Podcasts

• Episode 123 By the Road to the Contagious Hospital - William Carlos Williams

  4/9/2021

  Connor and Jack discuss the newly resonant poem "By the road to the contagious hospital" by the great William Carlos Williams, which is the first poem…

• Episode 122 Blues On Yellow - Marilyn Chin

  3/26/2021

  Connor and Jack are joined by special guest (and Close Talking social media manager) Corey China for this discussion of Marilyn Chin's devastating…

• Episode 121 The Word - Zaffar Kunial

  3/12/2021

  Connor and Jack discuss Zaffar Kunial's elegant sonnet, "The Word." They marvel at the poem's seemingly effortless meditation on being between two…

• Episode 120 In Youngsville - Tyree Daye

  2/26/2021

  Connor and Jack explore the poem "In Youngsville" by Tyree Daye. They discuss the way the poem creates a sense of place, its connections to the blues…

• Episode 119 Family Ties - Diana Khoi Nguyen

  2/12/2021

  Content Warning: Suicidality Connor and Jack think through Diana Khoi Nguyen's remarkable poem "Family Ties," part of her haunting debut collection…