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Tired, poor, huddled, gentrified (PoemTalk #58)
Bernadette Mayer, 'The Tragic Condition of the Statue of Liberty' PoemTalkBernadette Mayer, Emma Lazarus, Lady LibertyLISTEN TO THE SHOWMost of us who have read Bernadette Mayer's poem, “The Tragic...
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Tired, poor, huddled, gentrified (PoemTalk #58)
Bernadette Mayer, "The Tragic Condition of the Statue of Liberty"LISTEN TO THE SHOWMost of us who have read Bernadette Mayer's poem, “The Tragic Condition of the Statue of Liberty,” encountered it in...
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Word up (PoemTalk #74)
Whitman's 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking' as performed by Basil Bunting PoemTalkLISTEN TO THE SHOWAmy King, Julia Bloch, and Tom Pickard— before a live audience — joined Al Filreis to discuss...
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Revolutionary vibe (PoemTalk #79)
Joanne Kyger, 'It's Been a Long Time: Notes from the Revolution' PoemTalkJoanne Kyger with Jack Boyce on the Bolinas mesa in 1969.LISTEN TO THE SHOWJulia Bloch, Stephen Ratcliffe, and Pattie McCarthy...
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On H.D.'s imagism
A 27-minute introductory discussionHere is a new 27-minute introductory discussion of H.D.’s imagism — with Dee Morris, Julia Bloch, and Annette Debo: MP3.
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Mayer and Good
From left to right: erica kaufman, Julia Bloch, Bernadette Mayer and Philip Good — at the Kelly Writers House, October 21, 2014, on a day when Mayer participated in a live webcast conversation with...
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The I as hieroglyph (PoemTalk #84)
H.D., 'Helen in Egypt' PoemTalkPhoto credit: H.D. Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University and New Directions Publishing.LISTEN TO THE...
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A day like any other (PoemTalk #85)
James Schuyler, 'February' PoemTalkfrom left: Erica Kaufman, Bernadette Mayer, Al Filreis & Julia Bloch—during a live interactive webcast that preceded this PoemTalk session by a few hours.LISTEN...
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What is the place of lyric in modern and contemporary poetry?
Lyric, meaning "of or pertaining to the lyre," has a concertedly interdisciplinary origin rooted in its practice of bringing poetry together with music. As many critics—including those responding...
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Julia Bloch to become director of Creative Writing at Penn
Gregory Djanikian is retiring at the end of this academic year from full-time work at Penn after many, many successful years as director of the Creative Writing program. Everyone who has worked with...
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The fuck-you bow (PoemTalk #90)
Gertrude Stein, 'How She Bowed to Her Brother' PoemTalkLISTEN TO THE SHOWMaxe Crandall, Julia Bloch, and Sarah Dowling joined Al Filreis to talk about Gertrude Stein’s “How She Bowed to Her Brother.”...
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Tired, poor, huddled, gentrified (PoemTalk #58)
Bernadette Mayer, 'The Tragic Condition of the Statue of Liberty' PoemTalkBernadette Mayer, Emma Lazarus, Lady LibertyLISTEN TO THE SHOWMost of us who have read Bernadette Mayer's poem, “The Tragic...
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Tired, poor, huddled, gentrified (PoemTalk #58)
Bernadette Mayer, "The Tragic Condition of the Statue of Liberty"LISTEN TO THE SHOWMost of us who have read Bernadette Mayer's poem, “The Tragic Condition of the Statue of Liberty,” encountered it in...
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CAConrad in the studio
PennSound podcast #55 PennSound podcastsCAConrad. Photo by Dogface Studios of Olympia.LISTEN TO THE SHOWCAConrad returned to the Kelly Writers House on January 27, 2016, to visit the Wexler Studio to...
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The unabettable bleak (PoemTalk #99)
William Bronk, 'Finding Losses' PoemTalkWilliam Bronk in 1981, Hudson Falls, NY (photograph by Daniel Leary)LISTEN TO THE SHOW. Julia Bloch, Joseph Massey, and Michelle Gil-Montero joined Al Filreis...
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To rearrange the world (PoemTalk #110)
Philip Whalen, 'Life at Bolinas. The last of California' PoemTalkStephen Ratcliffe, Joanne Kyger, Julia BlochLISTEN TO THE SHOWPoemTalk’s crew took to the road, wandering pretty much as far west as...
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Upheaval and return
Julia BlochJ2 editor Julia Bloch reviews three poetry titles on earthly and bodily reorganization: Orogeny by Iréne Mathieu, The Performance of Becoming Human by Daniel Borzutzky, and Community Garden...
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If nothing ever ended
PoemTalk #38: Norman Fischer's 'I’d Like to See It' Julia BlochLinh DinhAl FilreisFrank SherlockPhoto of Norman Fischer (left) by Laura Trippi, via Wikimedia Commons.Editorial note: The following...
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Gaps in history
Julia BlochEditor Julia Bloch reviews three recent poetry titles invested in the gap: Inherit by Ginger Ko, Gilt by Raena Shirali, and Giraffes of Devotion by Sarah Mangold.read more
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The I as hieroglyph (PoemTalk #84)
H.D., 'Helen in Egypt' PoemTalkPhoto credit: H.D. Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University and New Directions Publishing.LISTEN TO THE...
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