60 acast.com Poetry! What is it good for? http://pwiigf.com en Alan Winson poetry, poets,Cornelius Eady,Chester Johnson,Meredith Bergmann, Rick Mullin, Darlene Roy, Eugene Redmond, Rhina Espaillat, Jean Dany Joachim, Susana Case, Mervyn Taylor, Veronica Golos, Angelo Verga, Martin Espada Alan Winson Conversations with two poets who know each others work. "Poetry! What is it good for?" podcast is different. In other poetry podcasts -- a poet reads and talks about her poetry. "PWIIGF" brings together two poets who appreciate each others work to engage in a lively conversation and poetry reading on a topic that fascinates them. Along the way we find that poetry is good for a lot -- mostly to keep us human.

Moderators Rebecca McKean and Alan Winson -- lovers of poetry -- and Chris Brandt -- a writer of poetry -- keep the conversation informal, critical and emotionally connected.

If you enjoy poetry and want to meet some amazing poets and people -- give PWIIGF a try.

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]]> "Poetry! What is it good for?" podcast is different. In other poetry podcasts -- a poet reads and talks about her poetry. "PWIIGF" brings together two poets who appreciate each others work to engage in a lively conversation and poetry reading on a topic that fascinates them. Along the way we find that poetry is good for a lot -- mostly to keep us human.

Moderators Rebecca McKean and Alan Winson -- lovers of poetry -- and Chris Brandt -- a writer of poetry -- keep the conversation informal, critical and emotionally connected.

If you enjoy poetry and want to meet some amazing poets and people -- give PWIIGF a try.

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]]> false Alan Winson info+60e76751e01843001413a43d@mg-eu.acast.com 60e76751e01843001413a43d poetry-what-is-it-good-for episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60e76751e01843001413a43d/1626285479623-f6e49884e17a3c23bd82e3c8ec3a47e9.jpeg http://pwiigf.com Poetry! What is it good for? <![CDATA[Nancy Kangas & Karl M. Iglesias on Editing Poems]]> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:49:10 GMT 54:50 67d4244baaba807fb7a1d341 false https://poetrygoodfor.com 67d4244baaba807fb7a1d341 60e76751e01843001413a43d nancy-kangas-karl-m-iglesias-on-editing-poems Poetry! What is it good for? Surviving as a humane being full 2 18 I had a wonderful conversation with poet and creative Nancy Kangas at her "Emergency Poetry Clinic in Red Hook Brooklyn -- See PGF #17 -- and wanted more. And so -- Nancy invited her poet-friend Karl Michael Iglesias and we sat down in the pinball loft of Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar with PGF co-host Chris Brandt to talk about the work of editing a poem. A fun adventure through the creative minds of two poets who enjoy each other's work.

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]]> I had a wonderful conversation with poet and creative Nancy Kangas at her "Emergency Poetry Clinic in Red Hook Brooklyn -- See PGF #17 -- and wanted more. And so -- Nancy invited her poet-friend Karl Michael Iglesias and we sat down in the pinball loft of Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar with PGF co-host Chris Brandt to talk about the work of editing a poem. A fun adventure through the creative minds of two poets who enjoy each other's work.

Poetry Good For is a podcast produced by BCR Podcast.

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]]> <![CDATA[Nancy's Emergency Poetry Clinic]]> Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:55:03 GMT 30:04 67b34dc74d9bd1092cbc3599 false https://shows.acast.com/poetry-what-is-it-good-for/episodes/nancys-emergency-poetry-clinic 67b34dc74d9bd1092cbc3599 60e76751e01843001413a43d nancys-emergency-poetry-clinic Humans need Poetry full 2 17 Our producer – Alina Larson – told us about Nancy Kangas’s Emergency Poetry Clinic in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It seemed clear to me that America needs an emergency poetry clinic; I wanted to see what that was about. and so on a recent Tuesday morning I took a subway and a bus and a walk to 166 Van Dyke Street, Brooklyn. Earlier that morning I looked up “Nancy Kangas” and discovered a creative who defies categorization – Nancy K rides the wind of her whims.

I arrived at 10:17am -- Ms. K was ensconced on the other side of a store front window in a tiny, colorful -- Thru the Looking Glass -- office.

Nancy Kangas and her poet friend Karl Michael Iglesias will be on Poetry Good For podcast in the very near future.

