The great poets read

The Poetry Foundation offers a number of intersting podcasts, including two that I’ve become great fans of:

Essential American Poets offers a selection of poets — chosen by then-U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall — of some of the best poets working in the medium in recent years. Poets like C.K. Williams, Galway Kinnell, Ted Kooser and Theodore Roethke have been featured. It runs every two weeks. You can listen on the foundation’s site or subscribe via iTunes.

Poetry Off the Shelf is another important offering, which provides readings, interviews and criticism on a weekly basis. There have been discussions of Elizabeth Alexander and the inaugural poem, Langston Hughes, erotic poetry, Louis Zukofsky, economic poetry and other topics. You can listen on the foundation’s site or subscribe via iTunes.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet