The Fire This Time

FromPoetry Off the Shelf

Start listening View podcast show

The Fire This Time

FromPoetry Off the Shelf

ratings:

Length:

20 minutes

Released:

Jun 3, 2020

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

Gwendolyn Brooks, Elizabeth Alexander, and Haki Madhubuti on America’s perennial struggle to recognize that Black Lives Matter.

Released:

Jun 3, 2020

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (99)

Producer Helena de Groot explores the diverse world of contemporary poetry with readings by poets, interviews with critics, and short poetry documentaries. Nothing is off limits, and nobody is taken too seriously.

Skip carousel

Empire State of Mind: Take a walk through post-WWI Paris in this recently reissued Modernist epic. by Poetry Off the Shelf
41 min listen
Heroes History Forgets: Remembering Irish poet Eavan Boland, with her friends Jody Allen Randolph and Paula Meehan. by Poetry Off the Shelf
38 min listen
The Final Girl: torrin a. greathouse on public transport, horror, and the love of a chosen family. by Poetry Off the Shelf
55 min listen
Mad at the Right People: Hafizah Geter on shelves full of Black writers, forgiveness, and knowing your history. by Poetry Off the Shelf
45 min listen
Wild at the Root: Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison on Gmail poems, pot roast, and the legacy of pain. by Poetry Off the Shelf
57 min listen
A Practice of Care: EJ Koh on distance, broken English, and writing poems that forgive. by Poetry Off the Shelf
49 min listen
The Fire This Time: Gwendolyn Brooks, Elizabeth Alexander, and Haki Madhubuti on America’s perennial struggle to recognize that Black Lives Matter. by Poetry Off the Shelf
20 min listen
Creatures of Giving: Lilly Rosenberg Fellowship winner Luther Hughes on crows, processing trauma, and the allure of the wind. by Poetry Off the Shelf
50 min listen
The Bureau Under Your Bed: Interrogating the government’s half century of surveillance of Black writers. by Poetry Off the Shelf
53 min listen
I Love You, Wanda: Terrance Hayes on Wanda Coleman. Note from Terrance Hayes: “I cancelled this interview about Wanda Coleman’s work after signing the Poetry Foundation Petition. When the Foundation President and Board chair resigned, I decided to resume the interview believing the actions an indication of the PF’s willingness to change. Though I’m not yet quite convinced I should resume submitting my own poems to the magazine, I hope this interview represents a willingness to remain in dialogue as PF rises to meet the other demands and challenges. Do check out the work of Wanda Coleman." To learn more: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/LetterOfCommittment by Poetry Off the Shelf
54 min listen
You Get Proud by Practicing: Meg Day on the poetry and activism of the late Laura Hershey, lip reading in a masked world, and the joy of connection. by Poetry Off the Shelf
61 min listen
A Room of Our Own: Cornelius Eady on Sterling Brown’s South: his porch, banter, and barbershop. by Poetry Off the Shelf
44 min listen
Elegies for the Future: Lilly Rosenberg Fellowship winner Khaty Xiong on intergenerational trauma, a chicken's neck, and the long wave of grief. by Poetry Off the Shelf
50 min listen
Keep Going: A look back at the early days of the pandemic—eight poets about Zoom calls, the egg shortage, and being stranded abroad. by Poetry Off the Shelf
33 min listen
Start with One Thread: Alexandria Hall on farm sounds, solo time, and the way into a difficult poem. by Poetry Off the Shelf
39 min listen
No Place Like Home: Camille Dungy on words, home, and motherhood in times of climate collapse. by Poetry Off the Shelf
54 min listen
The Landscape Within: C. Dale Young on sugar cane fields, his favorite saint, and the machinations of the mind. by Poetry Off the Shelf
45 min listen
Save Everything: Kimiko Hahn on tie-dying on the stove, puns, and her father's things. by Poetry Off the Shelf
45 min listen
The Light is Going Out: Famous Polish poet Adam Zagajewski remembered by friend and translator Clare Cavanagh. by Poetry Off the Shelf
45 min listen
A Sea of Rhythm: Translator Emily Drumsta geeks out about the poetic patterns in the work of Iraqi modernist Nazik al Mala'ika. by Poetry Off the Shelf
45 min listen
Words in the Attic: Joy Ladin on the failures of language, courage, and the trans parable of Jonah and the Whale. by Poetry Off the Shelf
54 min listen
Better Broken Than Whole: Will Harris on mixedness, intimacy, and the music of difficult poems. by Poetry Off the Shelf
63 min listen
My Imagined Incoherence: Tracy Fuad on Yelp reviews, mortality, and the weather in her mind. by Poetry Off the Shelf
38 min listen
This Is a River: Poet and founder of Friends of the Los Angeles River Lewis MacAdams, in the words of his friend Kevin Opstedal. by Poetry Off the Shelf
49 min listen
Patterns of Memory: Natasha Trethewey on writing a memoir about her mother’s life and murder. by Poetry Off the Shelf
60 min listen
Poverty’s History, Episode 2: Let the People Speak: How two early 20th-century poets struggled with poverty and the publishing world—while facing racism and classism—to become widely read and legends to us. by Poetry Off the Shelf
77 min listen
Bird in a Drawer: Keats Conley on smelly ducks, spiders, and the limits of the human perspective. by Poetry Off the Shelf
49 min listen
Parents in a Poem: Raymond Antrobus on forgiving his dad, becoming a father, and poetry dubs on late-night BBC by Poetry Off the Shelf
61 min listen
Ghost Diplomat: Hoa Nguyen on photographs, her mother's past with the motorcycle circus, and the quiet ways to talk to ghosts. by Poetry Off the Shelf
45 min listen
My Drowning Home: Isabel Duarte-Gray on town gossip, folk remedies, and the music of Kentucky. by Poetry Off the Shelf
54 min listen

