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Short and unhurried, Poetry Unbound is an immersive exploration of a single poem, hosted by Pádraig Ó Tuama.
Pádraig Ó Tuama greets you at the doorways of brilliant poems and walks you through — each one has wisdom to offer and questions to ask you.
Already a listener? There’s also a book (Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World), a Substack newsletter with a vibrant conversation in the comments, and occasional gatherings.
Short and unhurried, Poetry Unbound is an immersive exploration of a single poem, hosted by Pádraig Ó Tuama.
Pádraig Ó Tuama greets you at the doorways of brilliant poems and walks you through — each one has wisdom to offer and questions to ask you.
Already a listener? There’s also a book (Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World), a Substack newsletter with a vibrant conversation in the comments, and occasional gatherings.
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Previous Guests
Denise Duhamel
Denise Duhamel is a distinguished university professor in the MFA program at Florida International University in Miami. She is the author of several poetry collections, including Pink Lady, Scald, and Blowout. Duhamel is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, highlighting her contributions to contemporary poetry.
Denise Duhamel is a distinguished university professor in the MFA program at Florida International University in Miami. She is the author of several poetry collections, including Pink Lady, Scald, and Blowout. Duhamel is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, highlighting her contributions to contemporary poetry.
Fady Joudah
Fady Joudah is a Palestinian-American poet and physician known for his psychologically dense poetry that explores themes of human ambivalence, fear, desire, and liberty. He is the author of several poetry collections, including 'Textu', 'Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance', and 'Tethered to Stars'. Joudah has translated multiple collections of poetry from Arabic and is the co-editor and co-founder of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. He won the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition in 2007 and has received numerous accolades, including the Jackson Poetry Prize, a PEN award, the Banipal/Times Literary Supplement prize from the UK, the Griffin Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Arab American Book Award. He resides in Houston, Texas, with his family and practices internal medicine.
Fady Joudah is a Palestinian-American poet and physician known for his psychologically dense poetry that explores themes of human ambivalence, fear, desire, and liberty. He is the author of several poetry collections, including 'Textu', 'Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance', and 'Tethered to Stars'. Joudah has translated multiple collections of poetry from Arabic and is the co-editor and co-founder of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. He won the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition in 2007 and has received numerous accolades, including the Jackson Poetry Prize, a PEN award, the Banipal/Times Literary Supplement prize from the UK, the Griffin Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Arab American Book Award. He resides in Houston, Texas, with his family and practices internal medicine.
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah was born and raised in Birmingham, England. He is a renowned poet, playwright, and novelist, known for his powerful and socially conscious poetry. Zephaniah is the author of several collections, including 'City Psalms', 'Propa Propaganda', and 'Too Black, Too Strong'. He served as a poet in residence for the chambers of human rights barrister Michael Mansfield in 2000, where he worked on significant cases, including the murder of Stephen Lawrence. In addition to his literary work, Zephaniah has appeared on the TV show 'Peaky Blinders' and has written poetry books for children, making him a versatile figure in contemporary literature.
Benjamin Zephaniah was born and raised in Birmingham, England. He is a renowned poet, playwright, and novelist, known for his powerful and socially conscious poetry. Zephaniah is the author of several collections, including 'City Psalms', 'Propa Propaganda', and 'Too Black, Too Strong'. He served as a poet in residence for the chambers of human rights barrister Michael Mansfield in 2000, where he worked on significant cases, including the murder of Stephen Lawrence. In addition to his literary work, Zephaniah has appeared on the TV show 'Peaky Blinders' and has written poetry books for children, making him a versatile figure in contemporary literature.
Carmen Gimnez
Carmen Gimnez is a prominent poet and author known for her numerous poetry collections, including 'Milk and Filth', which was a finalist for the NBCC Award in Poetry, and 'Be Recorder' published by Graywolf Press in 2019, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry, the PEN Open Book Award, the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She received the Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize in 2020 and was a Guggenheim fellow in 2019. Additionally, she served as the publisher of Noemi Press for 20 years and is currently the Publisher and Executive Director of Graywolf Press.
Carmen Gimnez is a prominent poet and author known for her numerous poetry collections, including 'Milk and Filth', which was a finalist for the NBCC Award in Poetry, and 'Be Recorder' published by Graywolf Press in 2019, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry, the PEN Open Book Award, the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She received the Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize in 2020 and was a Guggenheim fellow in 2019. Additionally, she served as the publisher of Noemi Press for 20 years and is currently the Publisher and Executive Director of Graywolf Press.
Rick Barot
Rick Barot was born in the Philippines, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and attended Wesleyan University and The Iowa Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa. Barot teaches at Pacific Lutheran University and is the director of the Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing at Pacific Lutheran University. His fourth book of poems, The Galleons, was published by Milkweed Editions in 2020, and his most recent collection is Moving the Bones.
Rick Barot was born in the Philippines, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and attended Wesleyan University and The Iowa Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa. Barot teaches at Pacific Lutheran University and is the director of the Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing at Pacific Lutheran University. His fourth book of poems, The Galleons, was published by Milkweed Editions in 2020, and his most recent collection is Moving the Bones.
Topics Discussed
Denise Duhamel
poetry
public argument
self-awareness
human relationships
Fady Joudah
human ambivalence
fear
desire
disaster
liberty
translation
Etel Adnan Poetry Prize
Yale Series of Younger Poets
Jackson Poetry Prize
PEN award
Banipal/Times Literary Supplement prize
Griffin Poetry Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship
Arab American Book Award
Benjamin Zephaniah
To Michael Menson
human rights
justice
Birmingham
Stephen Lawrence
Peaky Blinders
Carmen Gimnez
Ars Poetica
confessions
Milk and Filth
Be Recorder
Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize
Guggenheim fellow
Graywolf Press
Rick Barot
The Singing
poem
waiting room
car dealership
humming
singing
curiosity
wonder
anger
dread
reality
control
Spiritual inquiry. Science. Social healing. Poetry. Wisdom to replenish and orient in a tender, tumultuous world. Conversations to live by. And: a 20-year archive of celebrated, revelatory shows, including Mary Oliver, Thich Nhat Hanh, Desmond Tutu, John O'Donohue, and so much more.
Have you ever gotten consumed by watching a couple argue in public and trying to decipher what’s really going on between them? Denise Duhamel’s deliciously entertaining “How It Will End” offers us that experience. Come for the voyeurism, stay for the awareness it stirs up. Why are we so captivated by other people’s disagreements? And how can what we notice about them teach us about ourselves?
Denise Duhamel is a distinguished university professor in the MFA program at Florida International University in Miami. She is the author of several poetry collections, including Pink Lady, Scald, andBlowout.She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Have you ever gotten consumed by watching a couple argue in public and trying to decipher what’s really going on between them? Denise Duhamel’s deliciously entertaining “How It Will End” offers us that experience. Come for the voyeurism, stay for the awareness it stirs up. Why are we so captivated by other people’s disagreements? And how can what we notice about them teach us about ourselves?
Denise Duhamel is a distinguished university professor in the MFA program at Florida International University in Miami. She is the author of several poetry collections, including Pink Lady, Scald, andBlowout.She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Fady Joudahpoetryhuman ambivalencefeardesiredisasterlibertytranslationEtel Adnan Poetry PrizeYale Series of Younger PoetsJackson Poetry PrizePEN awardBanipal/Times Literary Supplement prizeGriffin Poetry PrizeGuggenheim FellowshipArab American Book Award
Even though Palestinian-American Fady Joudah’s poem is sparingly titled “[...],” an ellipsis surrounded by brackets, this work itself is psychologically dense. Through crisp lines and language, it wrestles with the nature of human ambivalence — about things like fear, desire, disaster, liberty — and it finds certainty only in the shaky universal ground of that ambivalence.
Fady Joudah is the author of […]. He has also published five other collections of poems, including Textu, a book-long sequence of short poems whose meter is based on cellphone character count; Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance; and Tethered to Stars. He has translated several collections of poetry from Arabic and is the co-editor and co-founder of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. He was a winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition in 2007 and has received the Jackson Poetry Prize, a PEN award, a Banipal/Times Literary Supplement prize from the UK, the Griffin Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Arab American Book Award. He lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife and children, where he works as a physician in internal medicine.
Even though Palestinian-American Fady Joudah’s poem is sparingly titled “[...],” an ellipsis surrounded by brackets, this work itself is psychologically dense. Through crisp lines and language, it wrestles with the nature of human ambivalence — about things like fear, desire, disaster, liberty — and it finds certainty only in the shaky universal ground of that ambivalence.
Fady Joudah is the author of […]. He has also published five other collections of poems, including Textu, a book-long sequence of short poems whose meter is based on cellphone character count; Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance; and Tethered to Stars. He has translated several collections of poetry from Arabic and is the co-editor and co-founder of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. He was a winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition in 2007 and has received the Jackson Poetry Prize, a PEN award, a Banipal/Times Literary Supplement prize from the UK, the Griffin Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Arab American Book Award. He lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife and children, where he works as a physician in internal medicine.
