The New Yorker: Poetry

Readings and conversation with The New Yorker's poetry editor, Kevin Young.

The New Yorker: Poetry is a arts podcast hosted by The New Yorker, with 128 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.

The New Yorker hosts The New Yorker: Poetry, a arts show with 128 episodes published.

Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.

• 

  Episode #2

  Mark Wunderlich Reads Spencer Reece

  Aug 26, 202649 min

  Mark Wunderlich joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “My Great-Grandmother’s Bible,” by Spencer Reece, and his own poem “The Bats.” Wunderlich is the author of five books of poems, including “The Anchorage,” which received the Lambda Literary Award; “The Earth Avails,” which won the Rilke Prize; and “God of Nothingness,” which was published in 2021. His new book, “MATEY,” is forthcoming from Graywolf Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Episode #1

  Richard Blanco Reads Elizabeth Bishop

  Jul 29, 202650 min

  Richard Blanco joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Questions of Travel,” by Elizabeth Bishop, and his own poem, “My Father in English.” Blanco is the author of two memoirs and four poetry collections, including “How to Love a Country” and “Homeland of My Body.” He is the recipient of several honors, including a National Humanities Medal, a Lambda Literary Award, a Paterson Poetry Prize, and a Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. He was selected by President Barack Obama as the fifth inaugural poet in United States history, and was named as the first-ever American Academy of Poets education ambassador.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  The New Yorker: Poetry

  Richard Siken Reads Jorie Graham

  Jun 24, 202639 min

  Richard Siken joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “ I Catch Sight of the Now ,” by Jorie Graham, and his own poem “ Piano Lesson .” Siken is a poet and painter whose book “ Crush ” won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, a Lambda Literary Award, and a Thom Gunn Award. His other books are “ War of the Foxes ” and “ I Do Know Some Things ,” which was published last year and won a Thom Gunn Award. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  The New Yorker: Poetry

  Julia Alvarez Reads Judy Page Heitzman

  May 27, 202636 min

  Julia Alvarez joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “ The Schoolroom on the Second Floor of the Knitting Mill ,” by Judy Page Heitzman, and her own poem “ Mami at Her Vanity .” Alvarez is the author of many novels, nonfiction books, children’s books, and poetry collections, including, most recently, “ Visitations .” She has received a Hispanic Heritage Award, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature, and a National Medal of Arts. She’s also the subject of a PBS “American Masters” documentary. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  The New Yorker: Poetry

  Monica Ferrell Reads Lucie Brock-Broido

  Apr 29, 202645 min

  Monica Ferrell joins Kevin Young to discuss “ Carrowmore ,” by Lucie Brock-Broido, and her own poem “ The Fifties .” Ferrell is the author of a novel and three books of poetry, including “ You Darling Thing ,” a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Believer Book Award in Poetry. Her new collection, “ The Future ,” was published in March. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

  ListenShow Notes

Based on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:

Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.