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

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Robert von Hallberg, Charles Altieri, and Marjorie Perloff.

Published 06/28/23

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Published 06/28/23

The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Brooke O’Harra, Michelle Taransky, and Chris Funkhouser.

Published 05/22/23

Present Plans Succeed: A discussion of Dodie Bellamy’s “Vomit Journal”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Chantine Akiyama Poh, Henry Steinberg, and Murat Nemet-Nejat.

Published 04/17/23

Woot of the Century: A discussion of “Welter” and “Static” by Douglas Kearney

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Divya Victor, Whitney Trettien, and Dagmawi Woubshet.

Published 03/17/23

Rhetorical Happenings: A discussion of Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light.”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Bethany Swann, Jonathan Dick, and Kate Colby.

Published 02/24/23

Nothing Made of Ink: A discussion of seven poems by Lisa Fishman

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lisa Fishman, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Laynie Browne.

Published 01/11/23

Untranslatable: A discussion of Armand Schwerner’s “Tablet 25” & “‘daddy, can you staple these two stars together to make an airplane?’”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Pierre Joris, and Charles Bernstein.

Published 12/22/22

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Published 12/22/22

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Published 12/22/22

Downgraded to Scribble: A discussion of four poems from Dead Winter by Matvei Yankelevich

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ahmad Almallah, Huda Fakhreddine, and Kevin Platt.

Published 11/25/22

Paw Mouthings: A discussion of Maggie O’Sullivan’s “Hill Figures” and “To Our Own Day”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Julia Bloch, Charles Bernstein, and Eric Falci. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Published 10/31/22

Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Carlos Decena, Dagmawi Woubshet, and Abdulhamit Arvas.

Published 09/28/22

Composition of Life, as Life: A discussion of Joan Retallack’s The Poethical Wager (a several-page excerpt)

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joan Retallack, erica kaufman, and Laynie Browne.

Published 08/26/22

Girls in the Supply Chain: A discussion of Sawako Nakayasu’s book Some Girls Walk into the Country Where They Are From

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Caroline Bergvall, Henry Steinberg, and Bethany Swann.

Published 07/25/22

When a Name Falls from a Face: A discussion of a selection from Divya Victor’s book Curb

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Timothy Yu, Josephine Nock-Hee Park, and Piyali Bhattacharya.

Published 06/15/22

Trance of Language: A discussion of “Sleeping with the Dictionary” & “Dim Lady” from Sleeping with the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Maxe Crandall, Larissa Lai, and Julia Bloch.

Published 05/23/22

Teach Us Love: A discussion of “Language” and “The Anatomy of Monotony” by Eugene Ostachevsky

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Matvei Yankelevich, Ahmad Almallah, and Kevin Platt.

Published 04/22/22

Better To Lose & Win: A discussion of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lee Ann Brown, Kristen Gallagher, Laynie Browne.

Published 03/14/22

Far in Toward the Far End: A discussion of George Quasha’s “preverbs.”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Charles Bernstein, Laynie Browne, and Anthony Elms.

Published 02/11/22

Hot and Cold: A discussion of Jayne Cortez’s “She Got He Got”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Yolanda Wisher, Amber Rose Johnson, and Daniel Bergmann.

Published 01/14/22

Must It Ring True: A discussion of Myung Mi Kim’s “And Sing We”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jack Giesking, Jonathan Dick, and erica kaufman.

Published 12/22/21

Coup Created by Our Thoughts: A discussion of “Colliding and Not Colliding at the Same Time” by Cecilia Vicuña

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jena Osman, Edwin Torres, and Huda Fakhreddine.

Published 11/24/21

Punch Fascists: A discussion of “Yes I Do Want to Punch” by Stephen Collis

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Pattie McCarthy, Kate Colby, and Lily Applebaum.

Published 10/18/21