The New Yorker: Poetry

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  • Readings and conversation with The New Yorker's poetry editor, Kevin Young.
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  • David St. John Reads Larry Levis

    David St. John Reads Larry Levis
    Apr 23 2025

    David St. John joins Kevin Young to read “Picking Grapes in an Abandoned Vineyard,” by Larry Levis, and his own poem “The Shore.” St. John is the author of many poetry collections and the recipient of honors including the Rome Fellowship and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the O. B. Hardison Prize from the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the George Drury Smith Award from Beyond Baroque. He’s also the editor of “Swirl & Vortex,” a volume of collected poems by the late Larry Levis, forthcoming in 2026.

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    42 mins
  • Edward Hirsch Reads Gerald Stern

    Edward Hirsch Reads Gerald Stern
    Mar 26 2025

    Edward Hirsch joins Kevin Young to read, “96 Vandam,” by Gerald Stern, and his own poem “Man on a Fire Escape.” Hirsch's honors include a MacArthur Fellowship, a National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pablo Neruda International Presidential Medal of Honor, and a National Jewish Book Award.

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    31 mins
  • Jericho Brown Reads Elizabeth Alexander

    Jericho Brown Reads Elizabeth Alexander
    Feb 26 2025

    Jericho Brown joins Kevin Young to read, “When,” by Elizabeth Alexander, and his own poem, “Colosseum.” Jericho Brown, who received the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for his collection “The Tradition.” He’s a 2024 MacArthur Fellow and a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.

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    36 mins
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Depth, richness, and accessibility

My first time to listen to this podcast. WOW. The poem came alive and surprised me with a sense of its grief - and beautifully rendered and opened up with depth and richness by Saeed Jones.

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Exceptional

Love hearing the master poets read others work and their own but I especially love the analysis, allowing me to join in with them and compare my own interpretations with theirs as if being in a graduate level poetry class. Stimulating and fascinating.

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