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]]> Our producer – Alina Larson – told us about Nancy Kangas’s Emergency Poetry Clinic in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It seemed clear to me that America needs an emergency poetry clinic; I wanted to see what that was about. and so on a recent Tuesday morning I took a subway and a bus and a walk to 166 Van Dyke Street, Brooklyn. Earlier that morning I looked up “Nancy Kangas” and discovered a creative who defies categorization – Nancy K rides the wind of her whims.

I arrived at 10:17am -- Ms. K was ensconced on the other side of a store front window in a tiny, colorful -- Thru the Looking Glass -- office.

Nancy Kangas and her poet friend Karl Michael Iglesias will be on Poetry Good For podcast in the very near future.

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]]> <![CDATA[Bicycles & Book Stores: Amy Barone & Ron Kolm]]> Sat, 21 Sep 2024 16:06:51 GMT 51:48 66eeef1c5eb59bbcaedb2caf false https://poetrygoodfor.com 66eeef1c5eb59bbcaedb2caf 60e76751e01843001413a43d bicycles-book-stores-amy-barone-ron-kolm full 2 16 Back at our usual poetry-reading haunt -- Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar -- Chris Brandt, Rebecca McKean and Alan Winson talk with poets Amy Barone and Ron Kolm -- about:

Extinction / Gambling with God / Men's love of their penes / COVID / Bison comeback / Book thieves and Ceiling stompers / Suicide and Attempted suicide / and -- of course -- A child's bicycle.

Can you resist?

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]]> Back at our usual poetry-reading haunt -- Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar -- Chris Brandt, Rebecca McKean and Alan Winson talk with poets Amy Barone and Ron Kolm -- about:

Extinction / Gambling with God / Men's love of their penes / COVID / Bison comeback / Book thieves and Ceiling stompers / Suicide and Attempted suicide / and -- of course -- A child's bicycle.

Can you resist?

CONTACT: barcrawlradio@gmail.com

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]]> <![CDATA[Poetry as Play with Phillis Levin & Heather Dubrow]]> Mon, 06 May 2024 12:48:40 GMT 55:24 66215ec2af71a400134d090c false https://poetrygoodfor.com 66215ec2af71a400134d090c 60e76751e01843001413a43d poetry-as-play-with-phillis-levin-heather-dubrow Breaking the logjam with two poets sharing each others work. full 2 15 Phillis Levin’s poems have appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Poetry magazine, Kenyon Review, among others, she has also published 5 collections of poems, and edited the sonnet anthology. She has taught at The University of Maryland, the Unterberg Poetry Center, the New School, and New York University, and currently is professor of English and poet-in-residence at Hofstra University. Among her honors are the Amy Lowell Traveling Scholarship and a residency at the American Academy in Rome

 

Heather Dubrow holds the John D. Boyd Chair in the Poetic Imagination at Fordham; she specializes in early modern lyric poetry and Shakespeare. She also taught at the University of Wisconsin. Faced with the academic profession’s stigma that scholars should not be creative writers, Dubrow had given up writing poetry for twenty years, but returned to poetry in the 1990s. She has published two chapbooks and two collections. Among the journals where her poetry has appeared are Prairie Schooner, Southern Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Yale Review. She was co-director of Fordham's Poets Out Loud public reading series from Fall 2009 to Summer 2020.


CORRECTION: Chris gave the wrong date for the publication of Phillis Levin's newest poetry book. An Anthology of Rain will be available after April 15, 2025.

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]]> Phillis Levin’s poems have appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Poetry magazine, Kenyon Review, among others, she has also published 5 collections of poems, and edited the sonnet anthology. She has taught at The University of Maryland, the Unterberg Poetry Center, the New School, and New York University, and currently is professor of English and poet-in-residence at Hofstra University. Among her honors are the Amy Lowell Traveling Scholarship and a residency at the American Academy in Rome

 

Heather Dubrow holds the John D. Boyd Chair in the Poetic Imagination at Fordham; she specializes in early modern lyric poetry and Shakespeare. She also taught at the University of Wisconsin. Faced with the academic profession’s stigma that scholars should not be creative writers, Dubrow had given up writing poetry for twenty years, but returned to poetry in the 1990s. She has published two chapbooks and two collections. Among the journals where her poetry has appeared are Prairie Schooner, Southern Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Yale Review. She was co-director of Fordham's Poets Out Loud public reading series from Fall 2009 to Summer 2020.


CORRECTION: Chris gave the wrong date for the publication of Phillis Levin's newest poetry book. An Anthology of Rain will be available after April 15, 2025.

