Poetry by Podcast

The Poetry Foundation does fine and diverse podcasts.

I've lately been enjoying podcasts from the Poetry Foundation (also available through the iTunes Store). Their weekly episodes include readings and interviews, and range over poets living and dead, famed and obscure. They are typically about five or ten minutes long. Listening to spoken poetry can obviously be a very different experience from reading, and both can be important. A good reader can bring a personal, interpretive aspect to the presentation. On the other hand, reading a poem yourself allows you time to pause, reread and react. For me, these podcasts provide interesting introductions to poets I might not otherwise encounter, so I can better choose among the insurmountable opportunities (both written and spoken) offered by this intense art.

Posted: Fri - February 9, 2007 at 08:48 PM by email

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Poetry by Podcast

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