The Poetry Magazine Podcast

Wake, Butterfly: Here Is What I Did with My Body with Maggie Nelson

May 5, 2026·11 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Maggie Nelson invites listeners to productively disassociate._____Matsuo Bashō wrote:Wake, butterfly— it's late, we've miles to go together.Poetry magazine presents Wake, Butterfly, a series of intimate portraits that invite listeners to keep creating. The series is produced by Rachel James with sound design by Axel Kacoutié._____Here’s an edited version of Maggie Nelson’s prompt:Write on a piece of paper: “Here is what I did with my body one day:” and tell us an anecdote that the Roland Barthes passage “The Rib Chop” inspired in you from your own body and life. (You can read the text of the passage by expanding the transcript for the episode.) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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