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]]> Poetry Readings Abide! Poetry Readings Abide! Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:07:21 GMT 56:17 62dad94937e8de0013c771e0 false http://poetrygoodfor.com 62dad94937e8de0013c771e0 60e76751e01843001413a43d poetry-readings-abide Poetry matters because people matter. Keep poetry alive. full 1 14 "Poetry! What Is It Good For" episode. And this one was not done on Zoom but with the living poets before us at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar on Manhattan's Upper West Side. For this conversation we talked about running live poetry readings with three poets and organizers: Anton Yakovlev is a well-published poet born in Moscow, Russia; he co-hosts the Carmine Street Metrics poetry reading series. We first heard about Lola Koundakjian when she hosted the World Poetry Movement's "For a World Without Walls" global poetry reading event. Lola heads up the Dead Armenian Poetry Society. And, Rachel Aydt has moved from writing poetry to short stories; she formerly co-hosted the Crystal Radio Sessions poetry reading series at a local UWS bar.

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]]> "Poetry! What Is It Good For" episode. And this one was not done on Zoom but with the living poets before us at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar on Manhattan's Upper West Side. For this conversation we talked about running live poetry readings with three poets and organizers: Anton Yakovlev is a well-published poet born in Moscow, Russia; he co-hosts the Carmine Street Metrics poetry reading series. We first heard about Lola Koundakjian when she hosted the World Poetry Movement's "For a World Without Walls" global poetry reading event. Lola heads up the Dead Armenian Poetry Society. And, Rachel Aydt has moved from writing poetry to short stories; she formerly co-hosted the Crystal Radio Sessions poetry reading series at a local UWS bar.

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]]> 9/11: 2001 - 2021 9/11: 2001 - 2021 Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:52:24 GMT 1:04:13 62a634ff15552e00125e901d false http://poetrygoodfor.com 62a634ff15552e00125e901d 60e76751e01843001413a43d 9-11-2001-2021 Poetry raises our awareness-- expands agency -- helps us understand who we are. full 1 13 The Poetry Foundation editors write: “When major parts of our lives seem to change in a flash, we are reminded that poetry can help us to cope with new realities and to assess the unknowns ahead. When we are stepping out into uncharted terrain, alone or together, poetry can capture our emotions. It can share our vulnerabilities and scars, along with our strengths.”

Today. we are sharing the first program of our new podcast co-produced with Chris Brandt -- “Poetry. What is it good for?” For this first episode, we explored the 20-year social and emotional after-tremors of the attack by Saudi Arabian terrorists on the United States through the powerful tool of poetry with J. Chester Johnson and Cornelius Eady. 

J. Chester Johnson is a poet, playwright, essayist, translator, speaker and teacher. He visited Bar Crawl Radio a couple of months ago to talk about his book – “Damaged Heritage” -- on the history and his family’s connection with the 1919 Elaine, Arkansas Massacre, one of many human crimes against humanity in which U. S. White citizens killed over 100 U.S. Black citizens and then prosecuted the survivors for their act of murder. 

Though Cornelius Eady, an American poet, focuses on issues of race and society, his verse accomplishes a lot more as indicated in his deeply felt reactions to the 9/11 attack on this country. Cornelius is also a musician whose verse is performed as song by The Cornelius Eady Trio. His poetry is simple and accessible, centering on jazz and blues, family life, violence, and society from a racial and class-based POV.

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]]> The Poetry Foundation editors write: “When major parts of our lives seem to change in a flash, we are reminded that poetry can help us to cope with new realities and to assess the unknowns ahead. When we are stepping out into uncharted terrain, alone or together, poetry can capture our emotions. It can share our vulnerabilities and scars, along with our strengths.”

Today. we are sharing the first program of our new podcast co-produced with Chris Brandt -- “Poetry. What is it good for?” For this first episode, we explored the 20-year social and emotional after-tremors of the attack by Saudi Arabian terrorists on the United States through the powerful tool of poetry with J. Chester Johnson and Cornelius Eady. 

J. Chester Johnson is a poet, playwright, essayist, translator, speaker and teacher. He visited Bar Crawl Radio a couple of months ago to talk about his book – “Damaged Heritage” -- on the history and his family’s connection with the 1919 Elaine, Arkansas Massacre, one of many human crimes against humanity in which U. S. White citizens killed over 100 U.S. Black citizens and then prosecuted the survivors for their act of murder. 

Though Cornelius Eady, an American poet, focuses on issues of race and society, his verse accomplishes a lot more as indicated in his deeply felt reactions to the 9/11 attack on this country. Cornelius is also a musician whose verse is performed as song by The Cornelius Eady Trio. His poetry is simple and accessible, centering on jazz and blues, family life, violence, and society from a racial and class-based POV.

