Maya C. Popa Reads Brenda Shaughnessy
About this episode
Maya C. Popa joins Kevin Young to read and discuss poems by Brenda Shaughnessy and her own work.
Maya C. Popa joins Kevin Young to read “Artless,” by Brenda Shaughnessy, and her own poem “The World Was All Before Them.” Popa is the author of “Wound Is the Origin of Wonder” and “American Faith,” the latter of which won the North American Book Prize. Her third collection, “If You Love That Lady,” will be published by W. W. Norton this July. Popa serves as the poetry editor of Publishers Weekly, and teaches in the undergraduate and M.F.A. programs at New York University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Kevin Young
Guest: Maya C. Popa
Topics covered
- poetry
- literature
- reading
- creative writing
- poets
Keywords
- Maya C. Popa
- Brenda Shaughnessy
- poetry reading
- Kevin Young
- American Faith
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Publishers Weekly
Books & works: Artless, The World Was All Before Them, Wound Is the Origin of Wonder, American Faith, If You Love That Lady
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