In this episode we talk about a recent article by Matthew Zapruder from the New York Times, "Understanding Poetry Is More Straightforward Than You Think," which gets us thinking about how schools teach poetry, what it means for poetry to be "obscure," poetic tradition, and whether there is value in making poetry straightforward. We do get kind of critical of the article, but hopefully we add to the discussion more than just bitch about the article.
Episode 49: Should Poets Have Day Jobs?
Episode 48: Poetry Travel and Troubadours with Benjamin Aleshire
Episode 47: Bookmaking and Letterpress with Peter Anderson
Episode 46: Love Poetry
Episode 45: Found Poetry with Chris Sullivan
Episode 44: Poetry or Death: a conversation with Óscar Saavedra Villarroel
Episode 43: The Intersection of Songwriting & Poetry with Jamie Bernstein
Episode 42: Poetry Communities & Translation with Mark Statman
Episode 41: Chris Champagne
Episode 40: 6 Poets You May Not Have Heard of with guests Laura Mattingly & Raina Zelinski
Episode 39: Newspaper Poetry
Episode 38: Christmas Episode with Jimmy Ross
Episode 37: 6 Poets You May Not Have Heard of with guest Megan Burns
Episode 36: Alfred Leslie's Films with Poets
Episode 35: Quantifying Poetry, Modern Sonnets, and Poetry-Writing Parties
Episode 34: Danny Kerwick Tribute
Episode 33: Dada Collage, the Personal Universe Deck, and Transcribing Poetry in the International Phonetic Alphabet
Episode 32: Bill Lavender
Episode 31: Poetry Festival in Uruguay
Episode 30: Typewriter Poets
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