Shows
College VoicesFaculty Friday: Meet Al Filreis - Professor of English - November 1In this episode of College Voices, Anusha continues our new series "Faculty Fridays" by interviewing Professor of English, Al Filreis. Hear more about Professor Filreis's background before coming to Penn, his work with the Kelly Writer's House, as well as some additional advice for students interested in the humanities.Special Thanks To:Anusha Mathur, Show Host & WriterAl Filreis, Faculty Interviewee, Professor of EnglishJosh Fabel, Show Writer & Production SpecialistGwen Cohen, Show Producer
2024-11-0110 min
Check the O.L.: Liner Notes from Groundbreaking Online LearningModPo with Al Filreis#ModPo (Modern Poetry) with Al Filreis is a long-running MOOC that has been delighting its participants since 2012. Its community & its curriculum have been consistently growing throughout the years due in no small part to its willingness to engage closely with the material and with each other. When we began our search for groundbreaking online learning experiences to cover in this project, ModPo was one of the most recommended to us. We sure as heck found out why when Al blew our minds with meta-pedagogical delights.
2021-02-121h 01
Poem TalkThat’s Right: A discussion of Eileen Myles’s “Writing” and “Mount St. Helens”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephen Metcalf, June Thomas, and Jess Shollenberger.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2020-08-2652 min
Arty Farty with Vincent2: 7th Game: 1960 Series by Paul BlackburnThis week to celebrate the start of the baseball season, I want to look at my favourite baseball poem, 7th Game: 1960 Series. In this episode, I explain why this poem is not only the best baseball poem written to date but why, it is an amazing time capsule, taking us back to that faithful afternoon of 13th October 1960 when The Pirates beat the Yankees. In a poem loaded with sometimes problematic language, and infused with meaning, Paul Blackburn captures the essence of New York and America in a moment of uncertainty and defeat.
Again, I want to th...
2020-07-3124 minPoem TalkOminous Pre-tingling: A discussion of “MJ Fan Letter” and “RSVP” by Terrance HayesHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Dixon Li, and Jo Park.
2020-07-2452 minPoem TalkFind Me the Rage: A discussion of “Negus” by Kamau BrathwaiteHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jacob Edmond, Amber Rose Johnson, and Huda Fakhreddine.
2020-06-2448 minPoem TalkA Word For Me: A discussion of “Should You Find Me” by Erica HuntHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tyrone Williams, William J. Harris, Aldon Nielsen, and Erica Hunt.
2020-05-2749 minPoem TalkBegin to Awaken: A discussion of “By the road to the contagious hospital” by William Carlos WilliamsHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Imaad Majeed, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Irene Torra Mohedano.
2020-04-2449 minPoem TalkThe Gaps I Mean: A discussion of “Mending Wall” by Robert FrostHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Anna Strong Safford, Stephen Metcalf, and Ahmad Almallah.
2020-03-2754 minPoem TalkKnots of a Woman: A discussion of A Swarm of Bees in High Court by Tonya FosterHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephanie Burt, Bonnie Costello, and Anna Strong Safford.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2020-02-2056 minPoem TalkMammal Patriot: A discussion of Ghost Tantras by Michael McClureHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Selena Dyer, and Jonathan Dick.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2020-01-2249 minPoem TalkBeside the Mind: A discussion of Clairvoyant Journal by Hannah WeinerHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Davy Knittle, Charles Bernstein, and Kate Colby.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2019-12-2048 minPoem TalkThese Squiggles: A discussion of “As if the Trees by Their Very Roots Had Hold of Us” by Charles BernsteinHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tracie Morris, Marjorie Perloff, and Danny Snelson. (With a cameo appearance by Charles Bernstein himself at the end.)
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2019-11-2244 minPoem TalkSeptember 1941: A discussion of “Memory Tree” by Rosmarie WaldropHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Laynie Browne, Mónica de la Torre, Kate Colby, and Rosmarie Waldrop.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2019-10-2847 min
Culture GabfestClaggy SpongeDana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf, and Julia Turner discuss the Breaking Bad movie El Camino, The Great British Baking Show, and the streaming wars and the future of television. In Slate Plus, the panel discuss the work of critic Harold Bloom who died this week with professor Al Filreis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-10-1658 minPoem TalkThe Republic of Space: A discussion of “The Blue Stairs” by Barbara GuestHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, and Kristin Prevallet.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2019-09-2747 min
Sincerely Yours, Wallace StevensThe Other Side of LettersAl Filreis, Kelly Family Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, presents on how Wallace Steven's letters help understand the context of his poetic works.
