The New Yorker: Poetry

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1. 
   Meghan O'Rourke Reads Max Ritvo

   2026-10-28 · 49 min · Episode 4

   Meghan O’Rourke joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Poem to My Litter,” by Max Ritvo, and her own poem “Sectioned.” O’Rourke is the author, most recently, of the New York Times best-seller “The Invisible Kingdom:…

2. 
   Carolyn Forché Reads Mahmoud Darwish

   2026-09-30 · 52 min · Episode 3

   Carolyn Forché joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Owl’s Night,” by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Jeffrey Sacks, and her own poem “The Museum of Stones.” A poet, translator, editor, and activist, Forché is the…

3. 
   Mark Wunderlich Reads Spencer Reece

   2026-08-26 · 49 min · Episode 2

   Mark Wunderlich joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “My Great-Grandmother’s Bible,” by Spencer Reece, and his own poem “The Bats.” Wunderlich is the author of five books of poems, including “The Anchorage,” which…

4. 
   Richard Blanco Reads Elizabeth Bishop

   2026-07-29 · 50 min · Episode 1

   Richard Blanco joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Questions of Travel,” by Elizabeth Bishop, and his own poem, “My Father in English.” Blanco is the author of two memoirs and four poetry collections, including “How…

5. 
   Richard Siken Reads Jorie Graham

   2026-06-24 · 42 min

   Richard Siken joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I Catch Sight of the Now,” by Jorie Graham, and his own poem “Piano Lesson.” Siken is a poet and painter whose book “Crush” won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets…

6. 
   Julia Alvarez Reads Judy Page Heitzman

   2026-05-27 · 39 min

   Julia Alvarez joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Schoolroom on the Second Floor of the Knitting Mill,” by Judy Page Heitzman, and her own poem “Mami at Her Vanity.” Alvarez is the author of many novels,…

7. 
   Monica Ferrell Reads Lucie Brock-Broido

   2026-04-29 · 48 min

   Monica Ferrell joins Kevin Young to discuss “Carrowmore,” by Lucie Brock-Broido, and her own poem “The Fifties.” Ferrell is the author of a novel and three books of poetry, including “You Darling Thing,” a finalist for…

8. 
   Maya C. Popa Reads Brenda Shaughnessy

   2026-03-25 · 45 min

   Maya C. Popa joins Kevin Young to read “Artless,” by Brenda Shaughnessy, and her own poem “The World Was All Before Them.” Popa is the author of “Wound Is the Origin of Wonder” and “American Faith,” the latter of which…

9. 
   Adrian Matejka Reads C.D. Wright

   2026-02-25 · 49 min

   Adrian Matejka joins Kevin Young to read “Against the Encroaching Grays,” by C. D. Wright, and his own poem “Almost Home.” Matejka is the author of several poetry collections and the graphic novel “Last on His Feet.” He…

10. 
    April Bernard Reads John Ashbery

    2026-01-28 · 46 min

    April Bernard joins Kevin Young to read “A Worldly Country,” by John Ashbery, and her own poem “Beagle or Something.” Bernard is the author of two novels and six poetry collections—including “Blackbird Bye Bye,” which…

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