Poetry Off the Shelf

Episodes

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  The Life Underneath 22.09.2026 49m

  Ada Limón on rejection, moving forward, and what the trees have seen.
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  A Little Angry at God 08.09.2026 1h 4m

  Marcus Wicker on hip hop, aliens, and real estate.
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  Tempting Fate 25.08.2026 52m

  Emily Skaja on cemeteries, pregnancy, and gardening the future.
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  On My Way to God 11.08.2026 33m

  Fanny Howe (rerun) on the sky, visions, and the beam that killed the landlord, plus an excerpt from her posthumous collection.
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  Until the Last Second 28.07.2026 52m

  Maya C. Popa on the monkey at the pet store, beauty, and waking up to the world as it is.
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  My Old Self 14.07.2026 1h 11m

  Laura Kolbe on hormones, sainthood, and the trouble with change.
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  We Hold These Truths 01.07.2026 45m

  America at 250.
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  An Act of Mercy 16.06.2026 49m

  Serena Chopra on prairie grass, manic rage, and the memories in her ears.
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  Don’t Make Any Noise 02.06.2026 46m

  J Brooke on testosterone, incinerators, and the mobster at home.
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  The Act of Touching 19.05.2026 40m

  Chris Crowder on muscles, privacy, and being Captain Safety.
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  Hereafter Parties 28.04.2026 55m

  Arielle Hebert on Florida, driving with the windows down, and tallying up the dead.
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  A Handful of Dust 14.04.2026 49m

  Iain McGilchrist on Rip Van Winkle, the poet's brain, and the real word for sunshine.
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  The Wrong Details 31.03.2026 57m

  D.S. Waldman on the left hand, losing his brother, and introducing the most wounded part.
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  The Character in the Corner 17.03.2026 53m

  Sony Ton-Aimé on radical joy, pig blood, and the ancestors we forgot.
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  Those Bodies We Borrowed 03.03.2026 58m

  Monica Ferrell on robot apples, Playboy bunnies, and botox vs. crow's feet.
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  What It Takes to Be a Man 17.02.2026 56m

  James Ciano on sports, masculinity, and the desperation to belong.
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  How to Survive on an Island 03.02.2026 48m

  Stephanie Niu on being lost at sea, crab bridges, and finding the heart of the world.
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  The Multiverse of Me 20.01.2026 43m

  Diamond Forde on poison, fan fiction, and writing the Great American Vampire Novel.
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  Poets We Lost in 2025 30.12.2025 36m

  Remembering Ellen Bryant Voigt, plus a few words on mortality by Andrea Gibson.
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  An Old Face 16.12.2025 56m

  Amanda Quaid on cancer, being bad in New York, and erotic hands.