Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – November 25, 2015
A celebration of the art of poetry, hosted by jack Foley.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley
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A celebration of the art of poetry. A well-known poet himself, Jack Foley’s considerable historical knowledge and his awareness of the current “scene” are incorporated into his radio shows and have made them a kaleidoscopic, always stimulating attraction for anyone interested in poetry.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – November 4, 2015
Jack’s guest is the celebrated poet/anthologist, Jerome Rothenberg. Today’s show is a celebration of the new Rothenberg-John Bloomberg-Rissman anthology, Barbaric, Vast & Wild. “Poetry should have something in it,” wrote Denis Diderot, “that is barbaric, vast & wild.” “Barbaric, Vast & Wild,” writes Charles Bernstein, “is the crowning jewel of the Poems for the Millennium series; … Continued
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – October 28, 2015
Jack’s guest throughout the month of October is the extraordinary Alabama poet, visual artist and musician, Jake Berry. Part Four of Four.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – October 21, 2015
Jack’s guest throughout the month of October is the extraordinary Alabama poet, visual artist and musician, Jake Berry. Part Three of Four.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – October 14, 2015
Jack’s guest throughout the month of October is the extraordinary Alabama poet, visual artist and musician, Jake Berry. Part Two of Four.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – October 7, 2015
Jack’s guest throughout the month of October is the extraordinary Alabama poet, visual artist and musician, Jake Berry. Part One of Four.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – September 9, 2015
Today’s show is a tribute to the late poet and Gay icon Harold Norse (1916-2009). Talisman Press has recently published a new selected poems by Harold Norse. Edited by Todd Swindell and with an introduction by Harold’s old friend and cruising buddy, Neeli Cherkovski, it’s an excellent passageway into the work of a man admired … Continued
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – September 2, 2015
Today’s show is a tribute to the late poet and Gay icon Harold Norse (1916-2009). Talisman Press has recently published a new selected poems by Harold Norse. Edited by Todd Swindell and with an introduction by Harold’s old friend and cruising buddy, Neeli Cherkovski, it’s an excellent passageway into the work of a man admired … Continued
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – August 26, 2015
Conclusion of JACK @ 75, his celebration of his 75th birthday (August 9). Jack writes, What is a life but stories—stories we tell ourselves, stories we tell others, stories others tell about us? Out of these stories we fashion—what? I am writer, husband, father, poet, teacher, friend, “radio personality,” occasional cook, householder, amateur guitarist, sometime … Continued
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – August 19, 2015
JACK @ 75 continues with a selection from Jack Foley’s work. “I am rather surprised to see myself arriving at an unexpected antiquity.” Jack quotes from one of his poems, What if the search to discover “mind” is self-defeating because “mind” doesn’t exist? What if “mind” is a term made up out of a puritanical … Continued