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2019: Passwords: Infinite Plentitude & AfroSurrealism with Devin Cain, Alexandria Eregbu & Krista Franklin
Recorded On: Thursday, May 23, 2019
du monde noir: Devin Cain, Alexandra Eregbu, Krista Franklin
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2018: A Tribute to John Yau
Recorded On: Saturday, December 8, 2018
This evening honors John Yau, the author of thirteen books of poetry, most recently Bijoux in the Dark (2018); four books of fiction; and many…
2018: Epic Voices: The Polish Epic with Jacek Dehnel & Bill Johnston
Recorded On: Thursday, December 6, 2018
Polish writer and translator Jacek Dehnel joins American translator Bill Johnston to discuss the epic in Polish literature, from the 19th century to contemporary works. Johnston…
2018: Passwords: Dick Higgins with Steve Clay, Joshua Beckman, Steve McCaffery & Tracie Morris
Recorded On: Tuesday, December 4, 2018
A conceptual artist and concrete poet who helped found the Fluxus movement, Dick Higgins produced “intermedia” works, including “happenings,” films, sound art, music, and experimental texts that continue to shape…
2018: Passwords: Robert Lax with John Beer, Michael N. McGregor & Stacey Tran
Recorded On: Friday, November 30, 2018
Thomas Merton, the religious writer and poet, described his friend Robert Lax as “a potential prophet, but without rage” with “a mind full of tremendous and subtle intuitions.” A Roman…
2018: A Portrait of the Self as Nation: A Craft Talk with Marilyn Chin
Recorded On: Thursday, November 15, 2018
Born in Hong Kong, award-winning feminist poet Marilyn Chin maps immigrant and transnational identity in poems that are aesthetically wide-ranging and deft, making use of both Eastern and…
2018: Iowa International Writing Program
Recorded On: Saturday, November 3, 2018
Poets House partners with the Iowa International Writing Program, which each year brings exceptional writers from around the world to the U.S., creating new audiences for their work. This poetry…
2018: Epic Voices: James Merrill’s The Book of Ephraim with Langdon Hammer & Stephen Yenser
Recorded On: Tuesday, October 30, 2018
On the eve of Halloween, join Langdon Hammer, James Merrill’s biographer, and Stephen Yenser, Merrill’s literary executor, and as they consider James Merrill’s …
2018: Epic Voices: Jos Charles on Geoffrey Chaucer
Recorded On: Thursday, October 25, 2018
Author of the new National Poetry Series–winning collection feeld, which mines Medieval English for experimental purposes, Jos Charles presents the work of 14th-century poet…
2018: Epic Voices: Forrest Gander on C. D. Wright’s One with Others
Recorded On: Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Poet and translator Forrest Gander discusses One with Others, penned by the prolific poet C. D. Wright (1949–2016) as a book-length poetic documentation of the…
2018: Passwords: A Tribute to Fay Chiang with Bob Holman, Patricia Spears Jones & Jessica Hagedorn
Recorded On: Thursday, October 18, 2018
A poet and community activist who supported the diverse cultures of Chinatown and the Lower East Side through education and artistic initiatives, including her stint as the executive director of…