Episode 1 - The People’s History of 1998

Episode 5: Tell Me Something Good

In Episode 5 we read a poem from one of the elders of the movement, Margaret Atwood.

Episode 4: At The Gate

In Episode 4 we visit one of my favorite poetic forms, the Villanelle.

Episode 3: Incantation for a Lake

In Episode 3 we are met with a poem that navigates the ways in which we collect and count the bodies.

Episode 2 - Forwards

In this second episode we discuss the two forwards of BAP 2025, the Series Editor and Guest Editor, and the condition of poetry in 2025.

Episode 1 - The People’s History of 1998

In this episode I skip over the two forwards and go right to the first poem, “The People’s History of 1998” by Gbenga Adesina