3:00 PST Wednesdays
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.
JACK @ 75 “You’re a strange couple: you’re so pale and he’s so red.” —Gloria Alford to Adelle Foley Jack’s August shows—JACK @ 75—are a special celebration of his 75th birthday (August 9th ). On today’s show Jack joins forces with Nina Serrano to present Nina’s hour-long, in depth interview with him. The first half … Continued
Jack’s guest is American-born Israeli poet Rachel Tzvia Back. Born in Buffalo, New York, she was raised in the US and Israel. The seventh generation of her family in Israel, she returned there to live permanently in 1980. She currently resides in the Galilee, in the north of the country. Back studied at Yale University, … Continued
Jack’s guest is poet/novelist John Norton, whose works include Posthum(or)ous (1985); The Light at the End of the Bog (1989—recipient of the 1990 American Book Award); Re:Marriage (2000) and Air Transmigra (2010). John Norton graduated from Boston College and the University of Pennsylvania with an M.A. and Ph.D. He taught at the University of California, … Continued
Jack’s guest is poet/novelist John Norton, whose works include Posthum(or)ous (1985); The Light at the End of the Bog (1989—recipient of the 1990 American Book Award); Re:Marriage (2000) and Air Transmigra (2010). John Norton graduated from Boston College and the University of Pennsylvania with an M.A. and Ph.D. He taught at the University of California, … Continued
Jack’s guest is Hawaii-based poet Melinda Gohn. Immensely active, Melinda Gohn is founder of the Maui-based International Peace Poem Project (1996-present) and coordinates with teachers and students statewide in recognizing young writers in the public schools through sponsoring the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Poetry Contest (1999-present). She writes, “I’m committed to education … Continued
Rachel Tzvia Back and Jack read selections from In The Illuminated Dark: Selected Poems of Tuvia Ruebner. Selections are read in both Hebrew and English. The poems were translated by Rachel Tzvia Back. Tuvia Ruebner was born into a semi-secular, German-speaking Jewish family in Bratislava, Slovakia in 1924. His father was a Freemason. He completed … Continued
Jack’s guest is American-born Israeli poet Rachel Tzvia Back. Born in Buffalo, New York, she was raised in the US and Israel. The seventh generation of her family in Israel, she returned there to live permanently in 1980. She currently resides in the Galilee, in the north of the country. Back studied at Yale University, … Continued
Jack’s guest is American-born Israeli poet Rachel Tzvia Back. Born in Buffalo, New York, she was raised in the US and Israel. The seventh generation of her family in Israel, she returned there to live permanently in 1980. She currently resides in the Galilee, in the north of the country. Back studied at Yale University, … Continued
Today’s show deals with the Israeli poet and translator (and photographer) Tuvia Ruebner. Jack’s guest is American-born Israeli poet Rachel Tzvia Back, translator of In The Illuminated Dark: Selected Poems of Tuvia Ruebner. Tuvia Ruebner was born into a semi-secular, German-speaking Jewish family in Bratislava, Slovakia in 1924. His father was a Freemason. He completed … Continued
Jack’s guest is the distinguished poet, translator and scholar, Chana Bloch, whose latest book is “Swimming in the Rain: New and Selected Poems, 1980-2015.” Of it Dorianne Laux writes, “Chana Bloch has spent her life writing the poems of a grown woman, loving the world as she interrogates it mercilessly, speaking a truth that hurts as … Continued
