Rattlecast Podcast
1) ep. 310 - Roberta Beary
Roberta Beary (they/she) first appeared on episode 133. Roberta is long-time haibun editor at Modern Haiku and travels the world as Roving Ambassador for The Haiku Foundation. Their new book, Crazy Bi...Show More
2) ep. 309 - Rattle Poetry Prize Winners
In this special episode of the Rattlecast, we announce the winners of the 2025 Rattle Poetry Prize competition, and most of the 11 poets share their prize-winning work. The annual contest offers $25,0...Show More
3) ep. 308 - Matthew Thorburn
Matthew Thorburn's latest book is String, a novel in poems, published by Louisiana State University Press in 2023. He’s also the author of five previous books, including The Grace of Distance, a final...Show More
4) ep. 307 - Richard Siken
Richard Siken is a poet and painter. His book Crush won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise GlĂĽck, a Lambda Literary Award, a Thom Gunn Award, and was a finalist for the Na...Show More
5) ep. 306 - Alora Young
Alora Young is a recent college graduate, actor, poet, and author of Walking Gentry Home: A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse. She was named the 2020-2021 Youth Poet Laureate of the Southern United St...Show More
6) ep. 305 - Gregory Orr
Gregory Orr has written thirteen poetry collections, a memoir, and several books of criticism, most recently A Primer for Poets and Readers of Poetry. His poetry collections include Concerning the Boo...Show More
7) ep. 304 - Sneha Madhavan-Reese
Sneha Madhavan-Reese is an award-winning writer and author of the poetry collections Elementary Particles and Observing the Moon. Her poems have appeared in publications around the world, including Th...Show More
8) ep. 303 - Bill Hollands
Bill Hollands was born and raised in Miami, Florida, graduated from Williams College, and received his MA in English as a Dr. Herchel Smith Fellow at Cambridge University. He worked for the New York P...Show More
9) ep. 302 - Best of Poets Respond
Back in June 2014, Rattle unleashed its Poets Respond series, thrusting poetry into the heart of the news with raw, immediate verses that tackle the moment. Over 800 poems later, we’ve woven a vivid t...Show More
10) A Conversation with Ruth Reichl
This conversation with Ruth Reichl originally appeared in issue #88 of Rattle and was recorded on March 25th, 2025. As a former culinary school student and foodie herself, our associate editor, Katie ...Show More