The American Poetry Review
Displaying items 1-10 of 18 in total of The American Poetry Review with the tag "literature".
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Gina Myers: Works & Days
May 26th, 2025 | 27 mins 16 secs
arts, culture, literature, poems, poetics, poetry, story
Elizabeth Scanlon interviews Gina Myers about her new work in the March/April 2025 issue from her forthcoming book Works & Days, as well as her other publications the tiny and Cul-de-Sac of Blood.
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Wayne Miller on Antonio Machado
April 17th, 2025 | 22 mins 59 secs
arts, culture, literature, poems, poetics, poetry, story
A conversation between Steven Kleinman and poet and translator Wayne Miller, who offers an appreciation of iconic Spanish poet Antonio Machado.
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The Element Of Surprise
April 2nd, 2025 | 17 mins 59 secs
arts, culture, literature, poems, poetics, poetry, story
In this episode, we talk about the idea of a "speaker reveal" and other surprises, and get into the Hayden Carruth poem "Emergency Haying."
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Tomás Q. Morín on Gerald Stern
March 5th, 2025 | 23 mins 42 secs
arts, culture, literature, poems, poetics, poetry, story
Steven Kleinman and Tomás Q. Morín reflect on the poems of Gerald Stern and his influence on Morín's own work. Poems discussed include Stern's "Another Insane Devotion" and "Hydrangea," as well as Stern's books Lucky Life, Lovesick, and I.
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In The Heart Of Winter
February 21st, 2025 | 24 mins 21 secs
arts, culture, literature, poems, poetics, poetry, story
What role does poetry play now? And reading recommendations.
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It's Time
September 17th, 2024 | 23 mins 54 secs
arts, culture, literature, poems, poetics, poetry, story
On this episode, Elizabeth, Steven, and Hannah discuss prompts -- pro or con? -- and The Twenty-First Century by Jacob Eigen, the newly published winner of the 2024 APR/Honickman First Book Prize.
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Hammocks & Figs
July 29th, 2024 | 31 mins 11 secs
arts, culture, literature, poems, poetics, poetry, story
The APR team is in a punchy mood on this episode; Elizabeth tries to rein in the conversation as Steven and Hannah riff on topics including Robert Lowell's revision process and the current era of political sloganeering. Also: selections from our July/August 2024 issue, with readings from Leah Umansky and Emily Skaja.
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In Praise of Prose
June 18th, 2024 | 30 mins 39 secs
arts, culture, literature, poems, poetics, poetry, story
In this episode, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Steven are thinking about prose poems -- how do they differ from other short forms, like flash fiction or the micro-essay?
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Poets in Springtime
April 8th, 2024 | 31 mins 23 secs
arts, culture, literature, poems, poetics, poetry, story
Join us as we revel in the intricate thought processes of some of our March/April 2024 contributors, Catherine Barnett, Omotara James, and Fritz Ward.
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Ways, Shapes, and Forms
February 21st, 2024 | 27 mins 28 secs
arts, culture, literature, poems, poetics, poetry, story
In this episode, we're talking about the January/February 2024 issue and appreciating some formal choices in poetry.