2019-09-2100 minPoem TalkWorker’s Tanka: A discussion of six tankas (2 each) by three worker poets, Christine Yvette Lewis, Lorraine Garnett and Davidson GarrettHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Husnaa Hashim, Meg Pendoley, and Mark Nowak.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2019-08-2748 minPoem TalkWritten in Water: A discussion of Bluets by Maggie NelsonHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jennifer Firestone, Adrienne Raphel, and Julia Bloch.
2019-07-1947 minPoem TalkLaying Poems Away: A discussion of “The Ambition Bird” by Anne SextonHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ellen Berman, Anthony Rostain, and Ahmad Almallah.
2019-06-2147 minPoem TalkSaw the Lie: A discussion of three short poems in “SKY WRI TEI NGS” by Nasser HussainHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ujjwala Maharjan, Kevin Platt, and Nasser Hussain.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2019-05-1739 minPoem TalkHadbeen Variety: A discussion of “Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake” by John CageHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Marjorie Perloff, Danny Snelson, and Nancy Perloff.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2019-04-2457 minPoem TalkSlowing the Rate of Perception: A discussion of “Hello, the Roses” by Mei-mei BerssenbruggeHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joshua Schuster, Evelyn Reilly, and James Sherry.
2019-03-2049 minPoem TalkFlesh Ekes Ink: A discussion of Divya Victor’s “W Is for Walt Whitman’s Soul” from her book Kith.Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Mytili Jaganathan, Angela Carr, and Anna Strong Safford.
2019-02-2046 minPoem TalkLight filtering through: A discussion of G. Maria Hindmarch's “Kitsilano”.Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Erín Moure, Karis Shearer, and Deanna Fong.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2019-01-1649 minPoem TalkFilter, Impose, Trespass: A discussion of Rachel Zolf’s Human Resources.Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jeff T. Johnson, Whitney Trettien, and Amy Paeth.
2018-12-1948 minPoem TalkNot Detainable: A discussion of Gwendolyn Brooks’s “Riot”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Amber Rose Johnson, Tonya Foster, and Davy Knittle.
2018-11-1643 minPoem TalkThe After-Hell: A discussion of Sylvia Plath's poem “The Stones”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Susan Schultz, Sally Van Doren, and Huda Fakhreddine.
2018-10-1747 minPoem TalkOf Beautiful Tangents: A discussion of two poems from Perfect Villagers by Sueyeun Juliette LeeHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Sawako Nakayasu, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, and Donato Mancini.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2018-09-2051 minPoem TalkBoring in a Different Way: A discussion of John Ashbery's “The Short Answer”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Marjorie Perloff, Susan McCabe, and Robert von Hallberg.
2018-08-2147 minPoem TalkSomething in the Way: A discussion of Amiri Baraka’s “Something in the Way of Things (In Town)”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring William J. Harris, Tyrone Williams, and Aldon Nielsen.
2018-07-2553 minPoem TalkFallout from Cooling: A discussion of three poems from Erica BaumHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Christine Nelson, Davy Knittle, and Erica Baum
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2018-06-1340 minPoem TalkOur Endless Ear: A discussion of Jack Kerouac’s “Old Angel Midnight”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring J. C. Cloutier, Michelle Taransky, and Clark Coolidge.
2018-05-1643 min
Deviate with Rolf PottsAl Filreis on education“All lessons are delayed. Very few of us actually receive the lesson right there, when it is delivered to us.” –Al Filreis
Al Filreis (@Afilreis) is a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the founder and Faculty Director of The Kelly Writers House, a non-profit, community organization dedicated to creative writing and the literary arts. He is also author of such books as Counter-revolution of the Word: The Conservative Attack on Modern Poetry, 1945-1960 and Modernism from Right to Left.
2018-04-241h 33DeviateAl Filreis on education“All lessons are delayed. Very few of us actually receive the lesson right there, when it is delivered to us.” –Al Filreis
Al Filreis (@Afilreis) is a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the founder and Faculty Director of The Kelly Writers House, a non-profit, community organization dedicated to creative writing and the literary arts. He is also author of such books as Counter-revolution of the Word: The Conservative Attack on Modern Poetry, 1945-1960 and Modernism from Right to Left.
2018-04-241h 33
DeviateThe way we teach and learn has been broken for 300 years (but we can fix it)“All lessons are delayed. Very few of us actually receive the lesson right there, when it is delivered to us.” –Al Filreis
Al Filreis (@Afilreis) is a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the founder and Faculty Director of The Kelly Writers House, a non-profit, community organization dedicated to creative writing and the literary arts. He is also author of such books as Counter-revolution of the Word: The Conservative Attack on Modern Poetry, 1945-1960 and Modernism from Right to Left.
