The Dial-A-Poem art installation can now reach listeners worldwide on the internet

By Kai McNamee,

Christopher Intagliata

Published October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM EDT

Poet and performance artist John Giorno launched Dial-a-Poem in the 1960s to deliver random poems over the phone. Now, a group continues his work on a new medium -- the internet.

Kai McNamee

Christopher Intagliata

Christopher Intagliata is an editor at All Things Considered, where he writes news and edits interviews with politicians, musicians, restaurant owners, scientists and many of the other voices heard on the air.

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