Poetry is Bread
I’m Bob Holman, and this is the “Poetry Is Bread” podcast, where poetry challenges us, makes us think, and, with imagination and courage, changes the world.
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Episodes
Thursday May 25, 2023
Thursday May 25, 2023
Poetry is Bread Podcast Episode 13 withPoet Nikki Giovanni on her life and heritage. Host Bob Holman. Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry. Producer Ram Devineni.
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
Poetry is Bread Podcast Episode 12 with MC Paul Barman. Host Bob Holman. The New York Times called his music "a surreal departure from the rap norm". Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry. Producer Ram Devineni.
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Episode 11 of “Poetry is Bread” with host Bob Holman and poet Eileen Myles. Eileen takes a deep dive into some of their poems. Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry. Producer Ram Devineni.
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Episode 10 of “Poetry is Bread” with host Bob Holman and Dante Micheaux about Pelham and Rodrigo Rojas from #Chile. Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry. Producer Ram Devineni.
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Episode 9 of “Poetry is Bread” with host Bob Holman and Joy Harjo, an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022. Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry. Producer Ram Devineni.
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Episode 8 of “Poetry is Bread"with host Bob Holman and Beau Sia — a Tony Award winning poet and world-renowned performer, featured on all 6 seasons of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry and the winner of two National Poetry Slam championships. Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry. Producer Ram Devineni.
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
Episode 7 of “Poetry is Bread” with host Bob Holman and poet and writer Rick Moody discuss his US Presidential poems from Trump, Obama to Nixon. Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry. Producer Ram Devineni. Read the poems at https://www.rattapallax.com/president
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Episode 6 of “Poetry is Bread” with host Bob Holman and poets Victor Hernández Cruz and El Habib Louai in Morocco talk about the intersection of cultures, food, art, and languages. Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry. Producer Ram Devineni.
Sunday Sep 18, 2022
Sunday Sep 18, 2022
Host Bob Holman on the "Poetry of Possibility," with Edward Hirsch and Idra Novey -- two poets whose sensibilities encompass both the lyrical and the socially conscious. So much to talk about from Pablo Neruda to Clarice Lispector. The art of translations to the power of duende. Get more episodes at Bowery Poetry. Producer Ram Devineni.
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Episode 4 of “Poetry is Bread” with host Bob Holman and poets Naomi Shihab Nye and Mosab Abu Toha on the resilience of poetry during war and conflict in #Gaza. Poetry of everyday life when everyday is like no other day. Download more episodes at Bowery Poetry . Producer Ram Devineni.
Poetry is Bread
On our earth, before writing was invented, before the printing press was invented, poetry flourished. That is why we know that poetry is like bread; it should be shared by all, by scholars and by peasants, by all our vast, incredible, extraordinary family of humanity.” That was Pablo Neruda, I’m Bob Holman, and this is the “Poetry Is Bread” podcast, where poetry challenges us, makes us think, and, with imagination and courage, changes the world.
The program is organized by Rattapallax & Bowery Poetry. This podcast series is funded by the Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by Global Ties U.S. in partnership with the Office of Alumni Affairs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Additional support from New York State Council on the Arts, Governor of New York State and the New York State Legislature. Any views expressed in the podcast does not represent the views of the producers or funders.
Subscribe to our podcast to get notifications of new episodes or check us out at Bowerypoetry.com . The podcast is co-produced by Ram Devineni and Flavia Rocha with Rattapallax. Artwork by Faebian Ceruleo. Contact info bowerypoetrytv@gmail.com