Librarian
Lacey Brooks-Canales
she / her
Contact:
Room 315
Coates Library
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Website
Coates Library
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Welcome
If you have any questions or would like to suggest additional resources for this guide, you can contact your librarian at lbrooks1@trinity.edu
Discover Poems
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Poets.orgBrowse thousands of biographies of poets and poems, essays about poetry, and some poetry books, anthologies, and textbooks.
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Poetry FoundationBrowse for poems by poet's region, time period, poem's subject and more, or search for specific poem texts. Also contains biographical info.
Poetry Podcasts
You can listen to all these podcasts off their websites or find them in the podcast app on your phone. iPhone has Apple Podcasts by default; Stitcher is free podcast app for all phone types.
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Poetry for AllThis podcast is for those who already love poetry and for those who know very little about it. In this podcast, they read a poem, discuss it, see what makes it tick, learn how it works, grow from it, and then read it one more time.
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American Poetry ReviewThe podcast features guest interviews and lots of poetry talk from APR editor Elizabeth Scanlon, along with co-hosts and guests.
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The Slowdown"Every weekday, U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith delivers a different way to see the world – through poetry." A great selection of poems and a model of how to talk about poems, both their structure and meaning.
Example:
"Black cricket in the doorway, on the ceiling, in" -
The Poetry GodsNo longer recording, but past episodes contain interesting conversations about poetry. Decidedly non-stuffy.
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"Featuring Nicole Shante" -
Poetry Foundation PodcastsSeveral different podcasts, from readings of poems to discussions of poems by poets, critics, editors, and other literary people.
Example:
"Things to Do in Hell"
"Dead To Me: A discussion of Claudia Rankine's 'Don't Let Me Be Lonely'" -
From the FishouseAn audio archive of emerging poets, with some great Q&A with poets on where their poems come from, the writing process, etc.