The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”

FromPoem Talk

Start listening View podcast show

The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”

FromPoem Talk

ratings:

Length:

52 minutes

Released:

May 22, 2023

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Brooke O’Harra, Michelle Taransky, and Chris Funkhouser.

Released:

May 22, 2023

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (99)

Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Tracie Morris, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, Charles Bernstein, Sawako Nakayasu, Simone White, and others.

Skip carousel

Me No One Will Take: A Discussion of Kathy Acker's "The Diseased" and "The Slave Trader": Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Maria Damon, Catherine Wagner, and Kaplan Harris. by Poem Talk
41 min listen
I Mean Only Means: A discussion of Kate Colby's I Mean.: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring poets Siobhan Phillips, Emily Harnett, and Joseph Massey by Poem Talk
37 min listen
The Body in Pain: A discussion of Gill Ott's "The Forgotten": Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jenn McCreary, Pattie McCarthy, and Frank Sherlock. by Poem Talk
30 min listen
Requiem So Sweet We Forgot What It Lamented: A Discussion of Nathaniel Mackey's "Day after Day of the Dead": Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring William J. Harris, Tsitsi Jaji, Herman Beavers. by Poem Talk
37 min listen
Mind’s Not Right: A Discussion of Robert Lowell's "Skunk Hour": Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Rafael Campo, Elisa New, and Christina Davis. by Poem Talk
45 min listen
A Retrospective: A Discussion of Previous Episodes with Seven Poets: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring William J. Harris, Tracie Morris, Erica Kaufman, Steve McLaughlin, Herman Beavers, Maria Damon & Charles Bernstein. by Poem Talk
90 min listen
I too received identity: A Discussion of Rob Fitterman’s Sprawl: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Michelle Taransky, Laynie Browne, and Rodrigo Toscano. by Poem Talk
35 min listen
An Abductee, in Theory: A discussion of Bob Perelman’s “Confession”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Kathy Lou Schultz, Kristen Gallagher, and Bruce Andrews. by Poem Talk
46 min listen
Swear It Closed: A Discussion of Simone White’s book Of Being Dispersed: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Eileen Myles, Rachel Zolf, and erica kaufman. by Poem Talk
38 min listen
The Unabettable Bleak: A Discussion of Four Poems by William Bronk: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joseph Massey, Julia Bloch, and Michelle Gil-Montero. by Poem Talk
40 min listen
Weakness Stalks in Pride: A Discussion of James Weldon Johnson's “O Southland!”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Herman Beavers, Salamishah Tillet, Chris Mustazza. by Poem Talk
46 min listen
Dreams Not Spoiled by Roaches: A Discussion of Helen Adam’s “Cheerless Junkie’s Song": Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Laura Sims, Corina Copp, Richard Deming. by Poem Talk
47 min listen
The Laurel Crown: A Discussion of Allen Grossman's "My Radiant Eye": Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Peter Cole, Kathryn Hellerstein, and Ariel Resnikoff. by Poem Talk
45 min listen
The F*ck-You Bow: A discussion of Gertrude Stein's "How She Bowed to Her Brother": Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Julia Bloch, Sarah Dowling, and Maxe Crandall. by Poem Talk
37 min listen
Truth Flies: A discussion of Robin Blaser’s “A Bird in the House.”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Brian Teare, Jed Rasula, and Kristen Prevallet. by Poem Talk
40 min listen
The Dark Containers: A discussion of Larissa Lai’s “Nascent Fashion”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Colin Browne, Daphne Marlatt, and Fred Wah. by Poem Talk
46 min listen
To Rearrange the World: A discussion of Philip Whalen’s “Life at Bolinas. The Last of California.”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring poets Stephen Ratcliffe, Joanne Kyger, and Julia Bloch. by Poem Talk
45 min listen
No Spell Broken: A Discussion of CAConrad's (Soma)tic Midge: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Trace Peterson, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, and Erica Kaufman. by Poem Talk
45 min listen
Articulate beyond Walls: A Discussion of Three Poems by Larry Eigner: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ron Silliman, Daniel Bergmann, and Michael Kelleher by Poem Talk
47 min listen
Explode for Small Change: A Discussion of Akilah Oliver's “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Patricia Spears Jones, Charles Bernstein, and Yolanda Wisher. by Poem Talk
37 min listen
The Hand's Reach: A discussion of Lorenzo Thomas’s “An Arc Still Open”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring William J. Harris, Aldon Nielsen, and Tyrone Williams. by Poem Talk
44 min listen
Dear Conflicted Reader: A discussion of C.D. Wright's One Big Self: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Mel Nichols, Rob Casper, and Mark McMorris. by Poem Talk
48 min listen
With What Geometry: A Discussion of Edward Dorn’s “The Sundering U.P. Tracks”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Sophia Le Fraga, and Andrew Whiteman. by Poem Talk
46 min listen
Listen to Everything You Love Disappear: A discussion of Patrick Rosal’s “Instance of an Island.": Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ross Gay, Josephine Park, and Herman Beavers. by Poem Talk
38 min listen
Fallout from Cooling: A discussion of three poems from Erica Baum: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Christine Nelson, Davy Knittle, and Erica Baum by Poem Talk
41 min listen
But Too Beautiful: A discussion of Tracie Morris' “Slave Sho to Video aka Black but Beautiful”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Edwin Torres, Camara Brown, and Brooke O’Harra. by Poem Talk
41 min listen
Dead To Me: A discussion of Claudia Rankine's “Don't Let Me Be Lonely”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Kyoo Lee, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, and Simone White. by Poem Talk
45 min listen
No Truths Self-Evident: A Discussion of Michael Magee’s “Morning Constitutional”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Kristen Gallagher, Joshua Schuster, and Kerry Sherin Wright. by Poem Talk
50 min listen
It Is Time: A discussion of Paul Celan's "Corona": Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ariel Resnikoff, Anna Strong, and Pierre Joris. by Poem Talk
45 min listen
Laying Poems Away: A discussion of “The Ambition Bird” by Anne Sexton: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ellen Berman, Anthony Rostain, and Ahmad Almallah. by Poem Talk
47 min listen

