Sandra Cisneros on Sex, Aging, and the Paranormal
Sandra Cisneros is one of America’s most celebrated coming of age writers. Her book The House on Mango Street is a staple in American classrooms and has been translated into more than 20 languages. Her...
View ArticleEllen Bass Loves Repetition
For thirty years, the poet Ellen Bass has taken the same walk almost every day, on West Cliff Drive, a road along the ocean in Santa Cruz, California. Friends and family have teased her for being stuck...
View ArticleA Listening Ritual for this Fall: Poetry Unbound
Three years ago, Krista texted Pádraig Ó Tuama with a simple question: what if he were to start a poetry podcast that listened as much as it shared? Not long after, Poetry Unbound was born, and it...
View ArticleYouth Poet Alyssa Gaines
April is National Poetry Month and The Takeaway is talking with young poets across the country. Alyssa Gaines is Urban Word’s 2022 National Youth Poet Laureate Midwest Regional Finalist. She joined the...
View ArticleYouth Poet Isabella Ramirez
April is National Poetry Month and The Takeaway is talking with young poets across the country. Isabella Ramirez is Urban Word’s 2022 National Youth Poet Laureate South Regional Finalist. She joined...
View ArticleBONUS: An Invitation from Pádraig and Krista
What do poetry, songs, and prayer have in common? While preparing for the next season of Poetry Unbound, host Pádraig Ó Tuama sat down with Krista Tippett to wonder at this mystery: that poems land in...
View ArticleJane Hirshfield – The Fullness of Things
The esteemed writer Jane Hirshfield has been a Zen monk and a visiting artist among neuroscientists. She has said this: “It’s my nature to question, to look at the opposite side. I believe that the...
View Article[Unedited] Jane Hirshfield with Krista Tippett
The esteemed writer Jane Hirshfield has been a Zen monk and a visiting artist among neuroscientists. She has said this: “It’s my nature to question, to look at the opposite side. I believe that the...
View ArticleTracy K. Smith Reads 'The Best American Poetry 2021'
Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, former Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019, author of Such Color: New and Selected Poems(Graywolf, 2021) and editor of The Best American...
View ArticleHanif Abdurraqib — Moments of Shared Witnessing
Hanif Abdurraqib’s writing is filled with lyricism, rhythm, people and precision. In his essays and poetry, he introduces readers to a soundscape of Black performance and Black joy: we hear hip-hop and...
View Article[Unedited] Hanif Abdurraqib with Pádraig Ó Tuama
Hanif Abdurraqib’s writing is filled with lyricism, rhythm, people and precision. In his essays and poetry, he introduces readers to a soundscape of Black performance and Black joy: we hear hip-hop and...
View ArticleFrom Poetry Unbound: Ada Limón — “Wonder Woman”
We’re happy to share the first episode of the new season of Poetry Unbound with host Pádraig Ó Tuama. This poem by Ada Limón tells the story of a person living with invisible chronic pain who finds...
View ArticlePoetry Challenge: Answer A Question You Want to Be Asked
We’ve been inviting people to write and share their own poems in honor of National Poetry Month. And we’re learning that for some of you, isolation is stirring long-dormant creative impulses.Last week...
View ArticleYour Poetry About What A Month It's Been, Plus A New Prompt
WNYC is inviting listeners to take part in our National Poetry Month Challenge. Hear one poet read their entry in response to our first prompt: "What a Difference a Month Makes."You can read Mark...
View ArticleApril Poetry Challenge: Let's Write Through This Moment
A month ago, if someone said, “The news feels all-consuming right now!” they could have been referring to any number of stories. But right now, people all over the world are consumed with...
View ArticleVijay Seshadri Reads Sylvia Plath
Vijay Seshadri joins Kevin Young to read “The Moon and the Yew Tree,” by Sylvia Plath, and his own poem “Cliffhanging.” Seshadri is a poet whose work has been honored with the James Laughlin Award and...
View ArticleBrenda Shaughnessy
Paper cut on eyeball.Brenda Shaughnessy is a poet. Her most recent book is The Octopus Museum.Join the 10 Things That Scare Me conversation, and tell us your fears here.And follow 10 Things That Scare...
View ArticleAn American Sonnet by Terrance Hayes
Right after the 2016 election, Terrance Hayes began writing a series of poems that all shared the title “American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin.” The poems use a traditional form to describe...
View ArticlePoetry Challenge: Spring Inspiration
As National Poetry Month comes to an end, listeners submitted their poems for WNYC's last prompt of the month: Send us your best original poem about spring.Read some listener submissions below, and...
View ArticlePoetry Challenge: Showing Your Bodega Some Poetry-Month Love
It's Week Two of WNYC's poetry challenges, in honor of National Poetry Month. The prompt: Send us your best original poem about a bodega.Read some listener submissions below, and get ready to submit...
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