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Poetry CenteredAuthor: University of Arizona Poetry Center
Linger in the space between a poem being spoken and being heard.Poetry Centered features curated selections from Voca, the University of Arizona Poetry Centers online audiovisual archive of more than 1,000 recordings of poets reading their work during visits to the Center between 1963 and today. In each episode, a guest poet introduces three poems from Voca, sharing their insights about the remarkable performances recorded in our archive. Each episode concludes with the guest poet reading a poem of their own. Language: en-us Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Prageeta Sharma: Clairvoyant Presence & Future
Episode 59
Tuesday, 17 February, 2026
Prageeta Sharma selects recordings by poets who shaped her as a writer, and who have also shaped the landscape of contemporary American poetry by blending a sense of intimacy with direct address. She shares Ai inhabiting a persona that mixes sass and ancient knowledge (“Twenty-Year Marriage”), Michael S. Harper offering a testament spoken to rather than about a historical figure (“Dear John, Dear Coltrane”), and C.D. Wright creating doubleness in a love poem that melds closeness and estrangement ("Floating Trees"). Sharma closes with “A One Won,” a poem from her most recent collection.Find the full recordings of Ai, Harper, and Wright reading for the Poetry Center on Voca:Ai (September 13, 1972)Michael S. Harper (April 4, 1973)C.D. Wright (September 14, 2000)Full transcripts of every episode are available on Buzzsprout. Look for the transcript tab under each episode.Voca is now fully captioned, with interactive transcripts and captions available for all readings! Read more about the project here, or try out this new feature by visiting Voca.
