The New Yorker: Poetry

The New Yorker: Poetry

The New Yorker

Readings and conversation with The New Yorker's poetry editor, Kevin Young.

Radio: WNYC 93.9 FM

Categories: Arts

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April Bernard joins Kevin Young to read “A Worldly Country,” by John Ashbery, and her own poem “Beagle or Something.” Bernard is the author of two novels and six poetry collections—including “Blackbird Bye Bye,” which won the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets, and “The World Behind the World,” which was published in 2023. She’s a professor of English and creative writing at Skidmore College, in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Previous episodes

  • 122 - April Bernard Reads John Ashbery 
    Wed, 28 Jan 2026 - 0h
  • 121 - Patricia Lockwood Reads Elizabeth Bishop 
    Mon, 22 Dec 2025 - 0h
  • 120 - Traci Brimhall Reads Thomas Lux 
    Wed, 26 Nov 2025 - 0h
  • 119 - Henri Cole Reads Louise Glück 
    Wed, 22 Oct 2025 - 0h
  • 118 - Bruce Smith Reads Mary Ruefle 
    Tue, 30 Sep 2025 - 0h
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