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]]> <![CDATA[Bergmann & Mullin: 2 Poets :: 1 Sculptor / 1 Painter]]> Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:44:07 GMT 1:02:27 62a633f79063cc0013197b64 false http://poetrygoodfor.com 62a633f79063cc0013197b64 60e76751e01843001413a43d bergmann-mullin-2-poets-1-sculptor-1-painter Poetry raises our awareness-- expands agency -- helps us understand who we are. full 1 12 PWIIGF podcast brings together two poets who have something in common read and talk about their work. For this episode we consider how word, image and mass interact within the creative artist. 

Rick Mullin’s poetry has been published in many journals and anthologies, including The Dark Horse, American Arts Quarterly, The New Criterion, and Rabbit Ears:

TV Poems. His collection “Lullaby and Wheel,” was published in 2019 by Kelsay Books. When he was in his mid-30s Rick visited the Los

Angeles County Museum of Art and encountered paintings by Matisse, Braque and other Fauve artists that changed his life and he began to paint. Later, he

became fascinated with the painter Chaim Soutine and wrote a biography of Soutine in poetry form. Thank you, Rick for joining us.

Sculptor Meredith Bergmann creates public monuments exploring issues of history, social justice, race, human rights, disabilities, and the power of poetry and

music. Bergmann’s work is well known in New York City for the FDR Hope Memorial on Roosevelt Island unveiled in 2019 – the September

11th Memorial in Cathedral of St. John the Divine in 2012 – and most recently the “Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument” in Central Park. Meredith

Bergmann is also an accomplished poet and poetry critic -- her writing has appeared in Contemporary Poetry, Hudson Review and The New Criterion and she was poetry editor of The American Arts Quarterly from 2006 - 2017 

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]]> PWIIGF podcast brings together two poets who have something in common read and talk about their work. For this episode we consider how word, image and mass interact within the creative artist. 

Rick Mullin’s poetry has been published in many journals and anthologies, including The Dark Horse, American Arts Quarterly, The New Criterion, and Rabbit Ears:

TV Poems. His collection “Lullaby and Wheel,” was published in 2019 by Kelsay Books. When he was in his mid-30s Rick visited the Los

Angeles County Museum of Art and encountered paintings by Matisse, Braque and other Fauve artists that changed his life and he began to paint. Later, he

became fascinated with the painter Chaim Soutine and wrote a biography of Soutine in poetry form. Thank you, Rick for joining us.

Sculptor Meredith Bergmann creates public monuments exploring issues of history, social justice, race, human rights, disabilities, and the power of poetry and

music. Bergmann’s work is well known in New York City for the FDR Hope Memorial on Roosevelt Island unveiled in 2019 – the September

11th Memorial in Cathedral of St. John the Divine in 2012 – and most recently the “Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument” in Central Park. Meredith

Bergmann is also an accomplished poet and poetry critic -- her writing has appeared in Contemporary Poetry, Hudson Review and The New Criterion and she was poetry editor of The American Arts Quarterly from 2006 - 2017 

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]]> <![CDATA[Black Arts Movement 2021: Eugene Redmond & Darlene Roy]]> Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:36:32 GMT 1:16:08 62a63230b34c850013bad5c2 false http://poetrygoodfor.com 62a63230b34c850013bad5c2 60e76751e01843001413a43d black-arts-movement-2021-eugene-redmond-darlene-roy Poetry raises our awareness and allows for agency. full 1 11 Eugene B. Redmond Writer's Club of E. St. Louis for several decades. The conversation ranged from the beginnings of BAM within the Black Power era of the 1960s -- to the important poets of the period -- to the changes that were happening in this country as "negro / colored" turned to "Black." Ms. Roy read from her book "Afrosynthesis: A feast of Poetry and Folklore."

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]]> Eugene B. Redmond Writer's Club of E. St. Louis for several decades. The conversation ranged from the beginnings of BAM within the Black Power era of the 1960s -- to the important poets of the period -- to the changes that were happening in this country as "negro / colored" turned to "Black." Ms. Roy read from her book "Afrosynthesis: A feast of Poetry and Folklore."

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]]> <![CDATA[Expat Poets from Hispaniola: Rhina P. Espaillat & Jean Dany Joachim]]> Thu, 24 Feb 2022 17:05:45 GMT 1:07:05 6217baeac57f5700123a06cf false http://poetrygoodfor.com 6217baeac57f5700123a06cf 60e76751e01843001413a43d expat-poets-from-hispaniola-rhina-p-espaillat-jean-dany-joac Poetry raises our awareness and allows for agency. full 1 10 Jean Dany Joachim writes in Haitian Creole and Spanish poet Rhina P. Espaillat who left the Dominican Republic as a young girl fleeing the Trujillo massacre of 1937. Their poetry cuts to the bone of the immigrant experience in simple but deeply revealing ways. This episode is a lively conversation with lovely people who interpret their poetry in most accessible performances.

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]]> Jean Dany Joachim writes in Haitian Creole and Spanish poet Rhina P. Espaillat who left the Dominican Republic as a young girl fleeing the Trujillo massacre of 1937. Their poetry cuts to the bone of the immigrant experience in simple but deeply revealing ways. This episode is a lively conversation with lovely people who interpret their poetry in most accessible performances.

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]]> <![CDATA[Weiner & Walowitz on why people hate poetry & more ...]]> Fri, 28 Jan 2022 15:00:35 GMT 55:29 61f20333fac3e1001358438e false http://poetrygoodfor.com 61f20333fac3e1001358438e 60e76751e01843001413a43d weiner-walowitz-on-why-people-hate-poetry-more Poetry raises our awareness-- expands agency -- helps us understand who we are. full 1 9 Estha Weiner was born in Maine and from an early age, yearned to live in New York City and be an actress. Her early experiences as an actor and working for the BBC clearly show up in her poetry. Amongst her many other books of poetry – At the Last Minute – was published in Ireland in 2019. Her poems have appeared in The New Republic and Barrow Street and many others. Estha is an alum of Sarah Lawrence where she is the founding director of the College’s  NY Alumni/ae Writers Nights.  She is a Speaker on Shakespeare for The New York Council for the Humanities and is a Professor in the English Dept. at City College of NY, CUNY, and the Sarah Lawrence Writing Institute.

Alan Walowitz has been writing poetry, sometimes successfully and sometimes un-, for more than 50 years. He has a small portion of an MFA in Writing from Goddard College, and an entire degree from Eastern Connecticut State University and several from Queens College of the City University of NY. And he studied with Estha Weiner. Though writing poems can be quite lucrative, Alan has earned the bulk of my fortune as a teacher and supervisor of secondary English for 34 years.  He is retired after teaching at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. His poems can be found lots of places on the web and off.

This podcast was recorded in January 2022 at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar.

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]]> Estha Weiner was born in Maine and from an early age, yearned to live in New York City and be an actress. Her early experiences as an actor and working for the BBC clearly show up in her poetry. Amongst her many other books of poetry – At the Last Minute – was published in Ireland in 2019. Her poems have appeared in The New Republic and Barrow Street and many others. Estha is an alum of Sarah Lawrence where she is the founding director of the College’s  NY Alumni/ae Writers Nights.  She is a Speaker on Shakespeare for The New York Council for the Humanities and is a Professor in the English Dept. at City College of NY, CUNY, and the Sarah Lawrence Writing Institute.

Alan Walowitz has been writing poetry, sometimes successfully and sometimes un-, for more than 50 years. He has a small portion of an MFA in Writing from Goddard College, and an entire degree from Eastern Connecticut State University and several from Queens College of the City University of NY. And he studied with Estha Weiner. Though writing poems can be quite lucrative, Alan has earned the bulk of my fortune as a teacher and supervisor of secondary English for 34 years.  He is retired after teaching at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. His poems can be found lots of places on the web and off.

This podcast was recorded in January 2022 at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar.

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]]> <![CDATA[Mentoring Poets: Susana H. Case & Mervyn Taylor]]> Fri, 07 Jan 2022 14:19:19 GMT 1:08:48 61d84be7cc27c20014d1a7a0 false http://poetrygoodfor.com 61d84be7cc27c20014d1a7a0 60e76751e01843001413a43d mentoring-poets-susana-h-case-mervyn-taylor Poetry raises our awareness and allows for agency. full 1 8 This was a fun +hour talking with two brilliant poets who mentor each other's new work. MERVYN TAYLOR born and lives in Trinidad, and now retired there, Mervyn graduated from Howard and Columbia Universities. He taught at Bronx Community College, The Young Adult Learning Academy, He has published six books of poetry and won the Paterson Poetry Prize for sustained literary achievement.  His poetry focuses on the particular and the personal, but there's always somehow the consciousness of the world.

Mervyn suggested that we invite SUSANA H. CASE to the BCR conversation because he found that there was an affinity in their work. Susana has written seven books of poetry and two of her chapbooks have won poetry prizes. Her work appears in many magazines and anthologies. Dr. Case is a professor and Program Coordinator at the NY Institute of Technology.

