Gerald Stern: Still Burning

2.10.10

Still Burning is a short documentary about the life and poetry of Gerald Stern.

Gerald Stern:

“If you want to understand a culture, you go to their poets. You certainly don’t go to their Presidents. Or the public relations people. Or their generals or their business men. Or, alas, not even their farmers. You go to their poets.”

Keep watching:
Part 2 | Part 3

This documentary was created by the good people at PoetryMattersNow.org in collaboration with the Poetry Foundation.