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170 episodes
Language
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Kelly Writers HouseExplicit
Yes
Date created
2011/04/11
Latest episode
2026/08/05
Average duration
61 min.
Release period
36 days
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PoemTalk at the Writers House, hosted by Al Filreis and based at Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. PoemTalk is a collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing and Jacket2.org.
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Episode 220 - You who are skilled with the songs
2026/08/05
Sophia DuRose, Gabrielle Woolley, and Jon Hoel join Al Filreis in the Wexler Studio at Kelly Writers House to discuss two poems by Genevieve Taggard, "Funeral in May" and "Long View."
Episode 219 - Be on good terms with your scars
2026/06/29
Jake Marmer, Sophia DuRose, Michelle Taransky, and Ken Paul Rosenthal join Al Filreis in the Wexler Studio at Kelly Writers House to discuss two poems by Julia Vinograd, "Personal Poem" and "For Schindler's List and Other Things."
Episode 218 - One song worth singing
2026/05/26
George Fragopoulos, Chloe Tsolakoglou, and Christos Kalli join Al Filreis in the Wexler Studio at Kelly Writers House to discuss two sections from Book One and Two of George Economou's Ameriki.
Episode 217 - Turn your life into a book
2026/05/06
Pattie McCarthy, Sophia DuRose, and Elizabeth Willis join Al Filreis in the Wexler Studio at Kelly Writers House to discuss Willis's "To Be Longing" and "Motion Pictures" from Liontaming in America.
Episode 216 - The impalpable fog
2026/03/23
Claire Marie Stancek, Sarah Riggs, and Laynie Browne join Al Filreis in the Wexler Studio at Kelly Writers House to discuss Etel Adnan's "Return from London."
Episode 215 - Knot know now
2026/02/26
Sarah Riggs, Laynie Browne, and Lee Ann Brown join Al Filreis at the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation in New York City for a discussion of two poems by Stacy Doris: "Menage a trois" and "Month of Valentines."
Episode 214 - The game is always on
2026/01/17
Ernest Hilbet, Guy D'Annolfo, and Larry Robin join Al Filreis in the Writers House's Wexler Studio for a discussion of three poems by Thomas Devaney from Getting to Philadelphia (Hanging Loose Press, 2019): "The Blue Stoop," "Oregon Avenue," and "A Week in the Childhood of W.C. Fields."
Episode 213 - Momentary resting place
2026/01/04
Charles Bernstein, Ariel Resnikoff, and Nicole Peyrafitte join Al Filreis for a special live taping in the Writers House's Arts Cafe to discuss two poems by recently departed poets Pierre Joris ("The word, the mawqif") and Jerome Rothenberg ("A letter to Paul Celan, in memory").
Episode 212 - Reflection affliction
2025/11/03
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss three poems from George Quasha's Hearing Other, the latest in his extensive Preverbs series: "Mind-degradable theory," "Verb at first sight," and "(Dis)play."
Episode 211 - No snake no slick no stone
2025/09/22
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems by Ed Roberson: "The Motorcycle Crossing" and "To See the Earth Before the End of the World."
Episode 210 - Make touch poems
2025/08/26
The group convenes for a special live PoemTalk discussion of Muriel Rukeyser's "Waking This Morning."
Episode 209 - F*** no to all that
2025/06/27
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss three poems from Sadie Dupuis's "Cry Perfume."
Episode 208 - Vainglories of this Capitol
2025/05/06
The group convenes for a special live session on the late Tyrone Williams's "Charon on the Potomac."
Episode 207 - Words were gods
2025/04/15
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Rae Armantrout's "Further Thought" and "Here I Go."
Episode 206 - The sonnet is wrong
2025/03/28
The group gathers in the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Lewis Warsh's "Polar Night."
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Sahlore 2025/04/09
For poets and the poetry curious
This is a wonderful podcast for those interested in learning an approach to contemporary poetry, often through “difficult“ poems, that encourages a va...
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