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The Poetry Space_

Katie Dozier and Timothy Green

Join hosts Katie Dozier and Timothy Green for The Poetry Space_, a weekly poetry podcast featuring lively, free-wheeling discussions on poems, poetry craft, and the writing life. Each episode explores poet interviews, literary magazines, haiku, meter, collaboration, and more in an insightful and fun live-recorded format. Perfect for poets, writers, and anyone poetry-curious looking for smart conversations that inspire and improve your work. New episodes every Friday at noon ET.

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  • English

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  • S4 · E31
    October 2 · 44 min

    Poetry Duel! Andrea Cohen vs. Mike White | ep. 155

    Poets known for writing short poems are all too uncommon. In this episode, Katie & Tim look at two of contemporary poetry's best: Andrea Cohen and Mike White. What is the strength in brevity? Tune in to get the long and short of it! At the Table: Katie Dozier & Timothy Green.

  • S4 · E30
    September 25 · 49 min

    Prufrock, Part 2: T.S.Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock | ep. 154

    Our Prufrock deep dive continues as the table turns from the poem to everything it set loose. We take on the most controversial aspects of the long poem, and what about those the 38 lines Eliot cut? We dare to eat the peach.At the Table: Katie Dozier, Timothy Green, Brian O'Sullivan, Dick Westheimer, and Joe Barca.

  • S4 · E29
    September 18 · 1 hr 3 min

    Prufrock Part 1: T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock | ep. 153

    T.S. Eliot was 22 when he drafted it, 26 when Ezra Pound finally strong-armed it into print, and the first edition took five years to sell 500 copies. In this episode, we walk "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" from that etherized evening sky down to the ragged claws—Dante's epigraph, the yellow fog that's a cat, the coffee spoons, and the overwhelming question nobody ever asks. At the Table: Katie Dozier, Timothy Green, Brian O'Sullivan, Dick Westheimer, and Joe Barca.

  • S4 · E28
    September 11 · 40 min

    Mary Oliver, Part 2: Craft, Criticism & Why Her Poetry Endures | Episode 152

    Our Mary Oliver deep dive continues as Katie Dozier and Timothy Green take a closer look at her craft, philosophy, relationship with her audience, and enduring influence on contemporary poetry. Through readings and close discussion of work from across her career, we consider what Oliver understood about clarity, attention, accessibility, and the reader—and why her enormous popularity may have caused critics to underestimate her. At the Table: Katie Dozier & Timothy Green

  • S4 · E27
    September 4 · 34 min

    Mary Oliver, Part 1: Wild Geese, The Journey & the Poet Behind the Poems | Episode 151

    Mary Oliver is one of the most beloved—and most often most dismissed—American poets. Katie Dozier and Timothy Green look beyond the familiar story of the nature poet, exploring Oliver’s life, craft, popularity, and the tension between the deeply personal and strangely impersonal in her work. Along the way, we read and discuss some of her most famous poems, including “The Journey” and “Wild Geese,” and ask what made her poetry connect with millions of readers. At the Table: Katie Dozier & Timothy Green.

  • S4 · E26
    August 28 · 54 min

    Foetry.com: Exposing Poetry Contest Corruption | ep. 150

    Over twenty years ago, the Los Angeles Times called our guest "the most despised—some would say most feared—man in American poetry.” We invited Alan Cordle Villegas to talk about Foetry.com—the website he created, initially anonymously, with the tagline: “Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants. Naming names.” Would he do it all again? What does it mean to be transparent in an opaque world?At the Table: Katie Dozier, Timothy Green, and Alan Cordle Villegas.

  • S4 · E25
    August 21 · 48 min

    Marie Howe vs. Lucia Perillo: A Poetry Duel! | ep. 149

    Marie Howe went from eldest of nine in Rochester, to winning a Pulitzer Prize last year. Lucia Perillo was a wildlife biologist and park ranger, and later a MacArthur genius—writing about MS with more jokes than most poets manage about anything. This week’s Duel puts What the Living Do head-to-head with Inseminating the Elephant—Who wins? Tune in and see whose lines land the strongest! At the table: Katie Dozier & Timothy Green.

  • S4 · E24
    August 14 · 40 min

    Poetry Editing Demystified | ep. 148 (Part 2)

    With the aim of getting to more listener questions, Rattle editors Timothy Green and Katie Dozier return to demystify the editing process. When is a poem publishable? Tune in to hear our thoughts on many different aspects of poetry editing.

  • S4 · E23
    August 7 · 43 min

    Poetry Editing Demystified | ep. 147 (Part 1)

    What goes into editing one of the largest poetry magazines? In this multi-part series, Rattle editors Timothy Green and Katie Dozier pull the curtain back on the process, offering up their own insights into surprising aspects of the process as well as fielding questions from listeners. More to come! At the Table: Katie Dozier & Timothy Green.

  • S4 · E22
    July 24 · 1 hr 3 min

    Poetry Duel! Arkansas Review vs. Fourteen Hills | ep. 146

    Timothy Green and Katie Dozier go head-to-head in a Poetry Duel between The Arkansas Review and Fourteen Hills, each armed with randomly-picked poems they think can take the other magazine down. They read, debate, and question each other’s taste, as always! Together, they decide which literary journal wins bragging rights—all while talking contemporary poetry, editing, and what actually makes a poem memorable. At the Table: Katie Dozier & Timothy Green.

