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Readings and conversations with The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young.
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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.
Raymond Antrobus Reads John Lee Clark
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “A Protactile Version of ‘Tintern Abbey,’ ” and his own poem “Signs, Music.”
Amy Woolard Reads Charles Wright
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Via Negativa,” by Charles Wright, and her own poem “Late Shift.”
José Antonio Rodríguez Reads Naomi Shihab Nye
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “World of the future, we thirsted,” by Naomi Shihab Nye, and his own poem “Tender.”
Ada Limón Reads Carrie Fountain
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “You Belong to the World,” by Carrie Fountain, and her own poem “Hell or High Water.”
Donika Kelly Reads Mary Oliver
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “One Hundred White-Sided Dolphins on a Summer Day,” by Mary Oliver, and her own poem “Sixteen Center.”
Richie Hofmann Reads Henri Cole
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Twilight,” by Henri Cole, and his own poem “French Novel.”
Bianca Stone Reads Franz Wright
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Learning to Read,” by Franz Wright, and her own poem “What’s Poetry Like?”
Evie Shockley Reads Rita Dove
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Hattie McDaniel Arrives at the Coconut Grove,” by Rita Dove, and her own poem “the blessings.”
Dorothea Lasky Reads Louise Bogan
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Three Songs,” by Louise Bogan, and her own poem “The Green Lake.”
Diane Mehta Reads Eavan Boland
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Lost Art of Letter Writing,” by Eavan Boland, and her own poem “Landscape with Double Bow.”
Adrienne Su Reads Maxine Kumin
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Longing to Be Saved,” by Maxine Kumin, and her own poem “The Days.”
David Baker Reads Stanley Plumly
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “In Passing,” by Stanley Plumly, and his own poem “Six Notes.”
Kate Baer Reads Ellen Bass
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Morning After,” by Ellen Bass, and her own poem “Mixup.”
Tributaries: A Conversation with Robin Coste Lewis
The poet joins Kevin Young to read from and discuss her latest book, “To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness.”
Sandra Cisneros Reads José Antonio Rodríguez
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Shelter,” by José Antonio Rodríguez, and her own poem “Tea Dance, Provincetown, 1982.”
Diane Seuss Reads Jane Huffman
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Ode,” by Jane Huffman, and her own poem “Gertrude Stein.”
Saeed Jones Reads Deborah Digges
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Wind Blows Through the Doors of My Heart,” by Deborah Digges, and his own poem “A Spell to Banish Grief.”
Eileen Myles Reads Joy Harjo
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Without,” by Joy Harjo, and their own poem “Dissolution.”
Christian Wiman Reads Patrizia Cavalli
The poet joins Kevin Young to discuss “Far from Kingdoms” and “Outside, in Fact, There Wasn’t Any Change,” by Patrizia Cavalli, translated by Judith Baumel, and also his own poem “Eating Grapes Downward.”