Rachel Eliza Griffiths joins Kevin Young to discuss "Rain Light" by W.S. Merwin, and her own poem "Heart of Darkness." Griffiths is a poet and artist who has received fellowships from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Cave Canem Foundation, and Yaddo, among others. Her latest book is "Lighting the Shadow."
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The New Yorker: Poetry Folgen
Readings and conversation with The New Yorker's poetry editor, Kevin Young.
Folgen von The New Yorker: Poetry
114 Folgen
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Folge vom 17.04.2019Rachel Eliza Griffiths Reads W.S. Merwin
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Folge vom 20.03.2019Peter Balakian Reads Theodore RoethkePeter Balakian joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Theodore Roethke's poem "In a Dark Time" and his own poem "Eggplant." Balakian's latest book is "Ozone Journal," which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Folge vom 20.02.2019Craig Morgan Teicher Reads Forrest GanderCraig Morgan Teicher joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Forrest Gander’s poem “Son” and his own poem, also titled “Son.” Teicher is a poet and critic whose collection "The Trembling Answers" received the 2018 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets. His latest book is "We Begin in Gladness: How Poets Progress." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Folge vom 30.11.2018Deborah Landau Reads Anne SextonDeborah Landau joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Anne Sexton's poem "Little Girl, My Stringbean, My Lovely Woman" and her own poem "Solitaire." Landau's poetry collections include “The Uses of the Body” and “The Last Usable Hour,” both Lannan Literary Selections; the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Robert Dana Anhinga Prize for Poetry, she directs the creative writing program at New York University. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices