Interesting People Reading Poetry

In this IPRP Poetry Playlist, U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón reads three selections from the anthology You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, out now from Milkweed Editions. The collection, edited and introduced by Limón, offers "fifty poems reflecting on our relationship to the natural world by our most celebrated contemporary writers." Click here to learn more about the anthology, including upcoming events and how to share your own "You Are Here" nature poem. https://open.spotify.com/episode/21B1WXPUDJ9WNDH4LMROeD TRACKLIST 1. “Reasons to Live” by Ruth Awad 2. "Lullaby for the Grieving" by Ashley M. Jones 3. “Twenty Minutes in the Backyard" by Alberto Ríos Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

In this episode, Roy Foster reads "Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats. Foster is the Emeritus Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and the author of many books, including his classic, two-volume biography of Yeats, published in 1997 and 2003. In a review of the first volume published in the New York Review of Books, the Irish novelist John Banville wrote: “W.B. Yeats: A Life is a great and important work, a triumph of scholarship, thought, and empathy such as one would hardly have thought possible in this age of disillusion. It is an achievement wholly of a scale with its heroic subject.” https://open.spotify.com/episode/2EPxyqHWa7nQJB5SKB1BDj “Sailing to Byzantium” by William Butler Yeats was first published in 1927 and included in his magnificent collection, The Tower, published in 1928. To learn more about Yeats' life and work, look no further than Roy Foster's W.B Yeats: A Life, Vol. I: The Apprentice Mage and Vol. II: The Arch-Poet. We feature one short listener poem at the end of every episode. To submit, call the Haiku Hotline at 612-440-0643 and read your poem after the beep. For the occasional prompt, follow us on Facebook. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

In this IPRP Poetry Playlist, our host Brendan Stermer reads three poems from his debut chapbook, Forgotten Frequencies, out now from North Dakota State University Press. The books were printed in a limited edition at The Braddock News Letterpress Museum in Braddock, ND and assembled by hand by students in the publishing program at North Dakota State University in Fargo. Forgotten Frequencies was selected as the winner of the 2023 Poetry of the Plains & Prairies Award and named a 2024 Midwest Book Awards finalist. Purchase a signed copy of Forgotten Frequencies here. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Brb9k6kD6TMxl5YKT4VZ5 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

In this episode, musician and writer Dessa reads an excerpt from “Natural Enemies of the Conch” by Alan Dugan. Dessa first gained prominence as a rapper with the Twin Cities hip hop collective Doomtree, but has since worked across many genres and creative disciplines. She has collaborated with the Minnesota Orchestra, published a memoir and poetry collections, and even hosted a BBC science podcast. Her fantastic new album, Bury the Lede, is an embrace of dance floor-ready pop music.  https://open.spotify.com/episode/364PtYtwMXPD85nnksKTN1 Alan Dugan was an American poet born in New York City in 1923. "Natural Enemies of the Conch” appears in Poems Seven: New and Complete Poetry, published by Seven Stories Press. Keep up with Dessa on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and at dessawander.com.  We feature one short listener poem at the end of every episode. To submit, call the Haiku Hotline at 612-440-0643 and read your poem after the beep. For the occasional prompt, follow us on Facebook. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.