Good news is sometimes hard to come by for poets, and what’s better news than a new book! Celebrate with us as Jason hosts an interview podcast with poets discussing their new books. Each episode is a smart, fun look into the world of poetry. Each guest reads several poems for their new work, and talks about how their books came to be, and how they write the way they do.

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Anna Lena Phillips Bell

Today's guest is Anna Lena Phillips Bell, and her new book, Might Could, won the Anthony Hecht Prize from Waywiser Books. Anna Lena Phillips Bell is also the author of...

Lauren Camp

Poet Lauren Camp is the author of the new book, Is Is Enough, a collection of poems that face her father’s dementia and the way she and her family are affected by it. ...

D.M. Aderibigbe

Happy National Poetry Month! Today, poet D.M. Aderibigbe joins me to talk about his new book, 82nd Division. D.M. Aderibigbe was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. Pri...

Heather Lanier

Today, I’m so pleased to present my conversation with my friend, the essayist and poet, Heather Lanier, about her newest chapbook, Erasing the Book of Pregnancy. She i...

Patricia Smith

Today's show features Patricia Smith, whose The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems, won the National Book Award for Poetry last fall. It’s a tremendous book...

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