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Sharpen Your Tongue
Welcome to Sharpen Your Tongue, a podcast aimed at making poetry accessible and fun. Each episode, we’ll do a deep dive into a favorite poem, investigating its rhythm and imagery, and breaking down how and why that particular work enchants us.
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This podcast is exactly what the doctor ordered. Two smart, compelling, and hilarious women, early in their careers as writers, who read and reflect in each episode on a single poem. Their interpretations are deep and Francesca and Tory don’t waste time. While the dialogue doesn’t feel rushed,...Read full review »
atwoow via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/29/21
Recent Episodes
For a very special seventh episode, we are joined by Galway writer Caileigh Ryan to discuss Philip Larkin's famous meditation on death, Aubade. Listen now as we drink hot whiskeys and consider how the poem treats death as a lover, whether Larkin should be read in an Irish accent, and why this...
Published 10/21/21
Published 10/21/21
Ada Limón's "Late Summer After a Panic Attack" is a poem rich in disquiet and suburban claustrophobia. Join us as we discuss Limón's mastery of stillness, and whether or not we should get these lines as a tattoo: "What if I want to go devil instead?/ Bow down to the madness that makes...
Published 09/04/21
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