The Poet and The Poem

Poet Mary Morris reads from her new book 'Lanterns in the Night Market' and discusses the poems' themes of travel and pandemic-era animal sightings.

Winifred Hughes discusses winning the Morgenthau Poetry Prize for poets over 70 with her book 'The Village of New Ghosts'.

Grace Cavalieri interviews Natalie Dykstra about her award-winning biography 'Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner' and the decade-long process of writing it.

Cynthia Manion and Grace Cavalieri share a heartfelt conversation about their sisterly bond, poetry, and blessings.

Grace Cavalieri, from The Poet and The Poem at the Library of Congress, talks with Edgar Kunz about Fixer, Tap Out, and the new attention around his work.

Grace Cavalieri introduces poets Diane Wilbon Parks and Sistah Joy, who share their poems on a Library of Congress podcast.

On The Poet and the Poem, Grace Cavalieri interviews Sierra Leone British poet and scholar Khadija Sesay, also known academically as Khadija George.

Poet Harryette Mullen discusses her new book 'Regaining Unconsciousness' and reads a poem titled 'Photo Op with Morpheus'.

Grace Cavalieri interviews poet Ellen Carter Woodbridge about her debut poetry collection 'The Meaning of Life', starting with a reading of her poem 'Suspect'.

Grace Cavalieri interviews poet Eric Baker, who reads his poem from the project 'In Dong Su' and discusses his background.

The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress pairs Gail Bartlett's Shepherd of the Lithosphere with Jan Booth's What Remains?, and both books are introduced through poems about farms, nature, and time.

Grace Cavalieri introduces Beth Doolin and Jennifer Keith on The Poet and The Poem from the Library of Congress, then opens with Doolin's "Components of Loss" and Keith's "An Opening." Doolin describes form as a way to hold "biggest feelings," while Keith says she tries to make "difficult things accessible" and bring readers close to "heavy things." Doolin links her writing to trauma, PTSD, and poems about the past, and Keith says she wants poetry to be cinematic, shaped by film, American music, and faith.

On The Poet and the Poem, Grace Cavalieri interviews Arthur Sze, the 25th Poet Laureate of the United States, about five decades of writing, Zen, science, and attentive observation.

Cynthia Manion and Grace Cavalieri share a heartfelt conversation about their sisterly bond, poetry, and blessings.