Charles Bernstein is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is also co-Director of PennSound. Bernstein is the author of numerous books of poetry and criticism, a fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2019 he was awarded the Bollingen Prize for Poetry.

Blending words and sounds, bringing to the airwaves live performances as well as field and studio recordings by writers the host has crossed paths with over the course of a quarter-century.