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The Poet and the Saint
from Poetry Off the Shelf on January 29, 2009
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The untold story of Czeslaw Milosz's rancor toward a Holocaust hero.
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Romantic or Plain Erotic
from Poetry Off the Shelf on January 26, 2009
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Talking Valentine's Day poems with Ange Mlinko.
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Remembering Denmark's Greatest Poet
from Poetry Off the Shelf on January 12, 2009
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On the occasion of Danish poet Inger Christensen's death, a few of her fans gather together to read and discuss her work.
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Robert Hass
from Poetry Off the Shelf on November 15, 2007
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The 2007 National Book Award winner reads three poems.
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Love in the Age of Global Warming
from Poetry Off the Shelf on October 24, 2007
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Two poems by D.A. Powell.
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“To Wear Words in the Plainest Light”
from Poetry Off the Shelf on October 11, 2007
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Anne Stevenson on Welsh prosody, Elizabeth Bishop, and winning the Neglected Masters Award.
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A Straight Man's Epiphany in a Gay Bar
from Poetry Off the Shelf on October 04, 2007
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Terrance Hayes explores relationships between men.
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The Poetry Assassination of Kenneth Koch
from Poetry Off the Shelf on September 12, 2007
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Ron Padgett and Andrei Codrescu recount a faked assassination attempt on Kenneth Koch at St. Mark's Church.
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Tough Poem? Call the Poet
from Poetry Off the Shelf on September 06, 2007
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Dean Young talks about writing toward the invisible reader.
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Breaking Down the Fourth Wall
from Poetry Off the Shelf on August 17, 2007
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Nick Flynn gets confrontational.
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Charles Simic
from Poetry Off the Shelf on August 10, 2007
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Talking with the new poet laureate.
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Just Beyond the Fare Boxes
from Poetry Off the Shelf on August 01, 2007
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What New Yorkers really think about poems on the subway.
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Enough with the Poetry Already!
from Poetry Off the Shelf on July 26, 2007
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A reading by Naeem Murr from his essay "My Poet." From the July / August issue of Poetry.
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The New Latino Poetry
from Poetry Off the Shelf on July 18, 2007
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A conversation with Francisco Aragón, editor of the anthology The Wind Shifts. Audio for this podcast courtesy of e-poets.
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Alexander Pope as Home Boy
from Poetry Off the Shelf on July 12, 2007
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Stephen Burt on the qualities shared by hip-hop and 18th century verse.
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