Unabridged: Poetry Therapy
If you’ve ever felt like you didn’t “get it” when it comes to poetry, The Stacks is here for a little poetry therapy featuring five spectacular poets breaking down their favorite poems. We are joined by José Olivarez, Morgan Parker, Saeed Jones, Nate Marshall and Gabrielle Bates. Each has selected a poem to read with Traci; then they discuss what they notice, how it works, and why it excites them. This episode is for folks who love poetry, those who cower in fear, and everyone in between.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes. You can also find what we talked about on Amazon.
José Olivarez
“Sink Your Fingers into the Darkness of my Fur” by Ellen Bass
Promises of Gold by José Olivarez
Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez
Por Siempre by José Olivarez
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay
“Ep. 264 Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay — The Stacks Book Club (Clint Smith)” (The Stacks)
The January Children by Safia Elhillo
“Sink Your Fingers into the Darkness of my Fur” by Ellen Bass
Doppelgangbanger by Cortney Lamar Charleston
Teeth by Aracelis Girmay
Kingdom Animalia by Aracelis Girmay
“Loisfoeribari” by Aracelis Girmay
If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar
Electric Arches by Eve Ewing
Stag’s Leap by Sharon Olds
Morgan Parker
“won’t you celebrate with me” by Lucille Clifton
Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night by Morgan Parker
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker
Magical Negro by Morgan Parker
You Get What You Pay For by Morgan Parker
“won’t you celebrate with me” by Lucille Clifton
Everyday Something Has Tried to Kill Me And Has Failed by Kim McLarin
“Ep. 212 Doppelgangbanger by Cortney Lamar Charleston — The Stacks Book Club (Nate Marshall)” (The Stacks)
The Breakbeat Poets, edited by Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana and Nate Marshall
Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker
Saeed Jones
“What Do Women Want” by Kim Addonizio
Vibe Check (Stitcher)
Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones
Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones
“Ep. 233 A Grieving Apocalyptic Historian with Saeed Jones” (The Stacks)
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
“Ep. 264 Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay — The Stacks Book Club (Clint Smith)” (The Stacks)
“What Do Women Want” by Kim Addonizio
Tell Me by Kim Addonizio
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
“homage to my hips” by Lucille Clifton
How to Carry Water by Lucille Clifton
Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Nate Marshall
Evolution of My Block by Jacob Saenz
Finna by Nate Marshall
Blood Percussion by Nate Marshall
Wild Hundreds by Nate Marshall
No Blue Memories by Nate Marshall and Eve Ewing
“Evolution of My Block” by Jacob Saenz
“Ep. 212 Doppelgangbanger by Cortney Lamar Charleston — The Stacks Book Club (Nate Marshall)” (The Stacks)
Doppelgangbanger by Cortney Lamar Charleston
“Ep. 209 A Poem is About Wonder with Nate Marshall” (The Stacks)
Gabrielle Bates
I’ve Been Thinking about Love Again by Vievee Francis
Judas Goat by Gabrielle Bates
“I’ve Been Thinking about Love Again” by Vievee Francis
Theophanies by Sarah Ghazal Ali
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