AUDIO
Radio Interviews & Podcasts
Eh Poetry Podcast
by Jason E. Coombs
#55 As Far As You Know by A.F. Moritz
July 25,2022
CBC Here & Now
with Gil Deacon [Julianne Hazlewood]
Introducing the Lost Launches
March 29,2022
CBC Ideas
with Nahlah Ayed
No Wisdom is Final: The Wisdom..Rilke
May 13, 2021
Emotion Put into Measure
Poetry Matters Podcast
“A Talk with Al Moritz!”
February 11, 2021
Emotion Put into Measure
Poetry Matters Podcast
“Al Moritz: Sweet, Relaxing, Dramatic Early Poems”
February 5, 2021
CBC THE SUNDAY EDITION with Michael Enright
Books for Solace…
March 22, 2020
CBC THE SUNDAY EDITION with Michael Enright
At the Outset of Winter…
December 19, 2019
CBC AS IT HAPPENS
Carol Off & Jeff Douglas
“The Current of the Sugar” from “Northern Plights”
May 24, 2019
CBC METRO MORNING
with Matt Galloway
Introducing Toronto’s New Poet Laureate
March 8, 2019
CBC MAINSTREET PEI
with Karen Mair
A.F Moritz
Griffin Poetry Prize
October 1, 2018
WORDS AND MUSICS
with Will Duchon
Poetry about Nostalgia,
“Better Days,”
from The Sentinel
May 2015
ANANSI POETRY PODCAST
with Damian Rogers
A. F. Moritz: From Borges to Cyberpunk,
re: Sequence
April 2015
POETRY FOUNDATION
with
Michael Stuhlbarg
“The Jar” by A.F. Moritz
from The Sentinel
February 2014
POETRY OFF THE SHELF
Leonard Lopate Show
Moritz’s “Busman’s Honeymoon”
read by Ken Marks
April 2006
VIDEO
Bengali Celebration
In his role as Toronto’s Poet Laureate, A.F. Moritz helps to introduce the Begali Martyrs and International Mother Tongue Days. This is a small segment of NRB TV’s six-hour coverage of the event, available on Facebook Live.
Vallum Poem of the Week, "House"
Hear A.F. Moritz read “House” as Vallum’s Poem of the Week for June 21, 2021.
Gordon Hill Spring Launch 2021
Bennett’s The Untranslatable I, Mohammadi’s Me, You, Then Snow, Moritz’s The Garden, & Principe’s Stars Need Counting.
"Exactly Here the Marvel Spoke" Moritz reads to City Countil
Toronto Poet Laureate A.F. Moritz reads “Exactly Here the Marvel Spoke” to Toronto City Council on 10 March 2021, commemorating one-year of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Here is Elsewhere: Literature in Translation, Ludwig Zeller
On February 19, 2021, Moritz and Luciano Iacobelli discuss and read the poetry of Ludwig Zeller, moderated by Beatriz Hausner. Presented by ATTLC/LTAC.
As Far as You Know
Poet David O’Meara in conversation with Griffin Prize Winner A.F. Moritz
TWC
Al Moritz invites you to a Toronto Writers Collective reading
Where I'm From
Toronto Writers Collective members share their Stories at Union Station
Thin Air 2020
Moritz reads for the annual Winnipeg International Writers Festival, 2020.
Word on the Street, September 26th, 2020
Moritz hosts “Joyous or Sorrowful, Three Poets of Today”
Word in the Street, September 27, 2020
Moritz reads for “Poets on the Tangibility of Today”
A Selection of U.S. Election Haiku
A selection of haikus on the occasion of the U.S. election written by Star readers read by A.F. Moritz as featured in The Toronto Star.
Poetry In Translation - East Meets West
In an intenstive one-on-one Toronto’s Poet Laureate, A.F. Moritz and fellow poet Anna Yin discuss Poetry in Translation
Poetry In Translation - East Meets West
Part Two: The Breakout Session from Moritz’s discussion with Anna Yin, with questions from the audience.
East Meets West Group Meeting
Poetry in Translation, East Meets West, presents this zoom video of their Final Group Session in a months-long series
Poetry, Song, and Humanism
Poet Laureate A.F. Moritz takes part in an extended interview for the new “Different Boat Same Storm” podcast
"A Song of Excellence" Walk with Excellence
Moritz reads the poem “A Song of Excellence,” composed for the 2020 Walk with Excellence, gone virtual in 2020.
"Thoughts in Time of Plague" for CBC Q
CBC Q Facebook presents Toronto’s Poet Laureate reading his poem, “Thoughts in Time of Plague” [subtitles]
Kirby reads "Names of Birds" from AFAYK
Toronto poet and cultural fire-starter Kirby reads my poem “Names of Birds” for his bedtime poetry social media series
Anansi Bash: "A Throw of the Dice"
Toronto’s Poet Laureate reads “A Throw of the Dice,” from his new collection As Far As You Know from Anansi Press.
"Thoughts in Time of Plague"
Toronto’s Poet Laureate reads his poem, “Thoughts in Time of Plague,” published in the Toronto Star on April 1, 2020.
A. F. Moritz, Toronto's Next Poet Laureate
A. F. Moritz reads his poem, “By St. Nicholas Ukrainian Church” to celebrate the beginning of National Poetry Month.
Annual Walk with Excellence
Poet Laureate Moritz reads “Walk With Excellence,” lauding the achievements of High School Students and Teachers.
The Griffin Poetry Prize: Thou Poem
Moritz reads “Thou Poem” from his book, The Sentinel, winner of the 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize.
The Tree Reading Series
On September 8, 2015, poet A.F. Moritz appeared as the featured reader at the Tree Reading Series.
The Jeweller's Eye: The Book to Come
How Pedestrian: Addiction
How Pedestrian asks a man to read Moritz’s poem, “Addiction,” from Early Poems.
BONUS AUDIO
A. F. Moritz Reads
poems from Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Brick Books, 1999
poems from Mahoning, Brick Books, 1994
