The Deerfield Public Library Podcast
1) 67: James Shea, author of Last Day of My Face
Our conversation with poet, writer, and translator James Shea, whose extraordinary new collection of poems Last Day of My Face (University of Iowa Press, 2025), was recently published as a winner of t...Show More
2) Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5 Outro Episode (with Mathew Kerbis, Lisa Hiton, and Daniel Baer)
Our Queer Poem-a-Day "outro" episode, featuring three "extras" for Year 5! At 02:00: Mathew Kerbis, a board member of The Friends of the Deerfield Public Library, shares details about the local 501(c...Show More
3) Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Ocean Vuong
Day 20: Ocean Vuong reads his poem "The Last Dinosaur.” This poem first appeared in a slightly different form in The Boston Review (2021) and in his collection Time is a Mother (Penguin Press, 2022). ...Show More
4) Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Mark Doty
Day 19: Mark Doty reads his poem, “A Display of Mackerel,” which first appeared in his collection Atlantis (Harper Perennial, 1995). Mark Doty is the author of nine books of poetry. Fire to Fire: New ...Show More
5) Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Rose Zinnia
Day 18: Rose Zinnia reads her poem, “I'm Like If Mary Oliver Had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.” This poem was originally published in Poetry (April 2025). Rose Zinnia is a poet, novelist,...Show More
6) Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Nikky Finney
Day 17: Nikky Finney reads her poem “Charm,” originally published in her collection The World is Round (InnerLight Publishing, 2003). Nikky Finney is the author of On Wings Made of Gauze; Rice; The W...Show More
7) Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Oliver Baez Bendorf
Day 16: Oliver Baez Bendorf reads his poem “What the Dead Can Do, which was originally published in West Branch (2021), reprinted in Best American Poetry 2022, and in his book Consider the Rooster (Ni...Show More
8) Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Jayson P. Smith
Day 15: Jayson P. Smith reads their poem, “I Arrive in a Place with a High Level of Psychic Distress.” Queer Poem-a-Day is honored to be the first publication of this poem. Jayson P. Smith is a poet,...Show More
9) Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Jessica Jacobs
Day 14: Jessica Jacobs reads her poem, "Saturday Services at the Provincetown Shore" from her book unalone (Four Way Books, 2024). Recorded with permission of Four Way Books. All rights reserved. Jes...Show More
10) Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Francisco Márquez
Day 13: Francisco Márquez reads his poem, “The Bulge,” first published in The Adroit Journal (April 2025). Francisco Márquez is a poet from Maracaibo, Venezuela, born in Miami, Florida. His work has ...Show More