2018-04-241h 33Poem TalkBugging the Circles: A discussion of David Antin’s “War”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Diane Rothenberg, and Ariel Resnikoff.
2018-04-1357 minPoem TalkInsurrection Is Value: A discussion of Sean Bonney’s “Happiness”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephen Willey, Anna Strong Safford, and Luke Roberts.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2018-03-091h 03Poem TalkThis Corner of the Diaspora: A discussion of Jerome Rothenberg’s “Galician Nights” (a section of Poland/1931)Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Frank London, Maria Damon, and Jake Marmer.
2018-02-161h 00Poem TalkWorld Without Sequence: A discussion of Ann Lauterbach's poem “Under the Sign”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Matvei Yankelevich, Kate Colby, and Christina Davis.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2018-01-1839 minPoem TalkNothing To Say: A discussion of three poems by Fatemeh ShamsHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Mahyar Entezari, and Leonard Schwartz.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2017-12-1445 minPoem TalkQuestion Therefore the Age: A discussion of M. NourbeSe Philip’s Zong!Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Amber Rose Johnson, Tracie Morris, and Alexandria Johnson.
2017-11-1748 minPoem TalkThe Dark Containers: A discussion of Larissa Lai’s “Nascent Fashion”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Colin Browne, Daphne Marlatt, and Fred Wah.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2017-10-1345 minPoem TalkImages, Mon Ami: A discussion of Anne Tardos’s “Uxudo”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Ariel Resnikoff, and Stephen Ross.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2017-09-1340 minPoem TalkThe Hand's Reach: A discussion of Lorenzo Thomas’s “An Arc Still Open”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring William J. Harris, Aldon Nielsen, and Tyrone Williams.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2017-08-1644 minPoem TalkDead To Me: A discussion of Claudia Rankine's “Don't Let Me Be Lonely”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Kyoo Lee, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, and Simone White.
2017-07-1245 minPoem TalkTruth Flies: A discussion of Robin Blaser’s “A Bird in the House.”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Brian Teare, Jed Rasula, and Kristen Prevallet.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2017-06-0639 minPoem TalkListen to Everything You Love Disappear: A discussion of Patrick Rosal’s “Instance of an Island."Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ross Gay, Josephine Park, and Herman Beavers.
2017-05-1638 minPoem TalkRise and Live: A discussion of Naomi Replansky's “In Syrup, in Syrup” and “Ring Song."Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ron Silliman, Charles Bernstein, and Rachel Zolf.
2017-04-1247 min
Kelly Writers House ProgramsApril 4, 2017: Stephen Metcalf, Wesley Morris, and Al FilreisStephen Metcalf, critic-at-large and columnist at Slate magazine and Wesley Morris, critic-at-large for The New York Times, join in discussion with Al Filreis.
2017-04-091h 13Poem TalkTo Rearrange the World: A discussion of Philip Whalen’s “Life at Bolinas. The Last of California.”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring poets Stephen Ratcliffe, Joanne Kyger, and Julia Bloch.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2017-03-0744 minPoem TalkI Mean Only Means: A discussion of Kate Colby's I Mean.Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring poets Siobhan Phillips, Emily Harnett, and Joseph Massey.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2017-02-0936 minPoem TalkBut Too Beautiful: A discussion of Tracie Morris' “Slave Sho to Video aka Black but Beautiful”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Edwin Torres, Camara Brown, and Brooke O’Harra.
2017-01-1140 minPoem TalkIt Is Time: A discussion of Paul Celan's "Corona"Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ariel Resnikoff, Anna Strong, and Pierre Joris.
2016-12-0644 minPoem TalkDear Conflicted Reader: A discussion of C.D. Wright's One Big SelfHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Mel Nichols, Rob Casper, and Mark McMorris.
2016-11-1548 minPoem TalkNo Truths Self-Evident: A Discussion of Michael Magee’s “Morning Constitutional”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Kristen Gallagher, Joshua Schuster, and Kerry Sherin Wright.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2016-10-1950 minPoem TalkExplode for Small Change: A Discussion of Akilah Oliver's “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Patricia Spears Jones, Charles Bernstein, and Yolanda Wisher.
2016-09-1436 minPoem TalkSwear It Closed: A Discussion of Simone White’s book Of Being DispersedHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Eileen Myles, Rachel Zolf, and erica kaufman.
2016-08-0937 minPoem TalkMind’s Not Right: A Discussion of Robert Lowell's "Skunk Hour"Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Rafael Campo, Elisa New, and Christina Davis.
2016-07-1245 minKelly Writers House PodcastEpisode 42 - Interview with Ella BrowningAl Filreis interviews Ella Browning about the modern applications of technical writing.
