Melody or Witchcraft: Poets on Emily Dickinson & Today's Issues

Conversations with today's poets and writers about Emily Dickinson and about the scope and sources of creative influence and the relevance of the past. Guests choose a Dickinson poem and one of their own to read. kathrynpetruccelli.substack.com

Melody or Witchcraft: Poets on Emily Dickinson & Today's Issues is a arts podcast hosted by Kathryn Petruccelli, with 37 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Kathryn Petruccelli hosts Melody or Witchcraft: Poets on Emily Dickinson & Today's Issues, a arts show with 37 episodes published.

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  Gabrielle Calvocoressi: keeping it wild

  May 25, 202639 minS0

  <p>Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s new collection of poetry, The New Economy, was a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award in Poetry. Other collections include The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart, Apocalyptic Swing, and Rocket Fantastic, which is the winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. They serve on the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets and live in Old East Durham, NC, where joy, compassion, and social justice are at the center of their personal and poetic practice.</p><p></p><p>Like Trains of Cars on Tracks of PlushI hear the level Bee—A Ja...

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  Bonus Bit: Gabrielle Calvocoressi

  May 25, 20263 minS0

  <p></p><p><p>This Bonus Bit closes out Season 2 of the podcast. Season 3 will be coming your way in July!</p></p><p>Gaby talks about a book by Ang Roell, which they call “Decolonize the Hive.” The title as I found it is Radicalize the Hive and more information about Ang and the book can be found at this link.</p><p><p>Here you are! At the end of Season 2! At the Bonus Bit, no less! I’m so glad you’re listening. Would you consider becoming a paid subscriber & contributing to this resource you enjoy? Subscriptions begin as...

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  Camille T. Dungy: a velocity in the language

  May 18, 202637 minS0

  <p></p><p>Camille T. Dungy is the author of America, A Love Story, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, and five other books of poetry and prose. She has edited three anthologies, including Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry. Dungy is currently a University Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University.</p><p>If you’re reading this somewhere other than Substack, these notes will be abridged and photos will not appear. Join the Ask the Poet Substack (kathrynpetruccelli.substack.com) for complete show notes with images, correct poetry formatting, and regular notices of new...

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  Bonus Bit: Matt Donovan

  May 11, 20265 minS0

  <p>Matt and I discuss Hanif Abdurraqib’s work, specifically Matt brings up Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance.</p><p>There’s a touch of general chatter after the official recording’s end for those of you who (like me) crave a peek behind the curtain, so to speak, and that then leads into some info for Sylvia Plath fans: Matt reveals a new project that the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College (Plath’s alma mater) will roll out. “Brooke” referred to in the conversation is Brooke Steinhauser of the Emily Dickinson Museum. “Jen” referred to in o...

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  Matt Donovan: filling in the gaps

  May 11, 202637 minS0

  <p>Matt Donovan is the author most recently of We Are Not Where We Are (Bull City Press, 2025) which was co-authored with Jenny George, and The Dug-Up Gun Museum (BOA 2022). He is the recipient of a Whiting Award, a Rome Prize in Literature, a Pushcart Prize, and an NEA Fellowship in Literature. Donovan serves as the director of the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College.</p><p>If you’re reading this somewhere other than Substack, these notes will be abridged and photos will not appear. Join the Ask the Poet Substack (kathrynpetruccelli.substack.com) for complete show notes with im...

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