Podcasts

• Episode 086 Armor - Sharon Olds

  1/25/2020

  Connor and Jack discuss the Sharon Olds poem "Armor" about an experience she had with her son. Connor mentions the discussion Jo and Amy have about…

• Episode 085 Romance #1 - Eunsong Kim

  1/10/2020

  Ringing in the new year with a poem about capitalism and climate change—"Romance #1" by Eunsong Kim. Connor and Jack discuss how the poem makes late…

• Episode 084 Cinco De Mayo - Luis J. Rodríguez

  12/28/2019

  To wrap up 2019, Connor and Jack take on a poem as exquisite in its craft as it is emotionally forceful in its effect on the reader. They discuss the…

• Episode 083 Warming - dg nanouk okpik

  12/14/2019

  Connor and Jack explore the poem "Warming" by dg nanouk okpik. They discuss the poem's interplay between intense specificity and figurative language…

• Episode 082 Decoy Gang War Victim - Carmen Gimenez Smith

  11/22/2019

  Connor and Jack discuss the ekphrastic poem, Decoy Gang War Victim by Carmen Gimenez Smith. They discuss the nature of acting and direction, the…