Episodios

  • Ep. 30: Kathy Fagan
    Dec 23 2025

    In this, the final episode of The Personhood Project, host Aaron Tyler Hand sits down with poet Kathy Fagan. Fagan is the author of six poetry collections, including Bad Hobby, Sycamore, and The Raft. In the episode, the two discuss how poetry is often felt before it’s understood, and how its music and mystery allow both readers and writers to access emotions and truths that ordinary language can’t reach. They also talk about the difficulty—and necessity—of confronting the past, why that work is “so worth the time and effort,” and how poetry creates space for claiming one’s place in the world.


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    1 h y 10 m
  • Ep. 29: Diannely Antigua
    Nov 30 2025

    In this penultimate episode of The Personhood Project, poet Diannely Antigua sits down with host Aaron Tyler Hand for a conversation about the intersection of healing and craft. In the episode, the two discuss Antigua’s poetry collections Ugly Music and Good Monster, and how diary-entry poems can serve as a bridge between the therapeutic and the artistic. They also discuss noticing the poetic in the mundane, the role of community in healing, and how reclaiming one's story by sharing it can be a powerful act of care and resistance.


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    48 m
  • Ep. 28: Jericho Brown
    Oct 31 2025

    This month, The Personhood Project guest host Brooke Pillifant discusses the amazing poetry of Jericho Brown. Listen to learn about what makes his poetry so unique, and how his work inspired the incarcerated writers in our program.


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    12 m
  • Ep. 27: Masaya Saito
    Sep 30 2025

    This month, The Personhood Project guest host Brooke Pillifant discusses haiku poetry through the lens of poet Masaya Saito. Listen to learn about what makes this poetic form so unique, and how it and his work inspired the incarcerated writers in our program.


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    12 m
  • Ep. 26: Taylor Mali
    Aug 31 2025

    This month, The Personhood Project guest host Brooke Pillifant discusses the amazing poetry of Taylor Mali. Listen to learn about what makes his poetry so unique, and how his work inspired the incarcerated writers in our program.

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    22 m
  • Ep. 25: Major Jackson
    Jul 31 2025

    This month, The Personhood Project guest host Brooke Pillifant discusses the amazing poetry of Major Jackson. Listen to learn about what makes his poetry so unique, and how his work inspired the incarcerated writers in our program.

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    16 m
  • Ep. 24: Sarah Ghazal Ali
    Jun 30 2025

    This month, The Personhood Project guest host Brooke Pillifant discusses the amazing poetry of Sarah Ghazal Ali. Listen to learn about what makes her poetry so unique, and how her work inspired the incarcerated writers in our program.

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    15 m
  • Ep. 23: Oliver de la Paz
    May 31 2025

    This month, The Personhood Project guest host Brooke Pillifant discusses the amazing poetry of Oliver de la Paz. Listen to learn about what makes his poetry so unique, and how his work inspired the incarcerated writers in our program.

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    14 m
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