From the Catbird Seat: Poetry from the Library of Congress
by Library of Congress · 11 episodes
Arts
Features archived recordings of poets reading and discussing their work at the Library of Congress, and offers behind-the-scenes interviews with special guests.
Latest episodes
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42 min
Making “American Conversations”: Part 3
This episode, the third and final in a special three-part series, chronicles Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith’s travels to rural Kentucky in March 2018 as a pilot for her second-year p…
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41 sec
Making "American Conversations": Part 3
This episode, the third and final in a special three-part series, chronicles Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith's travels to rural Kentucky in March 2018 as a pilot for her second-year p…
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31 min
Making “American Conversations”: Part 2
This episode, the second in a special three-part series, chronicles Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith’s travels to rural South Carolina in February 2018 as a pilot for her second-year p…
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30 sec
Making "American Conversations": Part 2
This episode, the second in a special three-part series, chronicles Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith's travels to rural South Carolina in February 2018 as a pilot for her second-year p…
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39 min
Making “American Conversations”: Part 1
This episode, the first in a special three-part series, chronicles Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith’s travels to rural New Mexico in January 2018 as a pilot for her second-year project…
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39 sec
Making "American Conversations": Part 1
This episode, the first in a special three-part series, chronicles Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith's travels to rural New Mexico in January 2018 as a pilot for her second-year project…
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28 min
Poet Laureate Charles Wright
On the eighth episode of From the Catbird Seat, former Poet Laureate Charles Wright speaks with Rob Casper about his term as poet laureate, and we listen to highlights from Wright’…
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28 sec
Poet Laureate Charles Wright
On the eighth episode of "From the Catbird Seat," former Poet Laureate Charles Wright speaks with Rob Casper about his term as poet laureate, and we listen to highlights from Wrigh…
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31 sec
Bagley Wright Lecture Series
On the seventh episode of "From the Catbird Seat," Rob Casper goes behind the scenes with Matthew Zapruder, editor at large of Wave Books and the former director of the Bagley Wrig…
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32 min
Bagley Wright Lecture Series
On the seventh episode of From the Catbird Seat, Rob Casper goes behind the scenes with Matthew Zapruder, editor at large of Wave Books and the former director of the Bagley Wright…
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28 sec
National Book Festival Youth Poetry Slam
On the sixth episode of "From the Catbird Seat," Rob Casper chats with former Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera about his experience serving as a judge for the 2015 National Book F…
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28 min
National Book Festival Youth Poetry Slam
On the sixth episode of From the Catbird Seat, Rob Casper chats with former Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera about his experience serving as a judge for the 2015 National Book Fes…
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28 sec
Conversations with African Poets and Writers
On the fifth episode of "From the Catbird Seat," Rob Casper goes behind the scenes with Ghanaian poet and editor Kwame Dawes about the February 2017 "Conversations with African Poe…
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29 min
Conversations with African Poets and Writers
On the fifth episode of From the Catbird Seat, Rob Casper goes behind the scenes with Ghanaian poet and editor Kwame Dawes about the February 2017 “Conversations with African Poets…
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26 sec
Natasha Trethewey and Rosanne Cash
On the fourth episode of "From the Catbird Seat," Rob Casper chats with former Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, who reflects on her 2013 conversation with singer-songwriter Rosanne…
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27 min
Natasha Trethewey and Rosanne Cash
On the fourth episode of From the Catbird Seat, Rob Casper chats with former Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, who reflects on her 2013 conversation with singer-songwriter Rosanne C…
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29 sec
Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry
On the third episode of "From the Catbird Seat," Rob Casper goes behind the scenes with Betty Sue Flowers, Mary Szybist, and Danielle Legros Georges, the jurors of the 2016 Bobbitt…
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29 min
Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry
On the third episode of From the Catbird Seat, Rob Casper goes behind the scenes with Betty Sue Flowers, Mary Szybist, and Danielle Legros Georges, the jurors of the 2016 Bobbitt P…
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29 sec
The Life of a Poet
On the second episode of "From the Catbird Seat," Rob Casper goes behind the scenes with Ron Charles, editor of The Washington Post's Book World, about the origins of "The Life of…
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30 min
The Life of a Poet
On the second episode of From the Catbird Seat, Rob Casper goes behind the scenes with Ron Charles, editor of The Washington Post‘s Book World, about the origins of “The Life of a…