The Glimpse
The Glimpse

The Glimpse

Camille Rankine

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The Glimpse features lively conversations between poets about their work and about poems that inspire them. Our host, poet Camille Rankine, takes listeners on a thoughtful, reverent, and spirited journey through poetics, craft, and personal history. Guest poets include John Murillo, Ama Codjoe, Kaveh Akbar, Hafizah Geter, Chen Chen, Solmaz Sharif, Rachel McKibbens, and Omotara James.

Produced by The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation with new episodes available each Tuesday starting in mid June.

About the host: Camille Rankine is a poet, professor, and the host of our new podcast The Glimpse. Her books include Incorrect Merciful Impulses and the chapbook Slow Dance with Trip Wire.

Recent Episodes

This is a F*** You Poem
AUG 6, 2024
This is a F*** You Poem
<p>Poet Omotara James and host Camille Rankine explore the tension between vulnerability and confidence in poetry. They also delve into the language of pleasure and cruelty as well as the importance of subverting tropes.</p>
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32 MIN
Breaking the Silence with Solmaz Sharif
JUL 30, 2024
Breaking the Silence with Solmaz Sharif
<p>Poet Solmaz Sharif speaks about her relationship to silence, the cost of speaking up for people whose narratives have been silenced and June Jordan’s impact on her writing.</p><p>WARNING: a poem in this episode describes violence that some may find disturbing.</p>
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33 MIN
A Poet, Not a Murderer with Rachel McKibbens
JUL 24, 2024
A Poet, Not a Murderer with Rachel McKibbens
<p>Poet Rachel McKibbens explores the role violence and has played in her life, her poetry and motherhood. She talks to host Camille Rankine about her poem "glutton" and the impact Brigit Pegeen Kelly's poem "Song" has had on her work.</p><p>Warning: This episode contains some descriptions of violence that listeners may find disturbing. </p>
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28 MIN
Grief, Hope and Garbage with Chen Chen
JUL 16, 2024
Grief, Hope and Garbage with Chen Chen
<p>Poet Chen Chen talks about petitioning the universe on multiple levels, the personification of grief and finding inspiration in a ketchup packet. </p>
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27 MIN
Keeping the Knife Sharp with Hafizah Geter
JUL 9, 2024
Keeping the Knife Sharp with Hafizah Geter
<p>Poet Hafizah Geter talks about the power of a good line break, her love of Carl Phillips and how memory can be affected by grief.</p>
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23 MIN