Patricia Lockwood Reads Elizabeth Bishop

Patricia Lockwood Reads Elizabeth Bishop

December 22, 2025 · 48 min

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Patricia Lockwood joins Kevin Young to read poems by Elizabeth Bishop and herself.

Patricia Lockwood joins Kevin Young to read “In the Waiting Room,” by Elizabeth Bishop, and her own poem “Love Poem Like We Used to Write It.” Lockwood is the author of the novels “No One Is Talking About This” and “Will There Ever Be Another You,” along with two poetry collections and a memoir. She has won the Thurber Prize for American Humor and the Dylan Thomas Prize, and she’s a contributing editor at the London Review of Books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Host: Kevin Young

Guest: Patricia Lockwood

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Organizations: London Review of Books, Thurber Prize for American Humor, Dylan Thomas Prize

Books & works: In the Waiting Room, Love Poem Like We Used to Write It, No One Is Talking About This, Will There Ever Be Another You

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