The Deerfield Public Library Podcast
Thoughtful, in-depth conversations with authors of all genres and other notable people from Chicagoland and around the world. A monthly program from the Deerfield Public Library in Deerfield, IL, hosted by Dylan Zavagno.
Our archives include episodes from the Library's John Cotton Dana Award-winning series, The Fight to Integrate Deerfield: 60 Year Reflection; our Pride Month series, Queer Poem-a-Day; and our local history audio tours.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 192
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
67: James Shea, author of Last Day of My Face
Our conversation with poet, writer, and translator James Shea, whose extraordinary new collection of poems Last Day of My Face (University of Iowa Press, 2025), was recently published as a winner of …
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5 Outro Episode (with Mathew Kerbis, Lisa Hiton, and Daniel Baer)
Our Queer Poem-a-Day "outro" episode, featuring three "extras" for Year 5!
- At 02:00: Mathew Kerbis, a board member of The Friends of the Deerfield Public Library, shares details about the local 501(…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Ocean Vuong
Day 20: Ocean Vuong reads his poem "The Last Dinosaur.” This poem first appeared in a slightly different form in The Boston Review (2021) and in his collection Time is a Mother (Penguin Press, 2022).
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Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Mark Doty
Day 19: Mark Doty reads his poem, “A Display of Mackerel,” which first appeared in his collection Atlantis (Harper Perennial, 1995).
Mark Doty is the author of nine books of poetry. Fire to Fire: New…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Rose Zinnia
Day 18: Rose Zinnia reads her poem, “I'm Like If Mary Oliver Had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.” This poem was originally published in Poetry (April 2025).
Rose Zinnia is a poet, novelist…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Nikky Finney
Day 17: Nikky Finney reads her poem “Charm,” originally published in her collection The World is Round (InnerLight Publishing, 2003).
Nikky Finney is the author of On Wings Made of Gauze; Rice; The …
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Oliver Baez Bendorf
Day 16: Oliver Baez Bendorf reads his poem “What the Dead Can Do, which was originally published in West Branch (2021), reprinted in Best American Poetry 2022, and in his book Consider the Rooster (N…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Jayson P. Smith
Day 15: Jayson P. Smith reads their poem, “I Arrive in a Place with a High Level of Psychic Distress.” Queer Poem-a-Day is honored to be the first publication of this poem.
Jayson P. Smith is a poet…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Jessica Jacobs
Day 14:
Jessica Jacobs reads her poem, "Saturday Services at the Provincetown Shore" from her book unalone (Four Way Books, 2024). Recorded with permission of Four Way Books. All rights reserved.
Je…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Francisco Márquez
Day 13: Francisco Márquez reads his poem, “The Bulge,” first published in The Adroit Journal (April 2025).
Francisco Márquez is a poet from Maracaibo, Venezuela, born in Miami, Florida. His work has…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Jaz Sufi
Day 12: Jaz Sufi reads her poem, “Ode to My Lover's Sequined Dress.” Queer Poem-a-Day is honored to be the first publication of this poem.
Jaz Sufi (she/hers) is a queer Iranian-American poet and ar…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Day 11: Gabrielle Calvocoressi reads their poem, “Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you” originally published in Poetry (October 2021).
Gabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Jan-Henry Gray
Day 10: Jan-Henry Gray reads his poem “On Therapy,” first published in the anthology Permanent Record: Poetics Towards the Archive (Nightboat Books, 2025), edited by Naima Yael Tokunow.
Jan-Henry Gra…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Timothy Liu
Day 9: Timothy Liu reads his poem “The Price of Kissing is Your Life,” originally published in the Georgia Review (Spring 2025).
Timothy Liu's most recent books of poems are Down Low and Lowdown and …
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Lloyd Schwartz
Day 8: Lloyd Schwartz reads his poem “Who’s On First?” This poem was originally published in Ploughshares (1981) and reprinted in Who's On First: New and Selected Poems (University of Chicago Press, …
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Keetje Kuipers
Day 7: Keetje Kuipers reads her poem “Cremello Horse,” which first appeared in the magazine 32 Poems and was then published in Lonely Women Make Good Lovers (BOA Editions, 2025).
Keetje Kuipers’ four…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Gaia Rajan
Day 6: Gaia Rajan reads his poem “Essay on Class,” which originally appeared in Frontier Poetry (2023).
Gaia Rajan is the author of the chapbooks Moth Funerals (Glass Poetry Press 2020) and Killing …
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Rick Barot
Day 5: Rick Barot reads his poem “Pleasure,” which appears in his recent book, Moving the Bones.
Rick Barot's most recent book of poems is Moving the Bones, published by Milkweed Editions in 2024. Hi…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: S. Brook Corfman
Day 4: S. Brook Corfman reads her poem “Before & After.” The poem first appeared in Pigeon Pages (2020), in a slightly different form.
S. Brook Corfman is the author of My Daily Actions, or The Mete…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Day 3: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo reads his poem “Eclogue: A Field Guide and Cure.” The poem was published in the recent anthology Like A Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration (Haymarket Books, 2025).