Tag Archives: Poetry
Favorite Poets
William Harmon discusses his edition of The Concise Columbia Book of Poetry (Columbia University Press), a collection of the 100 most-frequently anthologized poems in English.
The Value of Poetry
James Applewhite and Richard Wilbur read from their work and discuss poetry and values. Applewhite’s recent books include River Writing and Lessons in Soaring. Wilbur’s New and Collected Poems won the Pulitzer Prize in 1989. 492 – The Value of … Continue reading
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Crosscurrents
In two conversations about creative crosscurrents between Europe and the United States, Rita Dove discusses Durer’s Beauty, her sequence of poems about the German artist Albrecht Durer, and Robert ter Horst discusses the American historian Henry Adams and the Bloomsbury … Continue reading
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Cultural Fabrics
Marjorie Agosin discusses contemporary Latin American poetry and reads from her own work. Houston Baker and Henry Louis Gates discuss African-American literature and the cultural canon of the United States. 474 – Cultural Fabrics
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Two Poets
In conversation, American poets Rita Dove and Adrienne Rich discuss their work and ideas on aesthetics, empowerment, intimacy, motherhood, and the poetic responsibility. Rich reads “Poetry: III” from Your Native Land, Your Life: Poems and Dove reads “The Breathing, the … Continue reading
Poetic Politics and Property
Howard Erskine-Hill discusses his study of poetry and affairs of state. Joseph Loewenstein discusses his investigations into Renaissance creativity and the book trade. 458 – Poetic Politics and Property
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Highest Thoughts
Rita Dove and Helen Vendler discuss Rita Dove’s earlier work, her Pulitzer Prize-winning Thomas and Beulah (1986), and her current project, a sequence of poems entitled Durer’s Beauty. 452 – Highest Thoughts
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Social Satire: Poets and Fools
Fred Ahl has written books about the Roman epic poet Lucan and about wordplay in Greek and Latin Poetry. Phillip Mitsis and Christopher Shields are students of epistemology of the metaphysics of American popular culture. 444 – Social Satire: Poets … Continue reading
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Story and Song
Helen Vendler‘s recent books include Voices and Visions: American Poets (Random House) and The Music of What Happens: Essays on Poetry and Criticism (Harvard University Press). Eudora Welty‘s recent books include One Writer’s Beginnings (Warner Books, 1985). 440 – Story … Continue reading
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Tagged Literary Criticism, Literature, Novelist, Poetry, Pulitzer Prize
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Our Old English Home
George Kane and Joseph Wittig are collaborating on a forthcoming glossary of the Middle English poem, Piers Plowman. Bruce Mitchell is the author of Old English Syntax (Oxford University Press, 1985). 427 – Our Old English Home
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