A Verse Reaction
A Verse Reaction is a poetry podcast with Dr. Ann Beebe, Professor of English at The University of Texas at Tyler. Series One includes episodes on the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Robert Lowell, Lucille Clifton, and Mary Oliver. Episodes include interviews with subject-area experts in the fields of Civil War history, Puritanism, Economics, Jazz, Math & Meter, Portrait Painting, Civil Rights, and Birds.
Podcasting since 2024 • 9 episodes
A Verse Reaction
Latest Episodes
9 - Mary Oliver & Birds of North America
Episode Summary: Dr. Beebe interviews Jessica Coleman about Birds of North America. She then applies this context to four poems by Mary Oliver: “Swan,” “The Chat,” “Terns,” and “Snow Geese.” Part 1 (Biography & ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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8 - Lucille Clifton & The Civil Rights Movement
Episode Summary: Dr. Beebe interviews Dr. Kenneth Bryant about the American Civil Rights Movement. She then applies this context to four poems by Lucille Clifton: “good times,” “generations,” “listen children,” and “All of Us Are All of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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47:54
7 - Robert Lowell & Portrait Painting
Episode Summary: Dr. Beebe interviews Elizabeth Lisot-Nelson on the history of portrait painting. She then applies this context to some Robert Lowell poems: “Randall Jarrell” 1, 2, & 3, “Charles V by Titian,” and “Rembrandt.”&...
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Episode 7
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44:51
6 - Langston Hughes & Jazz
Episode Summary: Dr. Beebe interviews Dr. Sarah Roberts on American Jazz Music. She then applies the context to four poems by Langston Hughes: “Jazzonia,” “The Weary Blues,” “Minnie Sings Her Blues,” and “Lennox Avenue: Midnight.”...
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Episode 6
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53:11
5 - Robert Frost & Poetic Meter
Episode Summary: Dr. Beebe interviews Dr. Nathan Smith on the connection between poetic meter and math. She then applies this context to four poems by Robert Frost: “Acquainted with the Night,” “Design,” “Once by the Pacific,” and “Stopp...
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Episode 5
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