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Trance•Cast
by With the Editors of En•Trance Journal
Our tagline is a phrase from Paul Éluard: "There's another world, and it's this one." Our interest and focus is on poetry, the lyric moment, and altered states.
Episodes
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S4: E3 Dion O'Reilly talks to Cole Swensen about Crows and more
A native of San Francisco, Cole Swensen is the author of twenty collections of poetry, most recently Veer (Alice James Books, 2026), and And And And (Shearsman Books, 2023), which was long-listed for the Griffin Prize. She has also published a volume of hybrid poetic essays on innovative…
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S4: E2 Ryler Dustin reads his poem, "Poem With a Deadline, or, There Are Some Crocuses at the Edge of the Driveway"
Ryler Dustin is the author of Trailer Park Psalms, winner of the University of Pittsburgh’s 2022-2023 Starrett Prize, and Heavy Lead Birdsong (Write Bloody, 2008), forthcoming in an expanded edition this fall. He represented Seattle on the final stage of the Individual World Poetry Slam, and his...
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S4:E1 Ellen Bass Reads and Talks about "While My Daughter Is in Surgery I Think About a Night in a Hotel in Florence"
Ellen reads and disusses "While My Daughter Is in Surgery I Think About a Night in a Hotel in Florence," which first appeared in the New Yorker. Ellen Bass’s poetry collections include, Indigo, Like a Beggar, The Human Line, and Mules of Love. Her poems appear frequently in The New Yorker…
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S3: E4 Roxi Power Chats with Josh Brahinksy about Speaking in Tongues and Poetry
En•Trance Journal's contributing editor, Roxi Power, chats with Josh Brahinksy about the relationship between speaking in tongues and poetry. Josh Brahinsky is a psychological anthropologist at McGill's Department of Transcultural Psychiatry and Stanford's Religious Studies department studying...
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S3 E3: Danusha Laméris Reads and Discusses her Poem "U-Pick Orchards"
Danusha Laméris is a poet and essayist raised in Northern California. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Kenyon Review, and Ploughshares, among others. She is a Pushcart Prize recipient, a winner of the 2021 Northern California Book Award in Poetry, and a 2020 Lucille Clifton Legacy...
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S3: E2 Jane Hirshfield Reads and Discusses Her Poem: "And if you like numbers, I will tell you that here on Earth--"
Jane reads her poem "And if you like numbers, I will tell you that here on earth." The poem is a wonderful window into the presence that poetry can bring, even as it recounts and counts the many terrors of the world. They discuss the many portals of poetry and its service to us in difficult…
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S3 E1 Cornelius Eady talks to Paul Nelson about his poem "Proof"
Editor-at-large Paul Nelson and poet Cornelius Eady discuss "Proof," an occasional poem written for the inauguration of mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York City. Read the poem here. Poet and cofounder of Cave Canem Cornelius Eady’s published collections include Victims of the Latest Dance Craze...
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S2: E2 Pauls' Corner: Paul Nelson Chats with Sharon Thesen
Sharon Thesen grew up in small towns across Western Canada, and for many years she taught English and Creative Writing at Capilano College in North Vancouver and was an active member of the poetry scene in the Lower Mainland. Since 2003 she has lived in the Central Okanagan and is Emeritus...
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S2 E1: From Kansas to Oz in Kim Addonizio's poem
We hear Kim read from her newest poetry collection, Exit Opera. She reads Kansas 4:00 am, which originally appeared in The New Yorker. In this version, a sound accompaniment is provided by Kim's partner, the musician Danny Caron. We then discuss the mythic, musical, and trancelike elements of the...
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S1 E3: Jan Beatty Reads and Discusses "Mission" and "Chalk Outline"
Jan Beatty and Dion read and discuss two poems that appear in the first issue of En•Trance Journal--"Mission" and "Chalk Outline." The conversation touches on the numinous moments in the poems as well as some practical elements of craft. Jan's rich and adventurous life feeds energy into these...
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S1 E2 Paul Corner: Paul Nelson Chats with Andrew Schelling
This is a snippet of a longer conversation between Paul Nelson and Andrew Schelling. Andrew reads from his poem, "The Bristlecone"--a poem about a dream in which Michael McClure appears. Paul Nelson is En•trance Journal's poet at large and contributing editor.
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S1 E1: Ellen Bass Talks about Her Prose Poem "You're the Top"
Ellen Bass and Dion O'Reilly discuss Bass's poem, "You're the Top." We discuss the unique characteristics of the prose poem--how humble and quirky it is. We take a look at the narrator's altered state in the poem, where she is destabilized, terrified, disoriented, and ultimately exhilarated in a...
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Our tagline is a phrase from Paul Éluard: "There's another world, and it's this one." Our interest and focus is on poetry, the lyric moment, and altered states.
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With the Editors of En•Trance Journal
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