Podcast
Poetry Off the Shelf
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.
100episodes
100guest appearances
99unique guests
Hosts
- Helena de Groot host
Frequent Guests
| Guest | Appearances | Hours | Most Recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keetje Kuipers | 2 | 2025-04-16 | |
| Aaron Smith | 1 | 2023-05-02 | |
| A.B. Spellman | 1 | 2024-10-08 | |
| A. E. Stallings | 1 | 2025-05-13 | |
| Ahmad Almallah | 1 | 2025-09-02 | |
| Airea D. Matthews | 1 | 2023-07-25 | |
| Alexandra Lytton Regalado | 1 | 2022-11-01 | |
| Alina Stefanescu | 1 | 2025-07-08 | |
| Ama Codjoe | 1 | 2022-10-04 | |
| Amanda Quaid | 1 | 2025-12-15 | |
| Andrea Gibson | 1 | 2025-12-29 | |
| André Naffis-Sahely | 1 | 2022-08-23 | |
| April Gibson | 1 | 2024-04-09 | |
| Ashley M. Jones | 1 | 2023-04-18 | |
| Bernadette Mayer | 1 | 2022-12-27 | |
| Blake Butler | 1 | 2024-01-16 | |
| Bob Holman | 1 | 2023-12-12 | |
| Caitlin Cowan | 1 | 2024-01-30 | |
| Caleb Femi | 1 | 2024-12-17 | |
| Camille Dungy | 1 | 2024-07-16 | |
| Cass Donish | 1 | 2024-12-03 | |
| Catherine Barnett | 1 | 2025-02-04 | |
| Catherine-Esther Cowie | 1 | 2025-04-15 | |
| Celes Tisdale | 1 | 2022-12-13 | |
| Chantal Gibson | 1 | 2022-07-14 | |
| Chelsea Harlan | 1 | 2022-09-06 | |
| Chet'la Sebree | 1 | 2025-11-17 | |
| Chris Crowder | 1 | 2026-05-19 | |
| Daniel Brock Johnson | 1 | 2023-11-14 | |
| Darius Atefat-Peckham | 1 | 2025-04-29 | |
| Declan Ryan | 1 | 2024-03-26 | |
| Diamond Forde | 1 | 2026-01-20 | |
| Diane Seuss | 1 | 2023-06-13 | |
| Dorothea Lasky | 1 | 2024-07-02 | |
| Drew Ackerman | 1 | 2025-08-05 | |
| E. J. Koh | 1 | 2024-07-30 | |
| Elisa Díaz Castelo | 1 | 2024-11-25 | |
| Elisa Gabbert | 1 | 2022-08-09 | |
| Elisa Gonzalez | 1 | 2024-06-04 | |
| Ellen Bryant Voigt | 1 | 2025-12-29 | |
| Eric Sneathen | 1 | 2023-09-19 | |
| Gabrielle Bates | 1 | 2023-01-24 | |
| Garth Greenwell | 1 | 2024-09-24 | |
| Gregory Pardlo | 1 | 2024-02-13 | |
| Helen Vendler | 1 | 2025-01-07 | |
| Iain Mc Gilchrist | 1 | 2026-04-14 | |
| Idra Novey | 1 | 2024-09-04 | |
| Irène Mathieu | 1 | 2023-09-05 | |
| James Ciano | 1 | 2026-02-17 | |
| Janine Joseph | 1 | 2023-03-10 | |
| Jennifer Jean | 1 | 2023-04-04 | |
| Jo Anna Novak | 1 | 2022-11-15 | |
| Joyelle Mc Sweeney | 1 | 2024-05-21 | |
| Julia Cimafiejeva | 1 | 2022-11-29 | |
| Katie Farris | 1 | 2023-05-30 | |
| Kay Gabriel | 1 | 2025-10-21 | |
| KB Brookins | 1 | 2025-08-19 | |
| Laura Mullen | 1 | 2023-11-30 | |
| Lauren K. Watel | 1 | 2025-05-27 | |
| Leslie Sainz | 1 | 2023-06-27 | |
| Mahogany L. Browne | 1 | 2023-03-21 | |
| Marisa Tirado | 1 | 2023-01-10 | |
| Marjorie Perloff | 1 | 2025-01-07 | |
| Martha Silano | 1 | 2025-09-30 | |
| Merlin Sheldrake | 1 | 2024-06-18 | |
| Mike Sonksen | 1 | 2025-01-22 | |
| Monica Ferrell | 1 | 2026-03-03 | |
| Monica Rico | 1 | 2024-03-12 | |
| Nam Le | 1 | 2024-02-27 | |
| Natalie Shapero | 1 | 2023-08-22 | |
| Nicholson Baker | 1 | 2024-08-27 | |
| Noʻu Revilla | 1 | 2022-09-20 | |
| Paisley Rekdal | 1 | 2023-05-16 | |
| Perry Janes | 1 | 2024-08-13 | |
| Peter Cole | 1 | 2023-02-21 | |
| Philip Hoare | 1 | 2025-06-24 | |
| Philip Metres | 1 | 2024-04-23 | |
| Raymond Antrobus | 1 | 2023-02-08 | |
| Rebecca Gayle Howell | 1 | 2023-04-18 | |
| Rebecca Lindenberg | 1 | 2025-02-18 | |
| Richard Howard | 1 | 2022-12-27 | |
| Rigoberto González | 1 | 2025-09-16 | |
| Rosanna Young Oh | 1 | 2023-08-08 | |
| Saeed Jones | 1 | 2022-07-26 | |
| Sahar Muradi | 1 | 2023-10-17 | |
| Sara Henning | 1 | 2024-05-07 | |
| Sean Cole | 1 | 2023-10-03 | |
| Sebastian Merrill | 1 | 2023-10-31 | |
| Shin Yu Pai | 1 | 2025-07-22 | |
| Sony Ton-Aimé | 1 | 2026-03-17 | |
| Sophus Helle | 1 | 2023-07-11 | |
| Stephanie Burt | 1 | 2025-06-10 | |
| Stephanie Niu | 1 | 2026-02-03 | |
| Steve Zeitlin | 1 | 2023-12-12 | |
| Tiana Clark | 1 | 2025-03-18 | |
| Tracy K. Smith | 1 | 2025-12-02 | |
| Tyler Mills | 1 | 2024-10-22 | |
| Valzhyna Mort | 1 | 2022-11-29 | |
| Violeta Orozco | 1 | 2024-11-19 |
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