  • S4 · E22
    July 17 · 49 min

    Billy Collins, Ada Limón & James Wright: Poems We Love (Part 2)

    Part two of our "bring a poem you love" experiment picks up where we left off, finishing out Joe Barca's pick, James Wright's "A Blessing" (yes, THAT ending). Then Dick Westheimer digs into the dirt with Ada Limón's "The Burying Beetle," and we close out with Billy Collins' "The Art of Drowning." Craft talk, scansion, and a few strong opinions!At the Table: Katie Dozier, Timothy Green, Dick Westheimer, Joe Barca & Brian O'Sullivan.

  • S4 · E21
    July 10 · 57 min

    James Wright, Alan Shapiro & Alicia Ostriker: Poems We Love (Part 1)

    This week, everyone at the table comes bearing gifts — not their own poems, but someone else's genius they can't stop thinking about. Tim kicks things off with Alan Shapiro's "Closer," a breakup poem disguised as a baseball play-by-play, before Brian O'Sullivan brings us Alicia Ostriker's "Demeter to Persephone," a myth retelling with a shockingly modern mom voice. We also get our first bite of Joe Barca's pick, James Wright's classic "A Blessing" — don't worry, we'll finish that one next week. Close reading, scansion, and a little bit of poem-crush confession, all in one sitting. At the Table: Katie Dozier, Timothy Green, Dick Westheimer, Joe Barca, and Brian O'Sullivan.

  • S4 · E20
    July 3 · 51 min

    Mary Oliver vs. Jack Gilbert: A Poetry Duel

    Mary Oliver is widely considered the most popular English-language poet of recent generations. In this episode, we put her work head-to-head against revered poet Jack Gilbert by analyzing three random poems from each of their collections. We explore themes of light and darkness, accessibility, and poetic craft in this lively discussion. It's poet vs. poet. Who will win this time? At the Table: Katie Dozier & Timothy Green

  • S4 · E19
    June 26 · 57 min

    Poems for Katie: Writing, Inspiration & Poetic Unconscious

    Katie & Tim take a look at his new book, Poems for Katie. Tim shares his poems, discusses how the subconscious comes into play, and talks about the power of prompts. How did poetry help him find his way? Tune in this week to find out. At the table: Katie Dozier & Timothy Green.

  • S4 · E18
    June 19 · 35 min

    Residency Review: A Memoir in Verse – Craft & Conversation

    In this raw episode, Katie talks about Residency Review: A Memoir in Verse. She shares poems from her new book, and together Katie and Tim explore the emotional landscape that went into crafting it. At the Table: Katie Dozier & Timothy Green

  • S4 · E17
    May 29 · 57 min

    AGNI vs. New England Review: Literary Magazine Showdown

    It’s AGNI vs. New England Review in a literary-magazine duel for the ages—or at least for the slightly over-caffeinated poetry set. As always, we never know where these duels will lead us, and this one includes a heated discussion of imagism and its evolution. Which journal will reign supreme? Tune in to turn the pages. At the table: Katie Dozier & Timothy Green

  • S4 · E16
    May 15 · 1 hr 7 min

    ep. 139 - Meter Part 2

    When it comes to meter, free verse poets have been known to ask, “what’s in it for me?!” In part two, Katie and Tim keep the party going with Susan Spear, Brian O’Sullivan, Chelsea McClellan, and Christiana Doucette, moving into visible form, hidden form, terza rima, repetition, rhyme, humor, and one thing not often discussed within the realm of meter: free verse! At the table: Katie Dozier Timothy Green Susan Spear Brian O’Sullivan Christiana Doucette Chelsea McClellan

  • S4 · E15
    May 8 · 57 min

    ep. 138 - Meter Part 1

    Patterns are all around us, and meter doesn’t have to be scary--even with its mysterious little slash marks reminiscent of gaping wounds. In part one of this two-part conversation, Katie and Tim talk with Susan Spear, Brian O’Sullivan, Chelsea McClellan, and Christiana Doucette about how English verse actually moves—from the big drumbeat of alliterative verse to the sneakier pleasures of iambs, speech stress, and scansion. Susan Spear and David Rothman’s book Learning the Secrets of English Verse: The Keys to the Treasure Chest is featured. At the table: Katie Dozier Timothy Green Susan Spear Brian O’Sullivan Christiana Doucette Chelsea McClellan

  • S4 · E14
    April 24 · 38 min

    ep. 137 - One Art Haiku Anthology Part 2

    In this episode, we're once again joined by ONE ART: A Journal of Poetry's editor, Mark Danowsky to talk about how Katie and Mark began curating the yearly haiku anthology. We continue sharing some of the great poems curated in this years' anthology. At the Table: Katie Dozier Timothy Green Mark Danowsky

  • S4 · E13
    April 17 · 46 min

    ep. 136 - One Art Haiku Anthology (Part 1)

    In this episode, we're joined by ONE ART: A Journal of Poetry's editor, Mark Danowsky to talk about how Katie and Mark began curating the yearly haiku anthology. We share some of the great poems curated in this years' anthology. At the Table: Katie Dozier Timothy Green Mark Danowsky

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