Benjamin ZephaniahTo Michael Mensonhuman rightsjusticepoetryBirminghamStephen LawrencePeaky Blinders
Benjamin Zephaniah’s urgent, imperative “To Michael Menson” was written when he was a poet in residence at a human rights barrister in England. His poem resonates with his repeated calls for justice for a murdered Black musician — not a justice that is gullible, impotent, or hopeless but one that is clear-eyed, collaborative, and mighty.
Benjamin Zephaniah was born and raised in Birmingham, England. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including City Psalms, Propa Propaganda, and Too Black, Too Strong. In 2000, he was poet in residence for the chambers of human rights barrister Michael Mansfield, where he worked on numerous cases, including the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Zephaniah appeared on the TV show Peaky Blinders and is also known for his poetry books for children.
Benjamin Zephaniah’s urgent, imperative “To Michael Menson” was written when he was a poet in residence at a human rights barrister in England. His poem resonates with his repeated calls for justice for a murdered Black musician — not a justice that is gullible, impotent, or hopeless but one that is clear-eyed, collaborative, and mighty.
Benjamin Zephaniah was born and raised in Birmingham, England. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including City Psalms, Propa Propaganda, and Too Black, Too Strong. In 2000, he was poet in residence for the chambers of human rights barrister Michael Mansfield, where he worked on numerous cases, including the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Zephaniah appeared on the TV show Peaky Blinders and is also known for his poetry books for children.
Carmen GimnezArs PoeticapoetryconfessionsMilk and FilthBe RecorderAcademy of American Poets Fellowship PrizeGuggenheim fellowGraywolf Press
Carmen Giménez’s poem “Ars Poetica” is a stunning waterfall of words, a torrent of dozens of short statements that begin with “I” or “I’m.” As you listen to them, let an answering cascade of questions fill up your mind. What does this series of confessions reveal to you about poetry? The poet? And yourself?
Carmen Giménez is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Milk and Filth, a finalist for the NBCC Award in Poetry, and Be Recorder(Graywolf Press, 2019), a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry, the PEN Open Book Award, the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She was awarded the Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize in 2020. A 2019 Guggenheim fellow, she served as the publisher of Noemi Press for 20 years. She is the Publisher and Executive Director of Graywolf Press.
Carmen Giménez’s poem “Ars Poetica” is a stunning waterfall of words, a torrent of dozens of short statements that begin with “I” or “I’m.” As you listen to them, let an answering cascade of questions fill up your mind. What does this series of confessions reveal to you about poetry? The poet? And yourself?
Carmen Giménez is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Milk and Filth, a finalist for the NBCC Award in Poetry, and Be Recorder(Graywolf Press, 2019), a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry, the PEN Open Book Award, the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She was awarded the Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize in 2020. A 2019 Guggenheim fellow, she served as the publisher of Noemi Press for 20 years. She is the Publisher and Executive Director of Graywolf Press.
Rick BarotThe Singingpoemwaiting roomcar dealershiphummingsingingcuriositywonderangerdreadrealitycontrol
Rick Barot’s poem “The Singing” takes place in the humdrum, relatable setting of the waiting room at a car dealership. But the unexpected occurs when one woman’s soft humming builds into strange, full-throated singing. Curiosity, wonder, anger, and dread spill over, forcing you to face the same dilemma as the narrator: What can you do when reality defies your control?
Rick Barot was born in the Philippines, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and attended Wesleyan University and The Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. Barot teaches at Pacific Lutheran University and is the director of the Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing at Pacific Lutheran University. His fourth book of poems, The Galleons, was published by Milkweed Editions in 2020, and his most recent collection is Moving the Bones.
Rick Barot’s poem “The Singing” takes place in the humdrum, relatable setting of the waiting room at a car dealership. But the unexpected occurs when one woman’s soft humming builds into strange, full-throated singing. Curiosity, wonder, anger, and dread spill over, forcing you to face the same dilemma as the narrator: What can you do when reality defies your control?
Rick Barot was born in the Philippines, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and attended Wesleyan University and The Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. Barot teaches at Pacific Lutheran University and is the director of the Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing at Pacific Lutheran University. His fourth book of poems, The Galleons, was published by Milkweed Editions in 2020, and his most recent collection is Moving the Bones.
