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Poetry in Hard Times
October 15, 2009
David Ferry professor emeritus, Wellesley
Suji Kwock Kim poet
Jill McDonough poet
Gail Mazur poet
Ifeanyi Menkiti professor, philosophy, Wellesley College
Lloyd Schwartz poet, 1994 Pulitzer Prize
Christopher Lydon former radio host, The Connection

Renowned poets David Ferry, Suji Kwock Kim, Jill McDonough, Gail Mazur, Ifeanyi Menkiti, and Lloyd Schwartz join moderator Christopher Lydon to read the best of classic and contemporary Massachusetts authors.

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Ford Hall Forum
Creativity and Mood
Paul Muldoon
01:28:52
Poet and songwriter Paul Muldoon joins poet/playright Elizabeth Swados to explore the relationship between creativity and mood.
Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Bacevich
01:21:50
Conservative historian Andrew Bacevich discusses his provocative book The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism. Bacevich joins Charles Sennott, founder of the online news service GlobalPost, to discuss the challenges the Obama administration faces in Afghanistan.
Pinker and Goldstein: Science, Fiction, and God
Steven Pinker
01:23:00
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, philosopher and author of the new novel 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, discusses mind-body problems with her husband, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker.
Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the 21st Century
James Orbinski
00:59:29
Physician and humanitarian James Orbinski discusses his new book, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century.
Lucille Clifton Reads "won't you celebrate with me"
Lucille Clifton
00:01:24
Contemporary poet Lucille Clifton explores themes of identity, race, and gender as she reads her poem, “won’t you celebrate with me.”
Robert Hass Reads "Selected Haiku" by Issa
Robert Hass
Hass reads "Selected Haiku" by Kobayashi Issa from his book of translations The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa. Issa, who was born in 1763 to a farming family in rural Japan, is considered one of four great masters of Haiku.
Image of Of No Country I Know: New and Selected Poems and Translations (Phoenix Poets Series)
Author: David Ferry
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (1999)
Binding: Paperback, 310 pages
Image of Notes from the Divided Country: Poems
Author: Suji Kwock Kim
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (2003)
Binding: Paperback, 88 pages
Image of Habeas Corpus (Salt Modern Poets)
Author: Jill McDonough
Publisher: Salt Publishing (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 80 pages
Manufacturer: Bedford books
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Image of They Can't Take That Away from Me (Phoenix Poets)
Author: Gail Mazur
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (2001)
Binding: Paperback, 96 pages
Image of Zeppo's First Wife: New and Selected Poems (Phoenix Poets Series)
Author: Gail Mazur
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 264 pages
Image of Moments of Past Happiness
Author: Kathleen Spivack
Publisher: Earthwinds Editions (2007)
Binding: Perfect Paperback, 68 pages
Author: Ifeanyi Menkiti
Publisher: Earthwinds Editions (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 68 pages
Author: Ifeanyi Menkiti
Publisher: Pomegranate Press (1978)
Binding: Unknown Binding, 30 pages
Manufacturer: See notes
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Manufacturer: Ilora Press
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Image of Cairo Traffic (Phoenix Poets Series)
Author: Lloyd Schwartz
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (2000)
Binding: Paperback, 83 pages
Image of Goodnight, Gracie (Phoenix Poets Series)
Author: Lloyd Schwartz
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (1992)
Binding: Paperback, 114 pages
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