2016-06-2400 minPoem TalkWith What Geometry: A Discussion of Edward Dorn’s “The Sundering U.P. Tracks”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Simone White, Sophia Le Fraga, and Andrew Whiteman.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2016-06-1445 minPoem TalkA Retrospective: A Discussion of Previous Episodes with Seven PoetsHosted by Al Filreis and featuring William J. Harris, Tracie Morris, Erica Kaufman, Steve McLaughlin, Herman Beavers, Maria Damon & Charles Bernstein.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2016-05-101h 30Poem TalkThe Unabettable Bleak: A Discussion of Four Poems by William BronkHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joseph Massey, Julia Bloch, and Michelle Gil-Montero.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2016-04-1239 minPoem TalkWeakness Stalks in Pride: A Discussion of James Weldon Johnson's “O Southland!”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Herman Beavers, Salamishah Tillet, Chris Mustazza.
2016-03-1545 minPoem TalkArticulate beyond Walls: A Discussion of Three Poems by Larry EignerHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ron Silliman, Daniel Bergmann, and Michael Kelleher.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2016-02-1747 minPoem TalkThe Laurel Crown: A Discussion of Allen Grossman's "My Radiant Eye"Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Peter Cole, Kathryn Hellerstein, and Ariel Resnikoff.
2016-01-1944 minPoem TalkI too received identity: A Discussion of Rob Fitterman’s SprawlHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Michelle Taransky, Laynie Browne, and Rodrigo Toscano.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2015-12-0835 minPoem TalkNo Spell Broken: A Discussion of CAConrad's (Soma)tic MidgeHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Trace Peterson, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, and Erica Kaufman.
Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
2015-11-1744 minPoem TalkDreams Not Spoiled by Roaches: A Discussion of Helen Adam’s “Cheerless Junkie’s Song"Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Laura Sims, Corina Copp, Richard Deming.
2015-10-2046 minPoem TalkAn Abductee, in Theory: A discussion of Bob Perelman’s “Confession”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Kathy Lou Schultz, Kristen Gallagher, and Bruce Andrews.
2015-09-2245 minPoem TalkThe Body in Pain: A discussion of Gill Ott's "The Forgotten"Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jenn McCreary, Pattie McCarthy, and Frank Sherlock.
2015-08-1830 minPoem TalkThe F*ck-You Bow: A discussion of Gertrude Stein's "How She Bowed to Her Brother"Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Julia Bloch, Sarah Dowling, and Maxe Crandall.
2015-07-1437 minPoem TalkRequiem So Sweet We Forgot What It Lamented: A Discussion of Nathaniel Mackey's "Day after Day of the Dead"Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring William J. Harris, Tsitsi Jaji, Herman Beavers.
2015-06-1836 minPoem TalkMe No One Will Take: A Discussion of Kathy Acker's "The Diseased" and "The Slave Trader"Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Maria Damon, Catherine Wagner, and Kaplan Harris.
2015-05-1941 minKelly Writers House PodcastEpisode 28 - digerati talk about the internet in 1999John Brockman and Al Filreis in '99 hosted 9 internet pioneers for a discussion about digital culture.
2013-10-0100 minKelly Writers House PodcastEpisode 25 - Roger AngellAn excerpt of a one-hour interview/discussion with New Yorker essayist Roger Angell, hosted by Al Filreis during Angell's visit to the Kelly Writers House in 2005 as a Writers House Fellow.
2013-04-0100 minKelly Writers House PodcastEpisode 26 - Walter BernsteinDuring screenwriter Walter Bernstein's visit in 2003 as a Kelly Writers House Fellow, Al Filreis interviewed him, and here is a 20-min. excerpt from that 70-minute interview.
2013-04-0100 min
MIT Comparative Media Studies/WritingAl Filreis, "Teaching Modern & Contemporary American Poetry to 36k"Al Filreis has taught his “ModPo” course at Penn for years; in Fall 2012 he offered a 10-week version of the course online, via Coursera, to more than 36,000 students. The course, as in its previous versions, does not include lectures, being based instead on discussion – the collaborative close readings of poems. The course grows out of Filreis’s work at the Kelly Writers House; he has been Faculty Director of this literary freespace since its founding in 1995. Filreis is also co-founder of PennSound, the Web’s main free archive of poetry readings, publisher of Jacket2 magazine, and producer and host of “PoemTalk,” a...