This conversation was first posted to Bar Crawl Radio podcast in August 2020

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]]> This was a fun +hour talking with two brilliant poets who mentor each other's new work. MERVYN TAYLOR born and lives in Trinidad, and now retired there, Mervyn graduated from Howard and Columbia Universities. He taught at Bronx Community College, The Young Adult Learning Academy, He has published six books of poetry and won the Paterson Poetry Prize for sustained literary achievement.  His poetry focuses on the particular and the personal, but there's always somehow the consciousness of the world.

Mervyn suggested that we invite SUSANA H. CASE to the BCR conversation because he found that there was an affinity in their work. Susana has written seven books of poetry and two of her chapbooks have won poetry prizes. Her work appears in many magazines and anthologies. Dr. Case is a professor and Program Coordinator at the NY Institute of Technology.

This conversation was first posted to Bar Crawl Radio podcast in August 2020

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]]> 3 Poets 4 Peace--Part 2 3 Poets 4 Peace--Part 2 Fri, 17 Dec 2021 15:00:49 GMT 1:00:02 61bb523cf4e99900139f44f1 false http://poetrygoodfor.com 61bb523cf4e99900139f44f1 60e76751e01843001413a43d 3-poets-4-peace-part-2 Two poets talk about each others work. full 1 7 "Poetry! What is it good for?" [PWIIGF] originated as a Bar Crawl Radio series and is now its own podcast. This episode continues our conversation with three poets who advocate and write about the potential of peace in world that celebrates war -- Veronica Golos, Angelo Verga, and Chris Brandt [Chris is also one of the co-hosts of PWIIGF]. This conversation opens with a rendition of "America the Beautiful" performed by the students of the Curtis Institute of Music and conducted by Robert Kahn -- followed by a look at the gendered quality of poetry -- in which we try to discern the unique qualities of the male and female voices. The examples here tend to feature coitus and so ...

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]]> "Poetry! What is it good for?" [PWIIGF] originated as a Bar Crawl Radio series and is now its own podcast. This episode continues our conversation with three poets who advocate and write about the potential of peace in world that celebrates war -- Veronica Golos, Angelo Verga, and Chris Brandt [Chris is also one of the co-hosts of PWIIGF]. This conversation opens with a rendition of "America the Beautiful" performed by the students of the Curtis Institute of Music and conducted by Robert Kahn -- followed by a look at the gendered quality of poetry -- in which we try to discern the unique qualities of the male and female voices. The examples here tend to feature coitus and so ...

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]]> 3 Poets 4 Peace--Part 1 3 Poets 4 Peace--Part 1 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:30:39 GMT 52:30 61af9fab37bdc000126109bf false http://poetrygoodfor.com 61af9fab37bdc000126109bf 60e76751e01843001413a43d 3-poets-4-peace-part Poetry raises our awareness and allows for agency. full 1 6 Three New York poets, Veronica Golos, Angelo Verga, and Chris Brandt decided that we could not stand by and bemoan U.S. policies. They organized events in which poets expressed their opposition to war’s destruction of life, and efforts to create understanding of life -- in language. Takes this opportunity to visit with three poets sharing their artful, deeply felt, and gut-wrenching language opposing war.

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]]> Three New York poets, Veronica Golos, Angelo Verga, and Chris Brandt decided that we could not stand by and bemoan U.S. policies. They organized events in which poets expressed their opposition to war’s destruction of life, and efforts to create understanding of life -- in language. Takes this opportunity to visit with three poets sharing their artful, deeply felt, and gut-wrenching language opposing war.

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]]> Martin Espada and Lauren Schmidt Martin Espada and Lauren Schmidt Fri, 05 Nov 2021 19:48:22 GMT 1:06:19 61858a8645b6e300132818f8 false http://poetrygoodfor.com 61858a8645b6e300132818f8 60e76751e01843001413a43d martin-espada-and-lauren-schmidt Poetry raises our awareness-- expands agency -- helps us understand who we are. full 1 5 OK -- sit down -- calm your busy mind -- and get ready to listen to two amazing poets read and talk about their work. Martin Espada is a world-renowned poet who tells the stories of the Puerto Rican diaspora experience. Lauren Schmidt's poems live on the ground -- are raw and brave, exposing the sacred lives of the oppressed and the unspoken secrets of familial love. And a bonus -- Lauren and Martin are married; this is the first time they have talked about how their work and relationship mesh. Readings include selections from Lauren's recent publication Filthy Labors and several of Espada's most endearing works, including -- "Heal the Cracks in the Bell" -- and -- "Alabanza." This BCR episode concludes with this loving couple reading a favorite poem of the other. No kidding -- this is a treat!

