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4.6

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384 reviews

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Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from Poetry Off the Shelf podcast

Stay in Character

2024/02/13

Gregory Pardlo on improv, therapy, and driving around with his father’s ashes.

Instructions for Divorce

2024/01/30

Caitlin Cowan on rejection, tradwives, and poems from our better self.

Make Art for Me

2024/01/16

Blake Butler on complex mourning, the suicide of his wife Molly Brodak, and finding his way back.

Poets We Lost in 2023

2024/01/03

Remembering the lesbian poet and activist Minnie Bruce Pratt, as well as the Palestinian poet and symbol of the resistance, Refaat Alareer.

The Utopian Business

2023/12/12

Steve Zeitlin and Bob Holman on the healing act of writing, small frogs, and politics at the fiddle festival.

Cease and Desist

2023/11/30

Laura Mullen on academia, death threats, and doing the next brave thing.

Falling Off the Stairs

2023/11/14

Daniel Brock Johnson on risk, a T-shirt mantra, and life after the death of his friend James Foley.

Ghost Sister

2023/10/31

Sebastian Merrill on the voice of his former self, the underworld, and laughing during yoga.

Living in And Times

2023/10/17

Sahar Muradi on cyclical time, leather butterflies, and saying goodbye to her father.

Pen Pals

2023/10/03

Sean Cole on loneliness, fear of aging, and what poems can do.

Notes From the Bathhouse

2023/09/19

Eric Sneathen on queer utopia, bad writing, and San Francisco in the ’70s.

The Magic Section

2023/09/05

Irène Mathieu on pediatrics, suburbs without a TV, and our body's unknown terrain.

Podcast reviews

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4.6 out of 5

384 reviews

Bethiebookworm 2023/07/19

The Best

I am a poet and avid, voracious poetry “learner,” so poetry podcasts have become essential for me. Helena de Groot is simply the best podcaster and re...

Elton Fan #1 2023/07/02

The best podcast around poetry

de Groot is simply one of the great readers of American poetry. I recommend this podcast to all of my friends.

Sarspacious 2022/02/14

A Thousand Times Thank You!

I am impressed by the care and attention that goes into creating this podcast. I am impressed each time by the thoughtful and insightful questions th...

Crowbar Man 2022/04/17

Not interested

I understand that this show captures the current popular inclinations in poetry. But I find the poems and discussions in most episodes uninteresting. ...

Tillerkins 2022/01/02

One of the best interviewers and poetry discussions

This is one of the best poetry podcasts (I’ve listened to too many). The guests write vibrant poetry across a range of styles. The host,Helena de Gr...

Gbriella 2020/08/25

Meeting new friends

I have been introduced to so many wonderful poets through this podcast.

Gopherpatrol 2021/09/21

Curtis Fox was better

The MCs are terrible. Curtis had so much better interviewing skills too. The new girls aren’t articulate at all. The 4 stars are for the content thoug...

Lizardspa 2020/05/13

Masterful

Helena de Groot is a masterful interviewer! This podcast is a treasure. Thank you!

KSB, poet 2020/07/21

The 7/21/2020 interview with William J. Maxwell

I've listened to Poetry Off the Shelf for many years and some interviews numerous times, from Curtis Fox's interview with Kay Ryan concerning Robert F...

Isaac😂 2020/02/26

Exposure and Examination

I enjoy being exposed to new poetry and poets. Hearing the conversations and insights has really helped me in examining the way I look at life and has...

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