1548 Episodes

  1. 889: Short Talk on Waterproofing by Anne Carson

    Published: 5/31/2023

  2. 888: Sorrow Is Innate in the Human

    Published: 5/30/2023

  3. 887: Where are the girls who were so beautiful? from “33”

    Published: 5/29/2023

  4. 886: Stereo

    Published: 5/26/2023

  5. 885: Dear Past and Future Metastasis,

    Published: 5/25/2023

  6. 884: He Laughed With A Laugh

    Published: 5/24/2023

  7. 883: Extreme Close-up

    Published: 5/23/2023

  8. 882: The Pathology of Currency

    Published: 5/22/2023

  9. 881: She Loves Me, She Love Me Not

    Published: 5/19/2023

  10. 880: The Figure of a Man Being Swallowed by a Fish

    Published: 5/18/2023

  11. 879: For the Poet Who Is Your High School English Teacher

    Published: 5/17/2023

  12. 878: This Is My Vow

    Published: 5/16/2023

  13. 877: The Lifeline

    Published: 5/15/2023

  14. 876: Nowhere Else to Go

    Published: 5/12/2023

  15. 875: Olympians vs. Modernity

    Published: 5/11/2023

  16. 874: Ozymandias

    Published: 5/10/2023

  17. 873: Occasional Poem

    Published: 5/9/2023

  18. 872: Jabberwocky

    Published: 5/8/2023

  19. 871: Flesh (“You in your ecstasy of coffee”)

    Published: 5/5/2023

  20. 870: Hymn to Church Basements

    Published: 5/4/2023

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