Sept 2024
Passion Shields Its Servants: A discussion of “Souvenir of the Manassah Ball” by Lorenzo Thomas

28 Jun 2023
Don’t Refuse to Breathe: A discussion of Frank O’Hara: “Song (Is it dirty)” & “Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed)”

22 May 2023
The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”
Who has been a guest on Poem Talk
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- Tonya Foster
- Erica Hunt
- Bob Perelman
- Robert von Hallberg
- Charles Altieri
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- 4.5 / 5
- 104 ratings
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