Cover to Cover with Jack Foley
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.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – August 4, 2010
John M. Bennett, Part Two. In this show, Bennett reads from and performs his work.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – July 21, 2010
Jack's guest is Ohio-based experimental text, sound, and visual poet John M. Bennett, who has published over 250 books and chapbooks of poetry and other materials. He is also a publisher, an archivist, and an editor. He will read from, among other things, Chac Prostibulario, his collaboration with poet Ivan Argüelles from Pavement Saw Press. … Continued
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – July 14, 2010
Sean Foley, Part Two.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – July 7, 2010
Sean Foley, Jack's son, has published his first book, The Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam from Lynne Rienner Publishers. About the book Agnieszka Paczynska writes, "This engaging study of the political, social, and cultural dynamics of the Arab Gulf states demonstrates that popular images do not reflect the much more complex reality…. Foley … Continued
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – June 30, 2010
East Coast poet Lee Slonimsky (along with his wife, novelist/poet Carol Goodman) read from Slonimsky’s new book, Money & Light.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – Poems for the Millennium (concluding show in the series).
Poems for the Millennium (concluding show in the series). Jack Foley reading: Fernando Pessoa's attack on Romanticism (from The Book of Disquiet); two passages from Thomas De Quincey. Julie Harris as Emily Dickinson (from The Belle of Amherst). The voices of Alfred Lord Tennyson & Walt Whitman