August Kleinzahler Asks “Are You an Ideal Reader of Poetry?”
Author Elmore Leonard may wake up every day saying, "Thank fucking Christ I'm not a poet!"-- but according to August Kleinzahler, it's a far more worthy job to carry off one successful poem than it is to write 41 best-selling novels.
Jo Shapcott Reads “I Go Inside the Tree”
Britain's Jo Shapcott recently won the Costa Book of the Year award, which means her collection Of Mutability beat out competitors in poetry, fiction, memoir, and children's literature. Did I mention she's a poet? So, like, yeah, that must mean Of Mutability is really really good.
Charles Olson: The Weird and Wonderful “Archeologist of Morning”
Check out this strange video of Olson reading, lecturing, and otherwise exercising his eerie charisma and quirk. Maximus to Gloucester!
Robert Hass Reading Haiku Translations
Since I just finished re-reading Robert Hass’ amazing but devastating Sun Under Wood, I thought it was healthy to balance that out with a bit of his light side. In this video, Hass reads several of the more lighthearted haiku translations he’s done over the years.
