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Host Carrie Fountain talks with poets about the poems they make and love.

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Closet Recordings: Kenneth Koch and The Weekly Poetry Lesson

April 24, 2020 • 15 mins
In this edition of This is Just To Say: The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist, Carrie Fountain channels the poetry and wisdom of poet Kenneth Koch and asks us all to write one sentence that begins with, “I wish…”   Email your wishes to Carrie here.
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Closet Recordings: Naomi Shihab Nye

April 21, 2020 • 5 mins
For this edition of This is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads, “Wedding Cake” by Naomi Shihab Nye.
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Closet Recordings: Ada Limón

April 17, 2020 • 4 mins
In this edition of This Is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads, “Instructions on Not Giving Up” by Ada Limón.
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Closet Recordings: Dorianne Laux

April 14, 2020 • 4 mins
In this edition of This Is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads, “If This is Paradise,” by Dorianne Laux.
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Closet Recordings: W.S. Merwin

April 11, 2020
In this edition of This Is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads, “The Unwritten,” by. W.S. Merwin.
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Closet Recordings: Barbara Ras

April 9, 2020 • 6 mins
In this edition of This Is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads, “You Can’t Have It All,” by Barbara Ras.
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Closet Recordings:Marie Howe and The Poetry Lesson

April 8, 2020 • 21 mins
On this special edition of This Is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain read “Courage” by Marie Howe, and adds a lesson to all you young poets out there for how to write an ode. This is a great exercise for you to do with your kiddos this weekend! We […]
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Closet Recordings:Jack Gilbert

April 2, 2020 • 6 mins
In this, the tenth, edition of This is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads, “Failing and Falling,” by Jack Gilbert.
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Closet Recordings: Jane Hirshfield

April 1, 2020 • 5 mins
In this, the ninth, edition of This is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads, “Day Beginning with Seeing the International Space Station and a Full Moon Over the Gulf of Mexico and All Its Invisible Fishes,” by Jane Hirshfield.
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Closet Recordings: Philip Levine

March 31, 2020
In this, the eighth, edition of This is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads, “The Mercy” by Philip Levine.
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Closet Recordings: Adélia Prado

March 30, 2020 • 5 mins
In this seventh edition of This is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads “Guide” by Adélia Prado, translated into English by Ellen Doré Watson.
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Closet Recordings: Pablo Neruda and The Friday Poetry Lesson

March 27, 2020 • 19 mins
On this special Friday edition of This is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads Pablo Neruda’s “Ode to My Socks” and adds a lesson to all you young poets out there for how to write an ode. This is a great exercise for you to do with your kiddos […]
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Closet Recordings: Lucille Clifton

March 26, 2020 • 4 mins
In this fifth of our Closet Recordings during the quarantine, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads “Blessing The Boats,” by Lucille Clifton.
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Closet Recordings: Stanley Kunitz

March 26, 2020 • 5 mins
In this fourth of our Closet Recordings during the quarantine, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads “The Layers,” by Stanley Kunitz.
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Closet Recordings: Wendell Berry

March 25, 2020 • 3 mins
In this third of our Closet Recordings during the quarantine, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads “The Peace of Wild Things,” by Wendell Berry.
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Closet Recordings: Mary Oliver

March 23, 2020 • 4 mins
In this second of our Closet Recordings during the quarantine, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads “When I am Among The Trees,” by Mary Oliver.
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Closet Recordings: William Stafford

March 22, 2020 • 2 mins
As we all try to adapt to life during this pandemic, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain will add perspective and guidance through poetry. In the first of our special episodes of This is Just To Say titled, Closet Recordings, Fountain reads William Stafford‘s poem “For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid.”
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Traci Brimhall

March 11, 2020 • 46 mins
Poet and novelist Carrie Fountain talks with poet Traci Brimhall about how hard it is to write a love poem, let alone a funny one. They swap quotes and discuss living the life of a “poet,” and Traci reads her poem, “Love Poem Without A Drop Of Hyperbole In It.“
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Hanif Abdurraqib

February 10, 2020 • 40 mins
Poet and music writer Hanif Abdurraqib talks with poet and novelist Carrie Fountain about his new book A Fortune For Your Disaster, following rabbit holes, and how he became a poet, on this edition of This Is Just To Say.  
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Olivia Gatwood **Trigger Warning** Explicit Content and Adult Language

August 22, 2019 • 70 mins
**Trigger Warning** This episode contains explicit content and adult language. Olivia Gatwood author of Life of The Party talks on This is Just To Say with poet and novelist Carrie Fountain about her practice of reading poetry out loud while writing, taking a feminist look at true crime, embracing obsessions, and much more.   See […]
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