{"podcast":{"title":"POETICS: Poetry Podcast","slug":"poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691","podcast_index_feed_id":7109691,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3001310.rss","website_url":"https://bainbridgeislandpress.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3001310/063f0c4321c7a378532602a6c7187955.jpg","author":"Bainbridge Island Press 10-Minute Poetry Podcast","episode_count":48,"summary":"Dedicated to publishing high-quality poetry journals, and anthologies. Located on beautiful Bainbridge Island in the Puget Sound, we have made it our mission to connect great readers with great poetry.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T08:18:24.100355+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691"},"episode":{"title":"POETICS Podcast: Poetry that pairs well with bread","slug":"poetics-podcast-poetry-that-pairs-well-with-bread","published_at":"2026-01-29T20:49:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691/poetics-podcast-poetry-that-pairs-well-with-bread","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691","url":"https://bainbridgeislandpress.substack.com/p/poetics-podcast-poetry-that-pairs","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186237682/dc4bf65faf84d502fa6bf6bfb63db592.mp3","summary":"Episode 41: Poetry That Pairs With Bread What do a Brooklyn bakery at dawn, the bones beneath the soil, and a political manifesto have in common? They’re all hiding inside a loaf of bread—at least when poets get their hands on it. This episode, we’re pulling three poems warm from the oven: Richard Levine’s tender portrait of a grandfather whose night shifts fed more than just his family, Margaret Atwood’s unflinching reminder that every slice carries the weight of the earth’s dead, and Pablo Neruda’s passionate demand that bread belong to everyone. Along the way, we explore why poets have always reached for food when they want to say something true—about memory, labor, mortality, and love expressed without words. Because bread is never just bread. It’s what we make when we want to say you are home. Settle in with something warm. This one’s meant to be savored. Get full access to Bainbridge Island Press at bainbridgeislandpress.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Episode 41: Poetry That Pairs With Bread What do a Brooklyn bakery at dawn, the bones beneath the soil, and a political manifesto have in common? They’re…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2332,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691/episodes/poetics-podcast-poetry-that-pairs-well-with-bread/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691/poetics-podcast-poetry-that-pairs-well-with-bread.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}