Tag Archives: Poetry

The Public Muse

Posted on November 7, 1993 by Steve Weiss

Steven Caton discusses how poetry works as a political force in the Middle East in ways that Americans would not understand. Janet Wondra reads from her work and discusses performance poetry in America. 684 – The Public Muse

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Standing in Unknowing

Posted on September 5, 1993 by Steve Weiss

Elizabeth Kirk discusses her new study of faith, gender, and medieval English poetry. 675 – Standing in Unknowing

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New Spanish Poetry

Posted on July 25, 1993 by Steve Weiss

A discussion of his forthcoming book, A New History of Contemporary Spanish Poetry. 669 – New Spanish Poetry

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Commentary on Mother’ Day; Arts Theatrical, Arts Medical

Posted on May 9, 1993 by Steve Weiss

A commentary about Mother’s Day.; A discussion of Brownstein’s account of stardom and 19th-century French theatre, Tragic Muse: Rachel of the Comedie-Francaise. Edward Cohen discusses Henley’s in Hospital, his chronicle of poetry and the medical arts in Victorian England. 658 … Continue reading →

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Bessie and Clarence

Posted on February 28, 1993 by Steve Weiss

D. L. Crockett-Smith reads and talks about two of his poems, Bessie Smith Becomes Legend and Poetic Justice Thomas. 648 – Bessie and Clarence

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Public Poet, Public Critic

Posted on January 24, 1993 by Steve Weiss

Morris Dickstein discusses his new book, Double Agent: The Critic and Society (Oxford University Press). Linda Gregerson reads and talks about her poem, Line Drive Caught by the Grace of God. 643 – Public Poet, Public Critic

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Royal Patronage

Posted on July 26, 1992 by Steve Weiss

A discussion of royal patronage and the careers of two prominent Jacobean courtiers, the poet John Donne and Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton. 617 – Royal Patronage

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Storytellers and Poets

Posted on July 19, 1992 by Steve Weiss

Allan Gurganus and Robert Gingher discuss contemporary short fiction in America. Robert Gingher’s collection of stories of North Carolina writers, The Rough Road Home, will be published in November. Li-Young Lee and Jim Wayne Miller discuss American poetry in the … Continue reading →

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Old Tech and New; Storytellers and Poets

Posted on July 12, 1992 by Steve Weiss

Henry Binford discusses the culrural significance of ice cream in modern America. George Houston discusses telling time in ancient Roman culture.; Allan Gurganus and Robert Gingher discuss contemporary short fiction in America. Robert Gingher’s collection of stories of North Carolina … Continue reading →

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Prizewinning Poetry

Posted on May 31, 1992 by Steve Weiss

Linda Gregerson reads her poem, Safe, which appeared in The Best American Poems 1991 (Collier Books Macmillan Publishing Company). Czeslaw Milosz reads his latest collection of poems, Provinces (Ecco Press, 1991). 609 – Prizewinning Poetry

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