More Episodes from Poetry Off the Shelf

Skip carousel

The Fire in Which We Burn: Sara Henning on radical truth, obsessive forms, and letting go of grief. by Poetry Off the Shelf
53 min listen
My Heart and Its Borders: Philip Metres on middle age, writer's block, and praying for the people of Palestine. by Poetry Off the Shelf
65 min listen
My Awesome Stoma: April Gibson on chronic illness, religion, and being a teenage mother. by Poetry Off the Shelf
45 min listen
Working-Class Superheroes: Declan Ryan on his father's construction job, tenderness between boxers, and the inevitable tragic end. by Poetry Off the Shelf
47 min listen
All the Shiny Knives: Monica Rico on cooking, grunt work, and the heat at General Motors. by Poetry Off the Shelf
55 min listen
Let Light Form: Nam Le on commerce, irony vs. sincerity, and being in the Arctic. by Poetry Off the Shelf
70 min listen
Stay in Character: Gregory Pardlo on improv, therapy, and driving around with his father's ashes. by Poetry Off the Shelf
46 min listen
Instructions for Divorce: Caitlin Cowan on rejection, tradwives, and poems from our better self. by Poetry Off the Shelf
50 min listen
Make Art for Me: Blake Butler on complex mourning, the suicide of his wife Molly Brodak, and finding his way back. by Poetry Off the Shelf
60 min listen
Poets We Lost in 2023: Remembering the lesbian poet and activist Minnie Bruce Pratt, as well as the Palestinian poet and symbol of the resistance, Refaat Alareer. by Poetry Off the Shelf
45 min listen
The Utopian Business: Steve Zeitlin and Bob Holman on the healing act of writing, small frogs, and politics at the fiddle festival. by Poetry Off the Shelf
37 min listen
Cease and Desist: Laura Mullen on academia, death threats, and doing the next brave thing. by Poetry Off the Shelf
54 min listen
Falling Off the Stairs: Daniel Brock Johnson on risk, a T-shirt mantra, and life after the death of his friend James Foley. by Poetry Off the Shelf
46 min listen
Ghost Sister: Sebastian Merrill on the voice of his former self, the underworld, and laughing during yoga. by Poetry Off the Shelf
47 min listen
Living in And Times: Sahar Muradi on cyclical time, leather butterflies, and saying goodbye to her father. by Poetry Off the Shelf
53 min listen
Pen Pals: Sean Cole on loneliness, fear of aging, and what poems can do. by Poetry Off the Shelf
55 min listen
Notes From the Bathhouse: Eric Sneathen on queer utopia, bad writing, and San Francisco in the ’70s. by Poetry Off the Shelf
58 min listen
The Magic Section: Irène Mathieu on pediatrics, suburbs without a TV, and our body's unknown terrain. by Poetry Off the Shelf
62 min listen
My Totally Normal Crisis: Natalie Shapero on Wheel of Fortune, babysitting for her landlord, and pretending not to grieve. by Poetry Off the Shelf
45 min listen
The Eldest Daughter: Rosanna Young Oh on her parents’ grocery store, leaving poetry, and the duties of the firstborn. by Poetry Off the Shelf
32 min listen
Invisible Hands: Airea D. Matthews on self-interest, starry skies, and her parents’ fateful wedding day. by Poetry Off the Shelf
56 min listen
Chaos Reigns: Sophus Helle on empire, Calvin and Hobbes, and the world's first author. by Poetry Off the Shelf
54 min listen
The Fact of a Suitcase: Leslie Sainz on Bill O’Reilly, glassblowing, and the lure of praise. by Poetry Off the Shelf
43 min listen
Good Old Sonnet: Diane Seuss on New York in the ’70s, virtue, and her father’s early death. by Poetry Off the Shelf
46 min listen
Add Me to the Forest Floor: Katie Farris on cancer, desire, and her early-menopause care package. by Poetry Off the Shelf
55 min listen
Let the Record Hide: Paisley Rekdal on maps, Sisyphus, and the dangers of beauty. by Poetry Off the Shelf
64 min listen
As Best I Could: Aaron Smith on shame, telling the truth, and his mother's last lipstick. by Poetry Off the Shelf
62 min listen
A Human Joy: Rebecca Gayle Howell and Ashley M. Jones on working-class poems, good food, and their fathers’ bodies. by Poetry Off the Shelf
48 min listen
Center Stage: Jennifer Jean on foster care, finding her voice, and loving her father as he was. by Poetry Off the Shelf
46 min listen
Mom, I Love You: Mahogany L. Browne on her first kiss, family secrets, and having your book banned. by Poetry Off the Shelf
60 min listen

