Recorded At: Milwaukee Public Library 733 N. Eighth Street Milwaukee WI Recorded On: Thursday, October 11, 2007
In this talk, Jane Hirshfield explores the poet Matsuo Bashō’s life and teachings, the inner workings of haiku, and the poems themselves, revealing both the continuing usefulness and the lasting exhilaration of Bashō’s restless discoveries.
(Full Audio, approx. 1 hr. 10 mins.)
Part of Branching Out: Poetry for the 21st Century, a joint initiative with the Poetry Society of America, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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