Readings by Marcella Durand, Robert Elstein and John Gallaher Living legend John Ashbery carries on a long-standing Poetry Center tradition by curating and introducing an evening of readings by three less-established poets. Marcella Durand’s Traffic & Weather“presents the city as an organism, often breaking down and always vibrant,” wrote Cole Swensen. Robert Elstein’s chapbook is The Hollandaise. John Gallaher’s books of poetry include The Little Book of Guesses, winner of the Levis Poetry Prize and Map of the Folded World. More information can be found on the . Related Posts a brief and not recent internet roundup Celebrating Sylvia more correspondence
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Allez, allez, I leave a radio like a light on for my return from campus the way Mrs. Snediker left Katie Couric velveteening for the golden retrievers who might well prefer less Katie more quiet, all the more so as hours melt the morning, Katie becoming more nasal, less paid television friend versions of herself. I like returning to my radio friends. In lieu of dogs I dote on this ghoulish sadness that cares beyond itself, punctiliously, about Katie Couric’s heels; it astounds me upon my return that the ghoulish sadness can be so dire when it comes to the world’s hostile, dubious relation to my buoyance, but out of nowhere is oh wow, those shoes. The things on which it has opinions. Gay sadness, the leashes I give. That’s the sadness, the radio in part being on for it, to keep it occupied in my absence; ditto my returns [...]
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