This PWIIGF episode first appeared in April 2020 on the Bar Crawl Radio podcast and was recorded on the Porch at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar.

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]]> OK -- sit down -- calm your busy mind -- and get ready to listen to two amazing poets read and talk about their work. Martin Espada is a world-renowned poet who tells the stories of the Puerto Rican diaspora experience. Lauren Schmidt's poems live on the ground -- are raw and brave, exposing the sacred lives of the oppressed and the unspoken secrets of familial love. And a bonus -- Lauren and Martin are married; this is the first time they have talked about how their work and relationship mesh. Readings include selections from Lauren's recent publication Filthy Labors and several of Espada's most endearing works, including -- "Heal the Cracks in the Bell" -- and -- "Alabanza." This BCR episode concludes with this loving couple reading a favorite poem of the other. No kidding -- this is a treat!

This PWIIGF episode first appeared in April 2020 on the Bar Crawl Radio podcast and was recorded on the Porch at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar.

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]]> The Peace Poets The Peace Poets Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:00:12 GMT 1:01:01 616ed3ee4531270012122735 false http://poetrygoodfor.com 616ed3ee4531270012122735 60e76751e01843001413a43d the-peace-poets Poetry raises our awareness and allows for agency. full 1 4 "Poetry! What is it good for?" [PWIIGF] is a BCR series focusing on the committed and reverberating poetry of our times -- produced by Chris Brandt of Fordham University, English Dept. -- and member of Witness Against Torture. For this PWIIGF episode, Chris invited two members of the inspiring NYC activist performance group The Peace Poets -- a "family born of Hip Hop, heart, and hope in New York City." In 2014 Peace Poets song "I Can't Breathe" protesting the murder of Eric Garner by the NYPD went viral when actor, Samuel L. Jackson, recorded himself singing I Can’t Breathe.

These are most talented and inspiring young men with a mission to expose social problems through poetry and music. This episode includes several examples of their work. Do not miss this one and check out The Peace Poets.

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]]> "Poetry! What is it good for?" [PWIIGF] is a BCR series focusing on the committed and reverberating poetry of our times -- produced by Chris Brandt of Fordham University, English Dept. -- and member of Witness Against Torture. For this PWIIGF episode, Chris invited two members of the inspiring NYC activist performance group The Peace Poets -- a "family born of Hip Hop, heart, and hope in New York City." In 2014 Peace Poets song "I Can't Breathe" protesting the murder of Eric Garner by the NYPD went viral when actor, Samuel L. Jackson, recorded himself singing I Can’t Breathe.

These are most talented and inspiring young men with a mission to expose social problems through poetry and music. This episode includes several examples of their work. Do not miss this one and check out The Peace Poets.

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]]> Crossing Borders of Racism and Immigration Crossing Borders of Racism and Immigration Fri, 08 Oct 2021 14:00:59 GMT 52:30 615341e12a270300128313ae false http://poetrygoodfor.com 615341e12a270300128313ae 60e76751e01843001413a43d crossing-borders-of-racism-and-immigration Conversations with two poets who know each others work. full 1 3 This episode of "Poetry! What is it good for?" [PWIIGF] was first produced in April 2019 as part of the Bar Crawl Radio podcast. PWIIGF hosts-Chris Brandt, Rebecca Mckean and Alan Winson -- spoke with poets, -- Martha Collins and Sarah Gambito about racial and ethnic borders and the possibility of crossing them in new and healthy ways.

We recorded at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar on W. 72nd Street.

Contact Us -- poetrygoodfor@gmail.com


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]]> This episode of "Poetry! What is it good for?" [PWIIGF] was first produced in April 2019 as part of the Bar Crawl Radio podcast. PWIIGF hosts-Chris Brandt, Rebecca Mckean and Alan Winson -- spoke with poets, -- Martha Collins and Sarah Gambito about racial and ethnic borders and the possibility of crossing them in new and healthy ways.

We recorded at Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar on W. 72nd Street.

Contact Us -- poetrygoodfor@gmail.com


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]]> World Poetry Movement: For a world without walls. World Poetry Movement: For a world without walls. Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:00:02 GMT 54:07 6148b8f560ebc30013c88431 false http://poetrygoodfor.com 6148b8f560ebc30013c88431 60e76751e01843001413a43d world-poetry-movement-for-a-world-without-walls Poets talking in a world that needs poetry. full 1 2 Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar with three poet/performers who had participated in the World Poetry Movement event called "For a World Without Walls" held at the St. Illuminator's Armenian Apostolic Cathedral  in February 2019.

