1530 Episodes

  1. 1200: Lying My Head Off by Cate Marvin

    Published: 9/20/2024

  2. 1199: Homo naledi by Sara Borjas

    Published: 9/19/2024

  3. 1198: The Big People by César Vallejo, translated by James Wright

    Published: 9/18/2024

  4. 1197: March, the Garden by Chera Hammons

    Published: 9/17/2024

  5. 1196: A Conversation between Women by Jennifer Chang

    Published: 9/16/2024

  6. [encore] 1165: Pando Aspen Clone by Jacqueline Balderrama

    Published: 9/13/2024

  7. [encore] 1063: Love Poem by Sophie Cabot Black

    Published: 9/12/2024

  8. [encore] 1138: Orientation by Cindy Juyoung Ok

    Published: 9/11/2024

  9. [encore] 926: from "The Garden of Limbs" by Cristina Pérez Díaz

    Published: 9/10/2024

  10. [encore] 1103: Chaos Theory by Clint Smith

    Published: 9/9/2024

  11. [encore] 1125: English by Janel Pineda

    Published: 9/6/2024

  12. [encore] 1097: Mercy, Mercy Me by Olatunde Osinaike

    Published: 9/5/2024

  13. [encore] 932: Letter to my sister by Trapeta B. Mayson

    Published: 9/4/2024

  14. [encore] 1093: When Your Month is Lonely… by Christine Kwon

    Published: 9/3/2024

  15. [encore] 1117: I Am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

    Published: 9/2/2024

  16. 1195: First Kiss by Rooja Mohassessy

    Published: 8/30/2024

  17. 1194: Theories of Influence by Anselm Berrigan

    Published: 8/29/2024

  18. 1193: Chanson d’automne by Paul Verlaine, with special guest Jacques Pépin

    Published: 8/28/2024

  19. 1192: Narcissus and the Namesake River by Reginald Shepherd

    Published: 8/27/2024

  20. 1191: For Mac Miller and 2009 by Kayleb Rae Candrilli

    Published: 8/26/2024

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