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Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & PoetryLaynie Browne : Apprentice to a Breathing HandWhat does it mean to write toward or under the aura of another poet one admires, to write in homage, as a celebration of another? What happens to language when it hovers between two writers, between how they each separately inhabit it? What does it say about the self, or is discovered about it—within the poem and in the world at large—when that self works through a devotional practice of homage? Today we look at one of Laynie Browne’s homage books, her most recent collection Apprentice to a Breathing Hand which is in deep engagement with the po...
2025-08-201h 49
Between the Covers Podcast - Tin HouseLaynie Browne : Apprentice to a Breathing HandWhat does it mean to write toward or under the aura of another poet one admires, to write in homage, as a celebration of another? What happens to language when it hovers between two writers, between how they each separately inhabit it? What does it say about the self, or is discovered about it—within the poem and in the world at large—when that self works through a devotional practice of homage? Today we look at one of Laynie Browne’s homage books, her most recent collection Apprentice to a Breathing Hand which is in deep engagement with the po...
2025-08-201h 49
Poem TalkNothing Made of Ink: A discussion of seven poems by Lisa FishmanHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lisa Fishman, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Laynie Browne.
2023-01-1155 minPoem TalkComposition of Life, as Life: A discussion of Joan Retallack’s The Poethical Wager (a several-page excerpt)Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Joan Retallack, erica kaufman, and Laynie Browne.
2022-08-261h 03Poem TalkBetter To Lose & Win: A discussion of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary LettersHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lee Ann Brown, Kristen Gallagher, and Laynie Browne.
2022-03-1455 min
PoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 169 - Far in toward the far end (Two poems from George Quasha's “preverbs”)Al Filreis convenes Charles Bernstein, Anthony Elms, and Laynie Browne to talk about two poems by George Quasha. The book, published by Spuyten Duyvil in 2020, titled Not Even Rabbits Go Down This Hole, consists of eight gatherings of preverbs; our two poems, coming from the final section — which bears the name of the book — are “self fast” (numbered 12) and “that music razors through” (numbered 13). The recordings we use in this episode can be found on PennSound’s extensive Quasha author page. These preverbs were recorded by Chris Funkhouser on December 27, 2017.
2022-02-1153 minPoem TalkFar in Toward the Far End: A discussion of George Quasha’s “preverbs.”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Charles Bernstein, Laynie Browne, and Anthony Elms.
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2022-02-1153 min
Commonplace PodcastEpisode 88: Global Roll Call, Part 3Commonplace guests as they appear in this episode:Molly Peacock is a poet, biographer, essayist, and short fiction writer. Her most recent book is The Analyst: poems.Alicia Jo Rabins is a writer, musician, composer, performer and Torah teacher. She creates multi-genre works of experimental beauty which explore the intersection of ancient wisdom texts with everyday life. Her most recent book is Fruit Geode.D. A. Powell’s books include Cocktails and Chronic, as well as Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys. He recently published a ch...
2020-06-051h 42Poem 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.
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2019-10-2847 min
KPFA - Cover to Cover with Jack FoleyCover to Cover with Jack Foley – May 29, 2019Jack’s guest is polyglot poet, translator, and editor Patricio Ferrari.
Born to Piemontesi and Calabresi immigrants who settled in Buenos Aires at the turn of the 20th century, Patricio Ferrari left Argentina at the age of 16 to attend high school and play soccer in the United States as part of the Rotary Exchange Program. He holds a Master’s degree in Comparative Literature from the Sorbonne-Nouvelle, an MFA in Poetry from Brown University, and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Lisbon. A polyglot poet, he has translated poetry from English (Frank Stanford, Laynie Brow...
2019-05-2929 min
2017-07-031h 47PoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 95 - I too received identityMichelle Taransky, Laynie Browne, and Rodrigo Toscano join Al Filreis to talk about Rob Fitterman's "Sprawl."
2015-12-0834 minPoem TalkI too received identity: A Discussion of Rob Fitterman’s SprawlHosted by Al Filreis and featuring Michelle Taransky, Laynie Browne, and Rodrigo Toscano.
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2015-12-0835 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 81 - Deep descentLaynie Browne, Rae Armantrout, and Kerry Sherin Wright join Al Filreis to discuss two short poems by Fanny Howe, "The Descent" and "The Source."
2014-10-0229 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 64 - The straight path gone astray: Caroline Bergvall, "VIA"Amaris Cuchanski, David Wallace, and Laynie Browne met at the Writers House to discuss Bergvall's remarkable performance piece and text "VIA".
2013-04-2231 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 63 - I am a liturgy worsted: Laynie Browne, "Daily Sonnets"PoemTalkers Jessica Lowenthal, Lee Ann Brown, and Sueyuen Juliette Lee gathered with Al Filreis to talk about five poems from Laynie Brown's "Daily Sonnets".
2013-03-1133 min