201 Episodes

  1. Ilya Kaminsky — We Lived Happily during the War

    Published: 6/14/2021

  2. Margaret Noodin — Gimaazinibii’amoon (A Message to You)

    Published: 6/11/2021

  3. BONUS: A Conversation with Margaret Noodin

    Published: 6/11/2021

  4. Martín Espada — After the Goose that Rose Like the God of Geese

    Published: 6/7/2021

  5. Roshni Goyate — Coconut Oil

    Published: 6/4/2021

  6. b: william bearhart — When I Was in Las Vegas and Saw a Warhol Painting of Geronimo

    Published: 5/31/2021

  7. Esteban Rodríguez — 22 La Bota

    Published: 5/28/2021

  8. Reginald Dwayne Betts — Essay on Reentry

    Published: 5/24/2021

  9. Li-Young Lee — From Blossoms

    Published: 5/21/2021

  10. Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo — Battlegrounds

    Published: 5/17/2021

  11. Matthew Olzmann — Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem

    Published: 5/14/2021

  12. Vievee Francis — How Delicious to Say It

    Published: 5/10/2021

  13. Eavan Boland — Eviction

    Published: 5/7/2021

  14. Jónína Kirton — Reconciliation

    Published: 5/3/2021

  15. Lorna Goodison — Reporting Back to Queen Isabella

    Published: 4/30/2021

  16. Hanif Abdurraqib — When We Were 13, Jeff’s Father Left The Needle Down On A Journey Record Before Leaving The House One Morning And Never Coming Back

    Published: 4/26/2021

  17. Poetry Unbound — Season 3 Trailer

    Published: 4/19/2021

  18. Christian Wiman — All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs

    Published: 12/18/2020

  19. Carlos Andrés Gómez — Father

    Published: 12/14/2020

  20. Ellen Bass — Bone of My Bone and Flesh of My Flesh

    Published: 12/11/2020

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Short and unhurried, Poetry Unbound is an immersive exploration of a single poem, hosted by Pádraig Ó Tuama. Pádraig Ó Tuama greets you at the doorways of brilliant poems and walks you through — each one has wisdom to offer and questions to ask you. Already a listener? There’s also a book (Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World), a Substack newsletter with a vibrant conversation in the comments, and occasional gatherings.