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Hanif Abdurraqib Talks with Adia Victoria on the Talkhouse Podcast

By Talkhouse Podcast | July 30, 2020

By Talkhouse Podcast | July 30, 2020

Hanif Abdurraqib Talks with Adia Victoria on the Talkhouse Podcast

They talk Little Richard, Flannery O'Connor, and why Beyonce is actually a blues singer.

Yrsa Daley-Ward Reads Her New Poem “Making The End”

By Yrsa Daley-Ward | June 4, 2020

By Yrsa Daley-Ward | June 4, 2020

Yrsa Daley-Ward Reads Her New Poem “Making The End”

The Way We Get By: Josephine Decker Takes Us on a Poetry Walk

By Josephine Decker | June 1, 2020

By Josephine Decker | June 1, 2020

The Way We Get By: Josephine Decker Takes Us on a Poetry Walk

The director, whose new film Shirley is out this week, guides us through favorite works by Wallace Stevens, Rainer Maria Rilke and more.

The Poetic Inspiration Behind Infinity Crush’s Virtual Heaven

By Infinity Crush | August 9, 2019

By Infinity Crush | August 9, 2019

The Poetic Inspiration Behind Infinity Crush’s Virtual Heaven

Caroline White guides us through the new album’s references.

An Excerpt from Mouthguard, a Book of Poetry by Sadie Dupuis

By Sadie Dupuis | October 31, 2018

By Sadie Dupuis | October 31, 2018

An Excerpt from Mouthguard, a Book of Poetry by Sadie Dupuis

Read "Build a Better Do It" from the debut collection, plus an introductory essay by Dupuis herself.

Cats of Kotor

By Mark Kozelek | August 10, 2018

By Mark Kozelek | August 10, 2018

Cats of Kotor

Introducing: “Radio”

By Andrea Gibson | November 7, 2017

By Andrea Gibson | November 7, 2017

Introducing: “Radio”

A song-poem about wanting to be wild for someone for decades.

Sober Sunrises, and Other Tales of Making Maya Dardel

By Zachary Cotler and Magdalena Zyzak | October 30, 2017

By Zachary Cotler and Magdalena Zyzak | October 30, 2017

Sober Sunrises, and Other Tales of Making Maya Dardel

What happens when a poet and a novelist start making movies together?

How I Wrote Lion, or Breaking the Rules By Finding the Poetry in Screenwriting

By Luke Davies | December 13, 2016

By Luke Davies | December 13, 2016

How I Wrote Lion, or Breaking the Rules By Finding the Poetry in Screenwriting

Screenwriter Luke Davies on how his past as a novelist and poet informed the way he approached telling the heartwarming true story of Saroo Brierley.

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks F. Gary Gray’s Straight Outta Compton

By Terence Nance | August 21, 2015

By Terence Nance | August 21, 2015

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks F. Gary Gray’s Straight Outta Compton

A rap response to the box-office hit biopic about N.W.A.’s cultural ascent.