The New Yorker: Poetry
Episodes
Carolyn Forché Reads Mahmoud Darwish
Poet Carolyn Forché discusses Mahmoud Darwish’s “The Owl Is Night,” exploring its themes of Palestinian exile, the weight of history, and the paradox of presence within absence.
Mark Wunderlich Reads Spencer Reece
Poet Mark Wunderlich joins The New Yorker to discuss Spencer Reese’s “My Great Grandmother’s Bible,” analyzing its sonnet form and themes of memory.
Richard Blanco Reads Elizabeth Bishop
New Yorker poetry editor Kevin Young interviews poet Richard Blanco, who reads and discusses Elizabeth Bishop’s “Questions of Travel,” exploring themes of home, displacement, and belonging.
Richard Siken Reads Jorie Graham
Poet Richard Sykin discusses Jory Graham’s “I Catch Sight of the Now,” linking its fragmented temporality to his post-stroke experience.
Julia Alvarez Reads Judy Page Heitzman
Kevin Young interviews Julia Alvarez, who reads Judy Page Heitzman’s “The School Room on the Second Floor of the Knitting Mill” and her own poem “Mommy at Her Vanity.