Our second season of The Glimpse is here, featuring lively conversations between poets about their work and about poems that inspire them.Our host for this seas...
Our second season of The Glimpse is here, featuring lively conversations between poets about their work and about poems that inspire them.Our host for this season, Seán Hewitt, interviews poets connected to Ireland, including Irish, Northern Irish, and diasporic poets. Guest poets for Season 2 include Victoria Kennefick, Mícheál McCann, Nithy Kasa, Kit Fryatt, Martina Evans, Stephen Sexton, Gustav Parker Hibbett, and Jane Clarke. As in our first season, each guest chooses two poems to read and discuss: one they’ve written, and one by another poet.The Glimpse is produced by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, with new episodes available each Tuesday starting in March 2025.About the host: Seán Hewitt is a poet, memoirist, novelist, and literary critic. His award-winning books across genres include Tongues of Fire, All Down Darkness Wide, and the forthcoming Open, Heaven.
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This is a F*** You Poem
Poet Omotara James and host Camille Rankine explore the tension between vulnerability and confidence in poetry. They also delve into the language of pleasure and cruelty as well as the importance of subverting tropes.
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Breaking the Silence with Solmaz Sharif
Poet Solmaz Sharif speaks about her relationship to silence, the cost of speaking up for people whose narratives have been silenced and June Jordan’s impact on her writing.WARNING: a poem in this episode describes violence that some may find disturbing.
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A Poet, Not a Murderer with Rachel McKibbens
Poet Rachel McKibbens explores the role violence and has played in her life, her poetry and motherhood. She talks to host Camille Rankine about her poem "glutton" and the impact Brigit Pegeen Kelly's poem "Song" has had on her work.Warning: This episode contains some descriptions of violence that listeners may find disturbing.
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Grief, Hope and Garbage with Chen Chen
Poet Chen Chen talks about petitioning the universe on multiple levels, the personification of grief and finding inspiration in a ketchup packet.
Our second season of The Glimpse is here, featuring lively conversations between poets about their work and about poems that inspire them.Our host for this season, Seán Hewitt, interviews poets connected to Ireland, including Irish, Northern Irish, and diasporic poets. Guest poets for Season 2 include Victoria Kennefick, Mícheál McCann, Nithy Kasa, Kit Fryatt, Martina Evans, Stephen Sexton, Gustav Parker Hibbett, and Jane Clarke. As in our first season, each guest chooses two poems to read and discuss: one they’ve written, and one by another poet.The Glimpse is produced by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, with new episodes available each Tuesday starting in March 2025.About the host: Seán Hewitt is a poet, memoirist, novelist, and literary critic. His award-winning books across genres include Tongues of Fire, All Down Darkness Wide, and the forthcoming Open, Heaven. If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out our first season with host Camille Rankine, give it a listen. Rankine is an author, poet, and professor. Her books include Incorrect Merciful Impulses and the chapbook Slow Dance with Trip Wire. Her conversations with John Murillo, Ama Codjoe, Kaveh Akbar, Hafizah Geter, Chen Chen, Solmaz Sharif, Rachel McKibbens, and Omotara James are thoughtful, reverent, and spirited.