The Glimpse

By: Camille Rankine
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  • 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 Slow Dance with Trip Wire.
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Episodes
  • This is a F*** You Poem

    This is a F*** You Poem
    Aug 6 2024

    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.
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    33 mins
  • Breaking the Silence with Solmaz Sharif

    Breaking the Silence with Solmaz Sharif
    Jul 30 2024

    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.
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    33 mins
  • A Poet, Not a Murderer with Rachel McKibbens

    A Poet, Not a Murderer with Rachel McKibbens
    Jul 24 2024

    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.

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    28 mins
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