Podcasts

• Episode 42: Manifesto on Ars Poetica

  7/13/2018

  Connor and Jack discuss Frank Chipasula's poem "Manifesto on Ars Poetica." They discuss the poem's historical context regarding Malawi, its contrast…

• Episode 41: Say Grace

  6/23/2018

  Connor and Jack discuss Emily Jungmin Yoon's poem "Say Grace." They discuss how gender and religion intertwine in the poem, the difficulties immigrant…

• Episode 40: My Brother at 3 A.M.

  6/8/2018

  Connor and Jack discuss Natalie Diaz's poem "My Brother At 3 A.M." They discuss the form of the pantoum and explore how the pantoum's repetitive…

• Episode 39: Harper's Monologue from Angels in America

  5/25/2018

  For the second time on Close Talking, Connor and Jack consider an excerpt from a play. In a wide-ranging discussion of Harper's Monologue from Tony…

• Episode 38: Because One is Always Forgotten

  5/11/2018

  Connor and Jack talk about Carolyn Forche's elegy "Because One Is Always Forgotten" digging into the troubled history of the United States…