On this theme-based show, host Brian Dillon reads and offers (minimal) commentary on poems from the ancient world to the present. Topics include “Old People Talking,” “Responding to Musicians,” “Taking Flight” (on birds), Swimming, Advice, Unrequited Love (multiple episodes), the First World War (both soldiers’ and civilians’ POV), Ancient Chinese voices, and poems set In Cemeteries, among others.

Gender: Male