Poetry For All
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Displaying 4 items of Poetry For All with the tag "city".
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Episode 113: Langston Hughes, Theme for English B
August 27th, 2026 | 24 mins 36 secs
african american, black history month, city, dialogue, free verse, harlem renaissance, twentieth century
In this episode, we read one of Langston Hughes's most famous poems. We discuss Hughes's conversational style, how he evokes the topography of Harlem, and the way the poetic speaker addresses the power dynamics of the classroom.
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Episode 67: Alex Dimitrov, Winter Solstice
December 18th, 2023 | Season 6 | 24 mins 27 secs
21st century, city, free verse, hope, intimacy, lgbtqia month, loneliness, night, winter
In this episode, we read and discuss a poem that provides a powerful meditation on the longest night of the year.
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Episode 54: Carl Phillips, To Autumn
November 21st, 2022 | Season 5 | 24 mins 47 secs
21st century, autumn, black history month, city, free verse, guest on the show, intimacy, lgbtqia month, nature poetry, night, ode, restlessness, spirituality
In this episode, we talk with David Baker about "To Autumn" by Carl Phillips, exploring the way Phillips masterfully achieves a sense of intimacy and restlessness in a lyric ode that tosses between two parts while incorporating the sonnet tradition.
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Episode 51: Martín Espada, Jumping Off the Mystic Tobin Bridge
October 10th, 2022 | Season 5 | 30 mins 20 secs
21st century, anger, city, guest on the show, hispanic heritage month, laborers, narrative, repetition or refrain, social justice and advocacy
In this episode, we talk with the 2021 winner of the National Book Award, Martín Espada, about narrative poetry, poetry of engagement, and the witness of poetry as a work of advocacy.