Related podcast episodes

Skip carousel

How Acclaimed TV Writer/Producer Adam Lorenzo Writes: Acclaimed TV and movie writer, Adam Lorenzo, spoke to me about owning a college bar … while still in college, his work ethic and what keeps him hustling pages, and his latest college survival guide ALL I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM MY COLLEGE BAR. by The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
50 min listen
Episode 212: Hum If You Don’t Know the Words Author Bianca Marais: Bianca Marais, author of , talks to Daniel Ford about writing stories at a young age, how mystery and detective novels influence her work, and how her upbringing in Apartheid South Africa inspired her debut novel. “If you really want it, and really... by Writer's Bone
25 min listen
Eileen Markey, The Assassination of Sister Maura: Sister Maura Clarke, a Catholic nun and three other women were assassinated by the El Salvadoran ... by Freedom Loves Company
27 min listen
Eight Iconic American Symbols with David Rubenstein: Today on Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon welcomes back David Rubenstein to talk about his new PBS series, Iconic America. by Here's Where It Gets Interesting
33 min listen
Democracy and Social Critique with Cornel West: An interview with Cornel West by New Books in Public Policy
30 min listen
Catherine Meeks, Dismantling Racism: Dr. Catherine Meeks is a retired professor of socio-cultural studies at Wesleyan College. She is ... by Freedom Loves Company
27 min listen
Women’s suffrage and the Black women left out: Today’s Post Reports takes a look at the little known story about how the 19th Amendment was ratified. And, how Black women had to keep fighting for the right to vote even after the 19th Amendment passed. by Post Reports
25 min listen
How Persistence Led to the Passage of the 19th Amendment - Giving Women the Right to Vote by The CBS Mornings Podcast
29 min listen
Nicole Krauss Reads “Long Island”: Nicole Krauss reads her story “Long Island,” which appeared in the May 22, 2023, issue of the magazine. Krauss is the author of four novels, including “The History of Love” and “Forest Dark.” Her story collection, “To Be a Man,” was published in 2020 and won the Wingate Literary Prize. by The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
46 min listen
Ep. 55 – Real Love Series: Tim DeChristopher by Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg
53 min listen
'All That She Carried' weaves together generations of Black women: Historian Tiya Miles tells the story of three generations of Black women tied together by a single cotton sack in <em>All That She Carried</em> by NPR's Book of the Day
11 min listen
Claudia Rankine: Just Us: The illustrious author, poet, and playwright, Claudia Rankine, joins us with the release of her latest book, Just Us: An American Conversation. by Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
63 min listen
#104 - The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston: On this episode we discuss our May 2020 book club pick "The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts" by Maxine Hong Kingston by Books and Boba
82 min listen
Connecting the Dots Between Reconstruction and Jim Crow by The Book Review
62 min listen
How Howard University shaped Kamala Harris: A new Senate report alleges close ties between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia. And how Sen. Kamala D. Harris was shaped by her time at the historically Black Howard University. by Post Reports
31 min listen
