The Glimpse

The Glimpse

Camille Rankine

The Glimpse features lively conversations between poets about their work and about poems that inspire them. Our host, poet Camille Rankine, takes listeners on a thoughtful, reverent, and spirited journey through poetics, craft, and personal history. Guest poets include John Murillo, Ama Codjoe, Kaveh Akbar, Hafizah Geter, Chen Chen, Solmaz Sharif, Rachel McKibbens, and Omotara James.Produced by The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation with new episodes available each Tuesday starting in mid June.About the host: Camille Rankine is a poet, professor, and the host of our new podcast The Glimpse. Her books include Incorrect Merciful Impulses and the chapbook...

This is a F*** You Poem

This is a F*** You Poem

Poet Omotara James and host Camille Rankine explore the tension between vulnerability and confidence in poetry. They also delve into the language of pleasure and cruelty as well as the importance of subverting tropes.

Aug 6, 2024 • 32:33

Breaking the Silence with Solmaz Sharif

Breaking the Silence with Solmaz Sharif

Poet Solmaz Sharif speaks about her relationship to silence, the cost of speaking up for people whose narratives have been silenced and June Jordan’s impact on her writing.WARNING: a poem in this episode describes violence that some may find disturbing.

Jul 30, 2024 • 33:02

A Poet, Not a Murderer with Rachel McKibbens

A Poet, Not a Murderer with Rachel McKibbens

Poet Rachel McKibbens explores the role violence and has played in her life, her poetry and motherhood. She talks to host Camille Rankine about her poem "glutton" and the impact Brigit Pegeen Kelly's poem "Song" has had on her work.Warning: This episode contains some descriptions of violence that listeners may find disturbing.

Jul 24, 2024 • 28:27

Grief, Hope and Garbage with Chen Chen

Grief, Hope and Garbage with Chen Chen

Poet Chen Chen talks about petitioning the universe on multiple levels, the personification of grief and finding inspiration in a ketchup packet.

Jul 16, 2024 • 27:29

Keeping the Knife Sharp with Hafizah Geter

Keeping the Knife Sharp with Hafizah Geter

Poet Hafizah Geter talks about the power of a good line break, her love of Carl Phillips and how memory can be affected by grief.

Jul 9, 2024 • 23:51

The Keyhole Of Kaveh Akbar's Brain

The Keyhole Of Kaveh Akbar's Brain

Poet Kaveh Akbar talks about his obsession with mortality, adding a second language to poetry and the continual impact of his “desert island poem.”

Jul 2, 2024 • 30:19

Heaven and Hell with Ama Codjoe

Heaven and Hell with Ama Codjoe

Poet Ama Codjoe talks to host Camille Rankine about her version of paradise, how dance influenced her writing, and why community can be crucial for poets. In this episode Codjoe reads her poem "Heaven as Olympic Spa" [Koreatown, Los Angeles} from her book Bluest Nude and talks about the appearance of two other famous poets in the poem, Gwendolyn Brooks and Wanda Coleman. In the second segment, Codjoe reads a favorite poem from Gwendolyn Brooks "my dreams, my works, must wait till after hell" an

Jun 25, 2024 • 27:11

A Reckoning with John Murillo

A Reckoning with John Murillo

Poet John Murillo delves into reckoning, the definition of masculinity and how we fictionalize memory in his wide-ranging conversation with host Camille Rankine in the first episode of The Glimpse. Poems featured in this episode include Murillo's poem "On Confessionalism” and Etheridge Knight's poem “Cop-Out Session.”

Jun 18, 2024 • 24:42

The Glimpse (Trailer)

The Glimpse (Trailer)

Welcome to The Glimpse, a new poetry podcast hosted by poet Camille Rankine. Our guest poets this season include John Murillo, Ama Codjoe, Kaveh Akbar, Hafizah Geter, Chen Chen, Solmaz Sharif, Rachel McKibbens, and Omotara James.

May 6, 2024 • 1:54

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