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
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Faylita Hicks
Day 2: Faylita Hicks reads their poem “A Gxrl's Trip Home.” This poem was originally published in A Map of My Want (Haymarket Books, 2024).
Faylita Hicks (she/they) is a writer, interdisciplinary art…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Jericho Brown
Day 1: Jericho Brown reads his poem “Duplex.” This poem was originally published in The Progressive Magazine (2019).
Jericho Brown is the author of The Tradition, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poe…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 5 Trailer
We’re back for year five of Queer Poem-a-Day! Queer Poem-a-Day is a unique podcast series for Pride Month, presenting a public archive of original poems written and read by contemporary LGBTQIA+ poet…
66: Dr. Jo Freer on Thomas Pynchon & Gravity's Rainbow
A conversation with Dr. Jo Freer, a leading scholar on the work of American novelist Thomas Pynchon. I'm currently leading our Library’s Classics Book Discussion Seminar series on Pynchon’s 1973 mast…
65: Richard Powers, author of Playground
Richard Powers talks about his new novel Playground (W. W. Norton & Co., 2024). Playground gives us a masterful braided narrative of lives devoted to oceanography, computer programming, art, and lite…
64: Lois Baer Barr, author of The Tailor's Daughter
Lois Baer Barr—a poet and fiction writer living just next door to us in Riverwoods, IL—on her new novel The Tailor’s Daughter (Water’s Edge Press, 2023).
The Tailor’s Daughter uses Barr’s familial me…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Mary Jo Bang
Day 20: Mary Jo Bang reads her poem “Mary Jo in the Time of Sappho.” We are honored to be the original publication of this poem.
Mary Jo Bang is the author of nine books of poems—including A Film in …
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Armen Davoudian
Day 19: Armen Davoudian reads his poem “Saffron,” from his new collection The Palace of Forty Pillars, also published in The Atlantic (2024).
Armen Davoudian is the author of the poetry collection T…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Esther Lin
Day 18: Esther Lin reads her poem "Praise the Scaffold in Rouen Cathedral.” We are honored to be the first publication of this poem.
Esther Lin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and lived in the U…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Sebastian Merrill
Day 17: Sebastian Merrill reads his poem “To My Ghost :: Float” from his book GHOST :: SEEDS (Texas Review Press, 2022).
Sebastian Merrill’s debut collection GHOST :: SEEDS was selected by Kimiko H…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Matthew Gellman
Day 16: Matthew Gellman reads his poem “Beforelight,” originally published in Passages North, 2018.
Matthew Gellman is the author of a chapbook, Night Logic, which was selected by Denise Duhamel as …
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Cindy Juyoung Ok
Day 15: Cindy Juyoung Ok reads her poem “Claim.” They originally published the poem in Conjunctions Issue 75 (Fall 2020).
Cindy Juyoung Ok is the author of Ward Toward from the Yale Series of Younge…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Yinlin Zhao
Day 14: Yinlin Zhao reads its poem “The Mpreg Poem.” We are honored to be the poem’s first publication.
Yinlin Zhao (he/it/go for it, truly) is a writer/student out on the East Coast and on the world…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Séamus Isaac Fey
Day 13: Séamus Isaac Fey reads his poem “Edwin says I deserve to be loved with precision” which appears in their new collection decompose (Not a Cult Media, 2024).
Séamus Isaac Fey (he/they) is a Tr…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Fatimah Asghar
Day 12: Fatimah Asghar reads their poem “The Ocean is Trynna Fuck,” originally published in the American Poetry Review, 2023.
Fatimah Asghar is an artist who spans across different genres and themes…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Joshua Garcia
Day 11: Joshua Garcia reads “Epistle (Deluge)” which first appeared in New South and appears in his new collection Pentimento.
Joshua Garcia is the author of Pentimento (Black Lawrence Press 2024). H…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: p. hodges adams
Day 10: p. hodges adams reads their poem “pêche d'enfer,” originally published in the New Orleans Review, 2022.
p. hodges adams is a michigander poet who received their MFA in creative writing from …
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Jimin Seo
Day 9: Jimin Seo reads his poem “Richard Wakes Up in The Middle of The Night” forthcoming from his book OSSIA (Changes, 2024).
Jimin Seo was born in Seoul, and immigrated to the US to join his famil…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Amelia Ada
Day 8: Amelia Ada reads an excerpt from her collection Hard and Glad, forthcoming from DOPAMINE/Semiotext(e) May 2026.
Amelia Ada is a trans poet and essayist, and she is currently a doctoral candid…
Queer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Mark Wunderlich
Day 7: Mark Wunderlich reads his poem “No Horse.” We are honored to be the first publisher of this poem.
Mark Wunderlich is the author of four collections of poems, the most recent of which is God o…