Lectures tagged "poetry reading"

Susan Stewart: Poetry and Perception
Susan Stewart
April 16, 2009
00:49:26
Susan Stewart argues that poetry is a “slow” art form. What does she mean by this claim? Literary and academic critics acclaimed her last book of poems, Columbarium, published in 2003, as majestic. She took eight years to write it.
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Lloyd Schwartz: Cairo Traffic
Lloyd Schwartz
April 1, 2009
00:33:04
Lloyd Schwartz, a poet who incorporates idiomatic, spoken vernacular into his work, explains why he considers himself, above all, an American poet in temperament and subject.
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Jill McDonough: Habeas Corpus
Jill McDonough
March 4, 2009
00:38:07
Jill McDonough reads from her first book, Habeas Corpus, which includes fifty sonnets, each about a historical execution, including those of Mary Dyer, Mary Surratt, and Nicola Sacco and
Rafael Campo: The Enemy
Rafael Campo
February 4, 2009
00:34:19
Rafael Campo, the poet and physician, speaks about his newest book of poetry, The Enemy.
Meet the Poet: Robin Becker
Robin Becker
February 13, 2003
01:01:54
Poet Robin Becker discusses her writing.