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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.
Louis Cuneo’s 9th annual Berkeley Poetry Festival will take place on May 21st at Berkeley City College, 2050 Center Street in Berkeley. It will go from 12:30 to 4:30 and will feature some of the finest local poets. This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Adam David Miller. On today’s show Louis Cuneo will … Continued
Louis Cuneo’s 9th annual Berkeley Poetry Festival will take place on May 21st at Berkeley City College, 2050 Center Street in Berkeley. It will go from 12:30 to 4:30 and will feature some of the finest local poets. This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Adam David Miller. On today’s show Louis Cuneo will … Continued
Today’s show is a portrait of and a tribute to the great French poet Paul Verlaine (1844-1896). Jack will read translations of some of Verlaine’s classic poems. The poet’s famous “Art Poetique” (“The Art of Poetry”) ends, Music again and always! May your verse be a winged thing Which we feel flies from one … Continued
Today’s show is a presentation of Jack Foley’s essay on his onetime teacher, Paul de Man. Jack writes, Between the time I knew de Man in the early 1960s and his death in 1983, his workunderwent a considerable change of direction—a change of direction which Iwill not attempt to trace here. I willconcentrate on the … Continued
A celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day by way of readings from James Joyce’s first book, Chamber Music (1907)—a book admired by both William Butler Yeats and Ezra Pound. Irish actor Cyril Cusack reads Joyce’s musical lyrics—poems that follow the progress of a love affair. Here is a sample: Strings in the earth and air Make … Continued
Readings from Angry Voices: An Anthology of the off-Beat New Egyptian Poets. Part Two.
Today’s show is readings from Angry Voices: An Anthology of the off-Beat New Egyptian Poets, a collection of poets who have grown up during the Mubarak era. The book appeared in 2003 from the University of Arkansas Press and was edited by Mohamed Enani. This is from the editor’s introduction to the book: The … Continued
With excerpts from Bob Kaufman, Poet, a two-hour radio documentary written and produced by David Henderson with Vic Bedoian as co-producer. The show originally aired on KPFA in 1991; it features recordings of Kaufman (“The Black Rimbaud”) reading as well as commentaries by friends and relatives. Kaufman, a poet in the oral tradition, usually didn’t … Continued
With excerpts from Bob Kaufman, Poet, a two-hour radio documentary written and produced by David Henderson with Vic Bedoian as co-producer. The show originally aired on KPFA in 1991; it features recordings of Kaufman (“The Black Rimbaud”) reading as well as commentaries by friends and relatives. Kaufman, a poet in the oral tradition, usually didn’t … Continued