Claudia Rankine: There are times in life when you need to be able to live in the vision, where you are making a leap of faith into something unknowable. Claudia Rankine is a professor of the Creative Writing Program at New York University, a recipient of fellowships from the MacArthur, Guggenheim, and National Endowment of the Arts, and one of the most celebrated writers of our time. In this episode, Rankine talks about who holds the power in our democracy and what it means to earn a mother’s understanding of your work. She also reveals her superpower and the advice she would offer everyone who looks for fresh inspiration. References Jennifer Lewis August Gold Alex Poots The Shed “Ain't Nobody Got Time For That” “Animal Joy” by Nuar Alsadir Robert Wilson and Bernice Johnson Reagon's “The Temptation of St. Anthony” by Helga
48 min listen
Episode 24: The Literary Life of Sally Thomas: On today's episode of The Literary Life, Angelina and Cindy interview poet, author and mother, Sally Thomas. You can find Sally and some of her writing at . Sally talks about her early reading life beginning with her memories of her family members... by The Literary Life Podcast
101 min listen
Michelle Obama: On the very first episode of Your Mama’s Kitchen, Michelle Obama talks about her childhood in a working class family on the South Side of Chicago, and the Red Rice recipe she craves today for a taste of home. by Your Mama’s Kitchen
47 min listen
Malcolm Gladwell on “Revisionist History” and Pushkin Industries: In the final episode of the season, Cardiff Garcia is joined by Malcolm Gladwell to discuss his work as co-founder and president of the audio production company Pushkin Industries, and host of “Revisionist History,” the successful podcast in which he reconsiders overlooked or misunderstood events of the past. The conversation took place in Pushkin’s recording studio in Hudson, N.Y., with topics spanning from what it means to challenge conventional wisdom to the delicate science of “hiring nihilism.” by The Next Chapter by American Express Business Class
32 min listen
Jane Smiley: Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel by ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library
57 min listen
How to Lead with Love (even when it’s hard) | Bishop Michael Curry by Good Life Project
71 min listen
In 'Fresh Banana Leaves' an indigenous approach to fighting climate change by NPR's Book of the Day
11 min listen
The Electoral College by Throughline
57 min listen
Tom Bilyeu | How to Create Massive Impact by Good Life Project
75 min listen
Parenting Wayward Adult Children: Insights from Mary DeMuth: Parenting wayward adult children: It can feel awkward, embarrassing, delicate. Author Mary DeMuth tackles the pain, shame, and questions faced by parents whose children have left the faith, and helps you know when to speak or listen, without meddling. She... by FamilyLife Today®
28 min listen
'Under the Skin' shows how COVID exposed racial disparities in healthcare by NPR's Book of the Day
7 min listen
How We Vote by Throughline
58 min listen
This Is The Book: The Other Black Girl by The Waterstones Podcast
32 min listen
Ruth Simmons, "Up Home - One Girl's Journey" by After Words
66 min listen
Mark Christian Thompson, "Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory" (U Chicago Press, 2022): An interview with Mark Christian Thompson by New Books in Critical Theory
65 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

The Fire This Time

The Fire This Time

Description

Titles in the series (99)

More Episodes from Poetry Off the Shelf

Related podcast episodes