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Poetry Radio

Time: Tuesday and Thursday at 10 am and 10 pm with a best-of edition Sunday at 10 pm.
Co-Hosts & Editors: Kirstin Hotelling Zona and Bill Morgan
Producer:
Bruce Bergethon

Since 1992, GLT has collaborated with Illinois State University's English Department to produce Poetry Radio. Each program, between two and five minutes in length, spotlights a single poem, contemporary or classic, framed by a responsive piece of music.

You can hear Poetry Radio on the web. Just click on the poem's title. You may also subscribe to the Poetry Radio podcast.

View a list of all of Poetry Radio's readers from the last 15 years.

 

Recent Episodes

Thu, 28 Aug 2008: Streetball written and read by Harry Deutsch; music by Jim and Stephen Bennett (A Stomp from Oasis Acoustic Sampler, Volume VIII, #3)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008: Rhetoric written and read by Kirstin Hotelling Zona; music by Kevin Hubbard (Catnip from Oasis Acoustic Volume VIII, #3)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008: The Artist written by Charles Simic, read by Matthew Guenette; music by Harry Manx and Kevin Breit (When Abbott Met Costello from Jubilee)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008: The Best Thing in the World written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, read by Rosemarie Morgan; music by St. Germain (Le Vicomte from Memento)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008: The Flaw written by Molly Peacock, read by Jody Lisberger; music by Thomas Marriott (Blame It On the Times from Crazy: The Music of Willie Nelson)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008: Waking to Absence (for Jerry Dillon Pratt) written and read by Bill Morgan; music by Nickel Creek (Running Out from Mutual Admiration Society)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008: Listening to Art Tatum written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Art Tatum and Lionel Hampton (Body and Soul from Tatum Group Masterpieces)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008: Transition written and read by Achy Obejas; music by Quartet San Francisco (Tanguori from Oasis Classical VII, #3)

Sun, 10 Aug 2008: Infantry (for Ken Burns) written and read by Gabriel Gudding; music by David Grisman (Ashokan Farewell from Common Chord; Bluegrass Stomp from Doc & Dawg)

Thu, 7 Aug 2008 : Primroses and Meadowlark Eggs written and read by John Knoepfle; music by Medeski Martin + Wood (Mami Gato from End of the World Party)

Tue, 5 Aug 2008 : Allegory II written and read by Spring Ulmer; music by Charnett Moffett (PTL from Internet)

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 : Cahore written and read by Eamon Wall; music by The Montana Mandolin Society (Augusta at Midnight from The Bridger Waltz)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008: Goodbye written and read by Achy Obejas; music by Quadro Nuevo (Tango Bitter Sweet from Tango Bitter Sweet)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008: Because written by Lisa Starr, read by Jody Lisberger; music by Nigel Kennedy (I Almost Lost My Mind from Blue Note Sessions)

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