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Lectures tagged "Poetry"

Bobby Sanabria: Latin Jazz

October 27, 2009

Multiple Grammy nominated recording artist Bobby Sanabria talks about his work as a percussionist, composer, arranger, conductor, filmmaker, and educator on Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One.

Spoken Word Showcase

Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo

October 24, 2009

Poet Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo host a spoken word showcase, in which beautiful, powerful language is transformed into music to convey deep emotions and provocative ideas. Young Bostonians perform original works as well as those of well-known published poets.

Creativity and Mood

Creativity and Mood

October 21, 2009

Poet and songwriter Paul Muldoon joins poet/playright Elizabeth Swados to explore the relationship between creativity and mood.

Poetry in Hard Times

October 15, 2009

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.

James Ellroy: Blood's a Rover

September 23, 2009

Los Angeles crime novelist James Ellroy tells the story of how, when he was a newborn, the borzoi dog of book publisher Alfred A. Knopf visited him in the hospital and told him that he had to write a great novel to save Americans from illiteracy in the year 2009.

Susan Stewart: Poetry and Perception

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.

Kevin Young: Blending Music in Poetry

Kevin Young, Emory University's Professor of Poetry, discusses his unique compositions. He is widely known for finding inspiration in African American music, particularly the blues, and in the history of black America.

Lloyd Schwartz: Cairo Traffic

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.