Category: Poetry Fridays

In which I read two poems from the book A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far by Adrienne Rich. Watch the YouTube version. (If you’re a Patreon supporter you’ll see your name!) — This show is only possible because of people like you. Visit A Brief Chat‘s Patreon page and become a supporting member…

In which I read the poem “Everyday People” by my favorite living poet, Albert Goldbarth. Watch the YouTube version. — This show is only possible because of people like you. Visit A Brief Chat‘s Patreon page and become a supporting member today. Members get a weekly bonus episode on Saturdays and more. Thank you. Follow…

In which I read poems by William Carlos Williams, Sarah Teasdale, e.e. cummings, and Muriel Rukeyser. Watch the YouTube version. — This show is only possible because of people like you. Visit A Brief Chat‘s Patreon page and become a supporting member today. Members get a weekly bonus episode on Saturdays and more. Thank you….

In which we listen to John Ashbery read several poems from a 1963 recording. Watch the YouTube version. — This show is only possible because of people like you. Visit A Brief Chat‘s Patreon page and become a supporting member today. Members get a weekly bonus episode on Saturdays and more. Thank you. Follow Jason…

In which Martin Willits Jr. reads his poetry. Martin Willitts Jr. has 26 chapbooks (with two national contest winners) and 20 full-length collections (with two national winners), and is the winner of many individual poem contests. He lives in Syracuse, New York, and he is the judge for the New York State Fair Poetry Contest…

In which we listen to three poems by Etheridge Knight. You can find more audio poetry by Etheridge Knight in the PennSound archives. You can also hear previous episodes of Poetry Fridays. — This show is only possible because of people like you. Visit A Brief Chat‘s Patreon page and become a supporting member today….

In which we listen to June Jordan (b. 9 July 1936) read several of her poems at a 2001 reading at Kelly Writers House. You can hear the entire reading here and many more authors here. Previous episodes of Poetry Fridays can be found here. — This show is only possible because of people like…

In which I bring an end to a week of exploration of Catholicism with the poetry of one of the twentieth century’s most famous Catholics, the Trappist monk Thomas Merton. — This show is only possible because of people like you. Visit A Brief Chat‘s Patreon page and become a supporting member today. Members get…

In which Sarah Bigham reads her poetry. Sarah is a community college educator. Her latest book is Kind Chemist Wife: Musings at 3 a.m.. Learn more about Sarah at her website. — This show is only possible because of people like you. Visit A Brief Chat‘s Patreon page and become a supporting member today. Members…

In which Karen Fabiane reads her poetry. Karen Fabiane was born in NYC, where she was part of the Manhattan downtown scene during the 1970s, making music, writing & performing poetry, and painting. Her work has been published in many places, including two chapbooks, Dancing Bears (2011) and Seeing You Again (2014). A full-length collection,…

In which Sandra Beasley reads her poetry. Sandra is a poet, memoirist and anthologist whose work can be found at sandrabeasley.com. Her newest poetry collection, Made To Explode, will be available early in 2021. You can also listen to an interview I did with Sandra way back in 2012. — This show is only possible…

In which Lois P. Jones reads her poetry. Lois P. Jones was the shortlist prize winner for two poems in the 2018 Terrain Poetry Contest judged by Jane Hirschfield. Other awards include the Lascaux Poetry Prize, the Bristol Poetry Prize judged by Liz Berry and the Tiferet Poetry Prize, with work thrice listed for the…