Today we are releasing episode #199 of the PoemTalk podcast series. This episode features a discussion of three poems by Fatemah Shams from her book When They Broke Down the Door. Joining me for this episode are Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Mahyar Entezari, and Leonard Schwartz.

Link to the Jacket2 program note & audio recording:  https://jacket2.org/podcasts/nothing-say-poemtalk-119

Link to the Poetry Foundation's PoemTalk podcast site: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/145127/nothing-to-say-a-discussion-of-three-poems-by-fatemeh-shams

PoemTalk, a collaboration of PennSound, the Kelly Writers House, and the Poetry Foundation, is supported by a generous grant from Nathan & Elizabeth Leight.

—Al Filreis