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Readings and conversations with The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young.

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Poetry Podcast

Patricia Lockwood Reads Elizabeth Bishop

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “In the Waiting Room,” by Elizabeth Bishop, and her own poem “Love Poem Like We Used to Write It.”

Poetry Podcast

Traci Brimhall Reads Thomas Lux

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Refrigerator, 1957,” by Thomas Lux, and her own poem “Love Poem Without a Drop of Hyperbole in It.”

Poetry Podcast

Henri Cole Reads Louise Glück

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Vita Nova” by Louise Glück, and his own poem “Figs.”

Poetry Podcast

Bruce Smith Reads Mary Ruefle

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Open Letter to My Ancestors” by Mary Ruefle, and his own poem “The Game.”

Poetry Podcast

Garrett Hongo Reads Charles Wright

The poet joins Kevin Young to read “T’ang Notebook,” by Charles Wright, and his own poem “On Emptiness.”

Poetry Podcast

Sasha Debevec-McKenney Reads Gabrielle Calvocoressi

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Hammond B3 Organ Cistern,” by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, and her own poem “Kaepernick.”

Poetry Podcast

Megan Fernandes Reads Hala Alyan

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Half-Life in Exile,” by Hala Alyan, and her own poem “On Your Departure to California.”

Poetry Podcast

Erika Meitner Reads Philip Levine

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “What Work Is,” by Philip Levine, and her own poem “To Gather Together.”

Poetry Podcast

David St. John Reads Larry Levis

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Picking Grapes in an Abandoned Vineyard,” by Larry Levis, and his own poem “The Shore.”

Poetry Podcast

Edward Hirsch Reads Gerald Stern

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “96 Vandam,” by Gerald Stern, and his own poem “Man on a Fire Escape.”

Poetry Podcast

Jericho Brown Reads Elizabeth Alexander

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “When,” by Elizabeth Alexander, and his own poem “Colosseum.”

Poetry Podcast

Kevin Young and Deborah Garrison Discuss “A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker”

The poets talk about “A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker.”

Poetry Podcast

Dobby Gibson Reads Diane Seuss

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Wireless Warning System.”

Poetry Podcast

Rae Armantrout Reads Dorothea Lasky

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Mother,” by Dorothea Lasky, and her own poem “Finally.”

Poetry Podcast

Jim Moore Reads Jane Mead

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I wonder if I will miss the moss,” by Jane Mead, and his own poem “Mother.”

Poetry Podcast

Amber Tamblyn Reads Didi Jackson

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Dahlias,” by Didi Jackson, and her poem “This Living.”

Poetry Podcast

Valzhyna Mort Reads Victoria Amelina and Wisława Szymborska

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss her translation of “Testimonies,” by Amelina, and Clare Cavanaugh’s translation of “Map,” by Szymborska.