Nick Flynn joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Zoë Hitzig’s poem “Objectivity as Blanket" and his own poem “The King of Fire.” Flynn's latest poetry collection is “My Feelings"; he will publish two new books, "Stay" and "I Will Destroy You," in 2019. Flynn has received the Erikson Institute Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media, as well as awards and fellowships from PEN, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Library of Congress.
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The New Yorker: Poetry Folgen
Readings and conversation with The New Yorker's poetry editor, Kevin Young.
Folgen von The New Yorker: Poetry
113 Folgen
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Folge vom 19.09.2018Nick Flynn Reads Zoë Hitzig
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Folge vom 21.08.2018Catherine Barnett Reads Wislawa SzymborskaCatherine Barnett joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Wislawa Szymborska's poem "Maybe All This" (translated, from the Polish, by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Barańczak) and her own poem "Son in August." Barnett is the author of the poetry collections "Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced," "The Game of Boxes," and "Human Hours," out in September. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Folge vom 27.07.2018Nicole Sealey Reads Ellen BassNicole Sealey joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Ellen Bass' poem "Indigo" and her own poem “A Violence." Sealey is the executive director at the Cave Canem Foundation and the author of the poetry collection "Ordinary Beast." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Folge vom 20.06.2018Tiana Clark Reads Natasha TretheweyTiana Clark joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Natasha Trethewey's poem "Repentance," and her own poem, "Nashville." Tiana Clark is the author of the chapbook "Equilibrium," which won the 2016 Frost Place Chapbook Prize. Her first full-length book of poems, "I Can't Talk About the Trees Without the Blood," winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize, will be published in September. Natasha Trethewey won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her collection "Native Guard," and was the United States Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014. Her most recent book is "Thrall." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices