Episodes

  • Gina Myers: Works & Days

    Gina Myers: Works & Days
    May 27 2025
    Elizabeth Scanlon interviews Gina Myers about her new work (https://aprweb.org/poems/from-works-days) in the March/April 2025 issue from her forthcoming book Works & Days (https://radiatorpress.org/product/works-days-by-gina-myers/), as well as her other publications_ the tiny (https://www.thetinymag.com/)_ and Cul-de-Sac of Blood (https://www.culdesacofblood.com/).
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    27 mins
  • Wayne Miller on Antonio Machado

    Wayne Miller on Antonio Machado
    Apr 17 2025
    A conversation between Steven Kleinman and poet and translator Wayne Miller (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/wayne-miller), who offers an appreciation of iconic Spanish poet Antonio Machado.
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    23 mins
  • The Element Of Surprise

    The Element Of Surprise
    Apr 2 2025
    In this episode, we talk about the idea of a "speaker reveal" and other surprises, and get into the Hayden Carruth poem "Emergency Haying." (https://poets.org/poem/emergency-haying)
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    18 mins
  • Tomás Q. Morín on Gerald Stern

    Tomás Q. Morín on Gerald Stern
    Mar 5 2025
    Steven Kleinman and Tomás Q. Morín (https://www.tomasqmorin.com/About) reflect on the poems of Gerald Stern (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gerald-stern) and his influence on Morín's own work. Poems discussed include Stern's "Another Insane Devotion" (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/36843/another-insane-devotion)and "Hydrangea," as well as Stern's books Lucky Life, Lovesick, and I.
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    24 mins
  • In The Heart Of Winter

    In The Heart Of Winter
    Feb 21 2025
    On this episode, we have a reading from Alisha Dietzman (https://www.alishadietzman.com/work/circuit-y2lht), a discussion of some highlights from the January/February 2025 issue (https://the-american-poetry-review.myshopify.com/collections/issues/products/vol-54-no-1-jan-feb-2025), including Nomi Stone and Luke Hankins essay from their forthcoming anthology Breaking Into Blossom: Poems with Extraordinary Endings and a poem by Samuel Amadon. Plus: what role does poetry play now? And reading recommendations.
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    24 mins
  • Parables, the parasocial, & Whitman's bulge

    Parables, the parasocial, & Whitman's bulge
    Oct 11 2024
    On this episode, Elizabeth chats one-on-one with Jason Schneiderman (https://newjschneiderman.wordpress.com/) about his new book, Self Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire (https://bookshop.org/p/books/self-portrait-of-icarus-as-a-country-on-fire-jason-schneiderman/20915982) (Red Hen Press, 2024).
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    47 mins
  • It's Time

    It's Time
    Sep 17 2024
    On this episode, Elizabeth, Steven, and Hannah discuss prompts -- pro or con? -- and The Twenty-First Century by Jacob Eigen (https://the-american-poetry-review.myshopify.com/collections/books), the newly published winner of the 2024 APR/Honickman First Book Prize. Also, we dip into the archive for an appreciation of Alicia Jo Rabins' poem "Florida." (https://aprweb.org/poems/florida)
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    24 mins
  • Hammocks & Figs

    Hammocks & Figs
    Jul 29 2024
    The APR team is in a punchy mood on this episode; Elizabeth tries to rein in the conversation as Steven and Hannah riff on topics including Robert Lowell's revision process and the current era of political sloganeering. Also: selections from our July/August 2024 issue, with readings from Leah Umansky and Emily Skaja.
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    31 mins