In this episode, Roy Foster reads "Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats. Foster is the Emeritus Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and the author of many books, including

This IPRP Poetry Playlist features three selections from Brendan's debut chapbook, Forgotten Frequencies, out now from North Dakota State University Press. The books were printed in a limited edition

In this episode, musician and writer Dessa reads an excerpt from Natural Enemies of the Conch by Alan Dugan. Dessa first gained prominence as a rapper with the Twin Cities hip hop collective Doomtre

Think of the storm roaming the sky uneasilylike a dog looking for a place to sleep in, listen to it growling. ELIZABETH BISHOP For each IPRP Poetry Playlist, we curate a selection of three poe

In this episode, Tish Harrison Warren reads Possible Answers to Prayer by Scott Cairns. Warren is an Anglican priest and the author of two award-winning books, Liturgy of the Ordinary and Prayer in

Vocalism, measure, concentration, determination, and the divine power to speak words; Are you full-lung'd and limber-lipp'd from long trial? from vigorous practice? from physique? WALT WHITMAN

In this episode, Alissa Rubin reads an excerpt from the ancient Greek epic The Iliad. Rubin is a Senior International Correspondent for The New York Times. She worked previously as the Bureau Chief in

In this episode, Makoto Fujimura reads an excerpt from Burnt Norton by T. S. Eliot. Fujimura is a leading contemporary painter whose work fuses abstract expressionism with traditional Japanese paint

In this episode, Theo Padnos reads The Drunken Boat by Arthur Rimbaud. Padnos is an American writer and journalist. In 2012, he was kidnapped and held captive for two years by an Al Qaeda affiliate

In this episode, Hrishikesh Hirway reads "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by William Butler Yeats. Hirway is the creator and host of several acclaimed podcasts, including Home Cooking (with Samin Nosrat),