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Interview with Edward Hirsch
Poet and President of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Edward Hirsch, sits down with Big Think for a thirty-four minute in-depth video interview. watch this video »
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Gerald Stern: Still Burning
Still Burning is a short documentary about the life and poetry of Gerald Stern. watch this video »
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“The Story” by Sandra Beasley
Sandra Beasley reads “The Story” from I Was the Jukebox. watch this video »
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“Don’t Come Home” by Todd Boss
Todd Boss reads “Don’t Come Home” from his debut collection Yellowrocket. watch this video »
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Rita Dove’s “Sonata Mulattica”
Rita Dove reads poems from her book Sonata Mulattica at the Virginia Festival of the Book 2009. Musical accompaniment by Boyd Tinsley of The Dave Matthews Band. watch this video »
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What Is Poetry For?
In Chicago, February 2009, at the annual conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, the editors of Poems Out Loud asked eleven poets, “What Is Poetry For?” Here is what they had to say. watch this video »
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“Diffugere Nives” by A. E. Housman
From the Favorite Poem Project video archive, here is William Maxwell reading “Diffugere Nives” by A. E. Housman. Maxwell (1908–2000) was a writer and editor in New York, NY. watch this video »
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“God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins
From the Favorite Poem Project video archive, here is Stanley Kunitz reading “God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Kunitz (1905–2006) was a poet in New York, NY. watch this video »
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“Nick and the Candlestick” by Sylvia Plath
From the Favorite Poem Project video archive, here is Seph Rodney reading “Nick and the Candlestick” by Sylvia Plath. Rodney is a photographer in Santa Monica, CA. watch this video »
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“Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman
From the Favorite Poem Project video archive, here is John Doherty reading “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman. Doherty is a construction worker in Braintree, MA. watch this video »
