Poetry Natasha Trethewey Reads Charles WrightThe New Yorker - Kevin YoungNatasha Trethewey joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Charles Wright’s poem “Toadstools,” and her own poem “Repentance.” Trethewey, a former U.S. Poet Laureate, is a chancellor of the Academy of American
Safiya Sinclair Reads Natalie DiazThe New Yorker - Kevin YoungSafiya Sinclair joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Natalie Diaz’s poem “From the Desire Field” and her own poem “Gospel of the Misunderstood.” Sinclair is the author of the poetry collection “Cannibal”
Rachel Eliza Griffiths Reads W. S. MerwinThe New Yorker - Kevin YoungRachel Eliza Griffiths joins Kevin Young to discuss “Rain Light,” by W. S. Merwin, and her own poem “Heart of Darkness.” Griffiths is a poet and an artist who has received fellowships from the Robert Foundation,
Peter Balakian Reads Theodore RoethkeThe New Yorker - Kevin YoungPeter Balakian joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Theodore Roethke’s poem “In a Dark Time” and his own poem “Eggplant.” Balakian’s latest book is “Ozone Journal,” which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize Poetry.
Craig Morgan Teicher Reads Forrest GanderThe New Yorker - Kevin YoungCraig Morgan Teicher joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Forrest Gander’s poem “Son,” and his own poem, also titled “Son.” Teicher is a poet and critic, whose collection “The Trembling Answers” received
Deborah Landau Reads Anne SextonThe New Yorker - Kevin YoungDeborah Landau joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Anne Sexton’s poem “Little Girl, My Stringbean, My Lovely Woman” and her own poem “Solitaire.” Landau’s poetry collections include “The Uses of the
Kaveh Akbar Reads Ellen Bryant VoigtThe New Yorker - Kevin YoungKaveh Akbar joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Ellen Bryant Voigt’s poem “Groundhog” and his own poem “What Use Is Knowing Anything If No One Is Around.” Akbar is the author of the poetry collection
Nick Flynn Reads Zoë HitzigThe New Yorker - Kevin YoungNick Flynn joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Zoë Hitzig’s poem “Objectivity as Blanket” and his own poem “The King of Fire.” Flynn’s latest poetry collection is “My Feelings”; he will publish two books,
Catherine Barnett Reads Wislawa SzymborskaThe New Yorker - Kevin YoungCatherine Barnett joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Wisława Szymborska’s poem “Maybe All This” (translated, from the Polish, by Clare Cavanagh and Stanisław Barańczak) and her own poem “Son in August.”
Nicole Sealey Reads Ellen BassThe New Yorker - Kevin YoungNicole Sealey joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Ellen Bass’s poem “Indigo” and her own poem “A Violence.” Sealey is the executive director at the Cave Canem Foundation and the author of the poetry
Tiana Clark Reads Natasha TretheweyThe New Yorker - Kevin YoungTiana Clark joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Natasha Trethewey’s poem “Repentance,” and her own poem “Nashville.” Clark is the author of the chapbook “Equilibrium,” which won the 2016 Frost Place
Ada Limón and Natalie Diaz Discuss “Envelopes of Air”The New Yorker - Kevin YoungAda Limón and Natalie Diaz join Kevin Young to discuss their collaborative poetry project, “Envelopes of Air,” a series of eight poems written in correspondence between the two poets, currently featured
Marie Howe Reads Lucie Brock-BroidoThe New Yorker - Kevin Young Marie Howe joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Lucie Brock-Broido’s poem “The American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act” and her own poem “The Star Market.”
Meena Alexander Reads Gerald SternThe New Yorker - Kevin Young Meena Alexander joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Gerald Stern’s poem “Adonis” and her own poem “Kochi by the Sea.”
Terrance Hayes Reads Matthew DickmanThe New Yorker - Kevin Young Terrance Hayes joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Matthew Dickman’s poem “Fire” and his own poem “New York Poem.”
David Lehman Reads John AshberyThe New Yorker - Kevin Young David Lehman joins Kevin Young to read and discuss John Ashbery’s poem “Worsening Situation” and his own poem “Stages on Life’s Way.”
