The Poets We Turn To
with Artrice Bennett and Jon Tobias
Artrice and Jon talk about the poets they regularly turn back to or whose work they can’t put down and contemplate on why that is. Who do we keep ignoring our TBR for? Why do we hold a place for certain poets when there are so many good ones out there?
Artrice shares E. Hughes’s debut collection, Ankle Deep in Pacific Water, and considers how the collection tackles grief, biography, and the personal archive.
Jon shares CA Conrad’s latest collection,Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return and contemplates on the collection’s use of tenderness in the face of grief.
Artrice Bennett and Jon Tobias deliver poetry from around the world to connect you with poets from Cuba, Vietnam, Iraq, Sweden, and more. Through sharing poems from Poetry International, we offer a moment to reflect and spark conversations about poetry and the mysteries of the world around us. Join PIPO for a poem, a conversation, and reflection every episode, once a month.