2012-12-121h 14
PoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 20 - Amiri Baraka's "Kenyatta Listens to Mozart"Herman Beavers, Alan Loney, Mecca Sullivan, and Al Filreis discuss Amiri Baraka's "Kenyatta Listens to Mozart"
2009-07-2726 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 19 - Bob Perelman's "The Unruly Child"Tom Mandel, Sarah Dowling, Rodrigo Toscano, and Al Filreis discuss Bob Perelman's "The Unruly Child"
2009-07-0728 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 18 - Lydia Davis has a positionDavid Grazian, Adrian Khactu, Jessica Lowenthal, and Al Filreis discuss Lydia Davis's "A Position at the University"
2009-06-0924 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 17 - Rodrigo Toscano's poeticsRandall Couch, Linh Dinh, Emily Abendroth, and Al Filreis discuss Rodrigo Toscano's poetics
2009-05-1226 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 16 - a discussion of Robert Creeley's "I Know a Man"Randall Couch, Jessica Lowenthal, Bob Perelman, and Al Filreis discuss Robert Creeley's "I Know a Man"
2009-04-0825 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 15 - a discussion of a poem from The Book of a Thousand Eyes by Lyn HejinianTom Mandel, Bob Perelman, Tom Devaney, and Al Filreis discuss a poem from The Book of a Thousand Eyes by Lyn Hejinian
2009-03-0926 minKelly Writers House PodcastEpisode 23 - Robert CooverRobert Coover talks about metafiction with Al Filreis and others.
2009-02-2400 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 13 - a discussion of Kathleen Fraser's "The Cars"Al Filreis, C.A. Conrad, Kristen Gallagher, and Jessica Lowenthal discuss Kathleen Fraser's "The Cars"
2009-01-1225 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 12 - a discussion of Ezra Pound's AmericaAl Filreis, Charles Bernstein, Joshua Schuster, and Rachel Levitsky discuss Ezra Pound's America
2008-11-1326 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 11 - a discussion of Erica Hunt's "The Voice of No"Al Filreis, Elizabeth Willis, Julia Bloch, and Jessica Lowenthal discuss Erica Hunt's "The Voice of No"
2008-10-0625 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 10 - one of Stein's portraitsAl Filreis, Jerome Rothenberg, Bob Perelman, and Lee Ann Brown discuss Stein's "Christian Berard."
2008-09-0826 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 09 - Ashbery at a crossroadsAl Filreis, Gregory Djanikian, Tom Devaney and Jessica Lowenthal discuss Ashbery's "Crossroads in the Past"
2008-08-1323 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 08 - Armantrout's "The Way"Al Filreis, Ron Silliman, Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Charles Bernstein discuss Armantrout's "The Way"
2008-07-0723 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 07 - Rothenberg's paradiseAl Filreis, Bob Holman, Jessica Lowenthal, and Randall Couch discuss Rothenberg's "A Paradise of Poets"
2008-05-2823 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 06 - A Jaap Blonk sound poemAl Filreis, Tracie Morris, Kenny Goldsmith, and Joshua Schuster discuss a Jaap Blonk sound poem
2008-05-0426 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 05 - Ted Berrigan's "3 Pages"Al Filreis, erica kaufman, Randall Couch, and Linh Dinh discuss Ted Berrigan's "3 Pages"
2008-04-0325 minClose ListeningClose Listening: In Conversation with Al Filreis, 2008(c) 2008 Al Filreis. Distributed by PennSound: http://www.writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/
2008-03-0432 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 04 - Ginsberg sings BlakeAl Filreis, Charles Bernstein, Jessica Lowenthal, and Rachel Blau DuPlessis discuss Ginsberg singing Blake
2008-03-0324 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 03 - To know what one means: George Oppen's "Ballad"Al Filreis, Linh Dinh, Jessica Lowenthal, and Rachel Blau DuPlessis discuss George Oppen's "Ballad"
2007-10-1724 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 02 - No Place for Little Lyric: A Discussion of Adrienne Rich's "Wait"Al Filreis, Linh Dinh, Jessica Lowenthal, and Randall Couch discuss Adrienne Rich's "Wait"
2007-09-2123 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 01 - on William Carlos Williams' "Between Walls"Al Filreis, Linh Dinh, Jessica Lowenthal, and Randall Couch discuss William Carlos Williams' "Between Walls"
2007-08-0222 minKelly Writers House PodcastEpisode 02 - Live at the Writers HouseA selection of three readers who have performed on Live at the Writers House, a monthly radio program of the Kelly Writers House, aired on WXPN 88.5 FM Philadelphia. The show began in 1997 and has aired 58 times. Pattie McCarthy and Rodrigo Toscano read poems on 1997 and 1999 shows, respectively; and Lorene Cary reads nonfiction on a 2004 show. Hosted by Al Filreis.
2006-11-1100 min