Episodes: 2020

Today's poem is For the Woman on Main Street Stopping to Pull Up Her Pantyhose by Kristene Kaye Brown.

Today's poem is In Praise of My Threaded Eyebrows by Joshua Nguyen.

Today's poem is They Feed They Lion by Philip Levine.

Today's poem is Better or Worse by Heather McHugh.

Today's poem is Fish Heads by R.A. Villanueva. This episode originally aired on March 30, 2020. This week, we’re featuring poems about food and all the many ways it sustains us. Because food is community and memory. It’s struggle, joy, and so much more.

Today's poem is Bliss Point or What Can Best Be Achieved by Cheese by Benjamin Garcia. This week, we’re featuring poems about food and all the many ways it sustains us. Because food is community and memory. It’s struggle, joy, and so much more.

Today's poem is Oxtail Stew by David Dominguez. This week, we’re featuring poems about food and all the many ways it sustains us. Because food is community and memory. It’s struggle, joy, and so much more.

Today's poem is Butter by Elizabeth Alexander. This week, we’re featuring poems about food and all the many ways it sustains us. Because food is community and memory. It’s struggle, joy, and so much more.

Today's poem is Lesson: Chicken Soup by Christine Kitano. This week, we’re featuring poems about food and all the many ways it sustains us. Because food is community and memory. It’s struggle, joy, and so much more.

Today's poem is Frequently Asked Questions: #7 by Camille T. Dungy. This episode originally aired on November 12, 2019.

Today's poem is A Mother's Mouth Illuminated by Threa Almontaser.

Today's poem is poem for palm pressed upon pane by Marwa Helal.

Today's episode is The End of Science Fiction by Lisel Mueller.

Today's poem is Immigrant Picnic by Gregory Djanikian.

Today's poem is Kerosene Litany by Mahogany L. Browne. This episode originally aired December 27, 2019.

Today's poem is Mebble by Taije Silverman.

Today's poem is Wild Peaches by Elinor Wylie.

Today's poem is Before Dawn in October by Julia Kasdorf.