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Podcasts
- Episode 169 I Hear A Dog Who Is Always in My Death - Samuel Ace
9/9/2022
Connor and Jack dive into the poem "I Hear a Dog Who is Always in My Death" by Samuel Ace. They discuss the poem's evocative imagery, ruminate on it's…
- Episode 168 First Snow - Arthur Sze
7/22/2022
Connor and Jack discuss the poem "First Snow" by Arthur Sze. They discuss life, death, being, nothingness, and all the hidden meaning waiting to leap…
- Episode 167 REBROADCAST: The Lynching Postcard, Duluth, Minnesota - Ray Gonzalez
6/24/2022
A dive into the Close Talking archives - one of the first episodes we ever recorded in which we discuss the poem "The Lynching Postcard, Duluth…
- Episode 166 Small Illuminations from REFUSE TO DISAPPEAR w/Special Guest Tara Betts
6/11/2022
Connor and Jack are joined by special guest Tara Betts to discuss the poem "Small Illuminations" from her forthcoming collection REFUSE TO DISAPPEAR…
- Episode 165 Self-Interrogation from DEAR GOD. DEAR BONES. DEAR YELLOW. w/Special Guest Noor Hindi
5/27/2022
Connor and Jack are joined by poet, essayist, and journalist Noor Hindi. They dig into the poem "Self-Interrogation," the first poem in Hindi's new…