web02.fireside.fm Thu, 14 May 2026 06:01:22 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Poetry For All - Episodes Tagged with “Science” https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/tags/science Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0500 This podcast is for those who already love poetry and for those who know very little about it. In this podcast, we read a poem, discuss it, see what makes it tick, learn how it works, grow from it, and then read it one more time. Introducing our brand new Poetry For All website: https://poetryforallpod.com! Please visit the new website to learn more about our guests, search for thematic episodes (ranging from Black History Month to the season of autumn), and subscribe to our newsletter. en-us episodic Finding Our Way Into Great Poems Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen This podcast is for those who already love poetry and for those who know very little about it. In this podcast, we read a poem, discuss it, see what makes it tick, learn how it works, grow from it, and then read it one more time. Introducing our brand new Poetry For All website: https://poetryforallpod.com! Please visit the new website to learn more about our guests, search for thematic episodes (ranging from Black History Month to the season of autumn), and subscribe to our newsletter. no poetry, poems, literature, teaching, education Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen vanengen@wustl.edu Episode 87: Monica Ong, Her Gaze https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/87 088b9310-9095-4ef7-b2d9-5b2739ccb626 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0500 Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen full 6 Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen In this episode, Monica Ong joins us to discuss "Her Gaze," a visual poem that celebrates the achievements of astronomer Caroline Herschel. "Her Gaze" appears in _Planetaria_, Ong's new collection that merges archival materials with striking lyric poems. 35:21 no <p>In this episode, Monica Ong joins us to discuss "Her Gaze," a visual poem that celebrates the achievements of astronomer Caroline Herschel. "Her Gaze" appears in <em>Planetaria</em>, Ong's new collection that merges archival materials with striking lyric poems. </p> <p>Monica Ong is the author of two books: <a href="https://korepress.org/product/silent-anatomies-by-monica-ong" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>Silent Anatomies</em></a>, which was the winner of the Kore Press First Book Award in 2015; and <em>Planetaria</em>, which will be released in May 2025. Last year, Ong was named a United States Artists Fellow. Ong’s visual poetry has been published in many literary magazines and exhibited in galleries and museums all over the world.</p> <p>To learn more about Ong's work, please visit her <a href="https://www.monicaong.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">website</a>. </p> <p>To purchase a copy of <em>Planetaria</em>, visit the <a href="https://www.proximavera.com/publication" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Proxima Vera website</a>. </p> science, wonder, children, word and image, visual poetry, ekphrasis, free verse In this episode, Monica Ong joins us to discuss "Her Gaze," a visual poem that celebrates the achievements of astronomer Caroline Herschel. "Her Gaze" appears in Planetaria, Ong's new collection that merges archival materials with striking lyric poems.

Monica Ong is the author of two books: Silent Anatomies, which was the winner of the Kore Press First Book Award in 2015; and Planetaria, which will be released in May 2025. Last year, Ong was named a United States Artists Fellow. Ong’s visual poetry has been published in many literary magazines and exhibited in galleries and museums all over the world.

To learn more about Ong's work, please visit her website.

To purchase a copy of Planetaria, visit the Proxima Vera website.

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Monica Ong is the author of two books: Silent Anatomies, which was the winner of the Kore Press First Book Award in 2015; and Planetaria, which will be released in May 2025. Last year, Ong was named a United States Artists Fellow. Ong’s visual poetry has been published in many literary magazines and exhibited in galleries and museums all over the world.

To learn more about Ong's work, please visit her website.

To purchase a copy of Planetaria, visit the Proxima Vera website.

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