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]]> Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar with three poet/performers who had participated in the World Poetry Movement event called "For a World Without Walls" held at the St. Illuminator's Armenian Apostolic Cathedral  in February 2019.

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]]> 9/11: 2001 - 2021 9/11: 2001 - 2021 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:55:30 GMT 1:04:13 6138c0d2f678ae00135b8b69 false http://poetrygoodfor.com 6138c0d2f678ae00135b8b69 60e76751e01843001413a43d 911-2001-2021 What happens when two poets get together to talk about their work? full 1 1 The Poetry Foundation editors write: “When major parts of our lives seem to change in a flash, we are reminded that poetry can help us to cope with new realities and to assess the unknowns ahead. When we are stepping out into uncharted terrain, alone or together, poetry can capture our emotions. It can share our vulnerabilities and scars, along with our strengths.”

This is the first program of a new podcast co-produced with Bar Crawl Radio and Chris Brandt -- “Poetry. What is it good for?” For this first episode, we explored the 20-year social and emotional after-tremors of the attack by Saudi Arabian terrorists on the United States through the powerful tool of poetry with J. Chester Johnson and Cornelius Eady. 

J. Chester Johnson is a poet, playwright, essayist, translator, speaker and teacher. He visited Bar Crawl Radio a couple of months ago to talk about his book – “Damaged Heritage” -- on the history and his family’s connection with the 1919 Elaine, Arkansas Massacre, one of many human crimes against humanity in which U. S. White citizens killed over 100 U.S. Black citizens and then prosecuted the survivors for their act of murder. 

Though Cornelius Eady, an American poet, focuses on issues of race and society, his verse accomplishes a lot more as indicated in his deeply felt reactions to the 9/11 attack on this country. Cornelius is also a musician whose verse is performed as song by The Cornelius Eady Trio. His poetry is simple and accessible, centering on jazz and blues, family life, violence, and society from a racial and class-based POV.

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]]> The Poetry Foundation editors write: “When major parts of our lives seem to change in a flash, we are reminded that poetry can help us to cope with new realities and to assess the unknowns ahead. When we are stepping out into uncharted terrain, alone or together, poetry can capture our emotions. It can share our vulnerabilities and scars, along with our strengths.”

This is the first program of a new podcast co-produced with Bar Crawl Radio and Chris Brandt -- “Poetry. What is it good for?” For this first episode, we explored the 20-year social and emotional after-tremors of the attack by Saudi Arabian terrorists on the United States through the powerful tool of poetry with J. Chester Johnson and Cornelius Eady. 

J. Chester Johnson is a poet, playwright, essayist, translator, speaker and teacher. He visited Bar Crawl Radio a couple of months ago to talk about his book – “Damaged Heritage” -- on the history and his family’s connection with the 1919 Elaine, Arkansas Massacre, one of many human crimes against humanity in which U. S. White citizens killed over 100 U.S. Black citizens and then prosecuted the survivors for their act of murder. 

Though Cornelius Eady, an American poet, focuses on issues of race and society, his verse accomplishes a lot more as indicated in his deeply felt reactions to the 9/11 attack on this country. Cornelius is also a musician whose verse is performed as song by The Cornelius Eady Trio. His poetry is simple and accessible, centering on jazz and blues, family life, violence, and society from a racial and class-based POV.

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]]> Introducing Poetry! What is it good for? Podcast Introducing Poetry! What is it good for? Podcast Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:06:24 GMT 6:04 60ef1f0896de6d00123c26fc false http://poetrygoodfor.com 60ef1f0896de6d00123c26fc 60e76751e01843001413a43d introducing-poetry-what-is-it-good-for-podcast Conversations with two poets who know each others work. trailer 1 1 Poetry! What is it good for? podcast will launch on August 10th 2021 with a remembrance of the 9/11 tragedy at its 20 year anniversary with Cornelius Eady and J. Chester Johnson. Let us know if you would like to be added to our newsletter with information about upcoming PWIIGF programming. Contact: poetrygoodfor@gmail.com

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]]> Poetry! What is it good for? podcast will launch on August 10th 2021 with a remembrance of the 9/11 tragedy at its 20 year anniversary with Cornelius Eady and J. Chester Johnson. Let us know if you would like to be added to our newsletter with information about upcoming PWIIGF programming. Contact: poetrygoodfor@gmail.com

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