More Episodes from Poem Talk

Skip carousel

Don’t Refuse to Breathe: A discussion of Frank O’Hara: “Song (Is it dirty)” & “Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed)”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Robert von Hallberg, Charles Altieri, and Marjorie Perloff. by Poem Talk
52 min listen
Present Plans Succeed: A discussion of Dodie Bellamy’s “Vomit Journal”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Chantine Akiyama Poh, Henry Steinberg, and Murat Nemet-Nejat. by Poem Talk
55 min listen
Woot of the Century: A discussion of “Welter” and “Static” by Douglas Kearney: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Divya Victor, Whitney Trettien, and Dagmawi Woubshet. by Poem Talk
52 min listen
Rhetorical Happenings: A discussion of Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light.”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Bethany Swann, Jonathan Dick, and Kate Colby. by Poem Talk
46 min listen
Nothing Made of Ink: A discussion of seven poems by Lisa Fishman: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lisa Fishman, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Laynie Browne. by Poem Talk
55 min listen
Untranslatable: A discussion of Armand Schwerner’s “Tablet 25” & “‘daddy, can you staple these two stars together to make an airplane?’”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Pierre Joris, and Charles Bernstein. by Poem Talk
61 min listen
Downgraded to Scribble: A discussion of four poems from Dead Winter by Matvei Yankelevich: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ahmad Almallah, Huda Fakhreddine, and Kevin Platt. by Poem Talk
54 min listen
Paw Mouthings: A discussion of Maggie O’Sullivan’s “Hill Figures” and “To Our Own Day”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Julia Bloch, Charles Bernstein, and Eric Falci. by Poem Talk
56 min listen
Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Carlos Decena, Dagmawi Woubshet, and Abdulhamit Arvas. by Poem Talk
58 min listen
Composition of Life, as Life: A discussion of Joan Retallack’s The Poethical Wager (a several-page excerpt): Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joan Retallack, erica kaufman, and Laynie Browne. by Poem Talk
64 min listen
Girls in the Supply Chain: A discussion of Sawako Nakayasu’s book Some Girls Walk into the Country Where They Are From: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Caroline Bergvall, Henry Steinberg, and Bethany Swann. by Poem Talk
62 min listen
When a Name Falls from a Face: A discussion of a selection from Divya Victor’s book Curb: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Timothy Yu, Josephine Nock-Hee Park, and Piyali Bhattacharya. by Poem Talk
63 min listen
Trance of Language: A discussion of “Sleeping with the Dictionary” & “Dim Lady” from Sleeping with the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Maxe Crandall, Larissa Lai, and Julia Bloch. by Poem Talk
52 min listen
Teach Us Love: A discussion of “Language” and “The Anatomy of Monotony” by Eugene Ostachevsky: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Matvei Yankelevich, Ahmad Almallah, and Kevin Platt. by Poem Talk
58 min listen
Better To Lose & Win: A discussion of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lee Ann Brown, Kristen Gallagher, Laynie Browne. by Poem Talk
56 min listen
Far in Toward the Far End: A discussion of George Quasha’s “preverbs.”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Charles Bernstein, Laynie Browne, and Anthony Elms. by Poem Talk
54 min listen
Hot and Cold: A discussion of Jayne Cortez’s “She Got He Got”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Yolanda Wisher, Amber Rose Johnson, and Daniel Bergmann. by Poem Talk
55 min listen
Must It Ring True: A discussion of Myung Mi Kim’s “And Sing We”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jack Giesking, Jonathan Dick, and erica kaufman. by Poem Talk
55 min listen
Coup Created by Our Thoughts: A discussion of “Colliding and Not Colliding at the Same Time” by Cecilia Vicuña: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jena Osman, Edwin Torres, and Huda Fakhreddine. by Poem Talk
53 min listen
Punch Fascists: A discussion of “Yes I Do Want to Punch” by Stephen Collis: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Pattie McCarthy, Kate Colby, and Lily Applebaum. by Poem Talk
42 min listen
As Words Label Space: A discussion of Leslie Scalapino’s “‘Can’t’ is ’Night’”: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Anna Vitale, Sophia DuRose, and Knar Gavin. by Poem Talk
48 min listen
Perilous Bodies: A discussion of “Steveston, B.C.” by Daphne Marlatt: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Karis Shearer, Jane Robbins Mize, and Davy Knittle. by Poem Talk
62 min listen
In My Rotting Place: A discussion of “Morning, Morning” & “No Deposit, No Return" by Tuli Kupferberg: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lee Ann Brown, Pierre Joris, Charles Bernstein, and Rachel Levitsky. by Poem Talk
58 min listen
This Unwitting Monument: A discussion of two poems from Sarah Dowling’s book Entering Sappho: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Larissa Lai, Maxe Crandall, and Julia Bloch. by Poem Talk
54 min listen
Biologically Speaking: A discussion of “Love Is Not All” and “I Shall Forget You Presently” by Edna St. Vincent Millay: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jane Malcolm, Sophia DuRose, and Lisa New. by Poem Talk
51 min listen
Adore Adore: A discussion of “Dada Lama” and “A Small Song That Is His” by bpNichol: Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Derek Beaulieu, Tracie Morris, and Douglas Kearney. by Poem Talk
52 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”

The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”

Description

Titles in the series (99)

More Episodes from Poem Talk