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2005: Vijay Seshadri on Elizabeth Bishop (Full Audio)

Recorded On: Monday, April 4, 2005

In his talk “The Vertical Elizabeth Bishop”, poet Vijay Seshadri examines the origins and the scope of Bishop’s visionary ambitions, her complicated, paradoxical relationship to the religious traditions…

2005: Ann Lauterbach on John Ashbery (Full Audio)

Recorded On: Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Poet Ann Lauterbach discusses the work of John Ashbery, a hugely influential poet who has published over twenty books of poetry. His volumes include Some Trees…

2005: Ann Lauterbach reads John Ashbery’s “Coma Berenices”

Recorded On: Saturday, March 26, 2005

Poet Ann Lauterbach reads and discusses an excerpt from John Ashbery’s poem “Coma Berenices”.

2005: Ann Lauterbach reads John Ashbery’s “The Task”

Recorded On: Saturday, March 26, 2005

Poet Ann Lauterbach reads John Ashbery’s poem “The Task.”

2004: Galway Kinnell reads Dylan Thomas’ “In My Craft or Sullen Art”

Recorded On: Monday, June 14, 2004

Pulitzer-prize winning poet Galway Kinnell reads “In My Craft or Sullen Art” by Dylan Thomas at Bubby’s Brooklyn, as part of Poets House’s 9th Annual Poetry Walk Across…

2004: Bill Murray reads Frank O’Hara and Billy Collins

Recorded On: Monday, June 14, 2004

Actor Bill Murray reads poems by Frank O’Hara (“[How wonderful it is that the Park Avenue Viaduct is being rehabilitated]”), Billy Collins (“Another Reason I Don’t Keep a…

2004: Passwords: Kevin Young on Bob Kaufman

Recorded On: Friday, February 13, 2004

Poet Kevin Young discusses the work of Bob Kaufman (1925-1986), a premier jazz poet and major figure of the Beat movement whose books include Golden Sardine…

2003: David Antin: The Politics of Poetry

Recorded On: Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Internationally known for his “talk pieces”— improvisational blends of comedy, story and social commentary that have been described as a mix of Mark Twain and Gertrude Stein, poet David…

2003: Donald Hall on Thomas Hardy and the Ballad Tradition (Full Audio)

Recorded On: Sunday, April 13, 2003

(Full Audio, approx. 45 mins)

2002: Epics and Ballads 101 – A Public Seminar on Oral Traditions with John Foley

Recorded On: Saturday, October 12, 2002

John Foley, the author of How to Read an Oral Poem, introduces a season of programs on epics and ballads by discussing the ways…