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’s first guest of the new year is San Francisco’s poet laureate Diane di Prima. Di Prima will discuss her Revolutionary Letters. Published privately in 1968, the book was first published in London in 1969. The first American printing was by City Lights in 1971 as #27 of its Pocket Poets series. The book went … Continued
The annual Dylan Thomas show. Includes Thomas reading “A Child’s Christmas in Wales.”
Donald Sidney-Fryer, Part Two
Jack's guest is Donald Sidney-Fryer-"The Last of the California Romantics" as well as "The Last of the Courtly Poets & Northern California's Only Neo-Elizabethan Poet-Entertainer." S.T. Joshi writes, "Donald Sidney-Fryer embodies, in his long and distinguished career, a line of continuity between the Californians of the early twentieth century and those of the present day." … Continued
Jack discusses and reads from Cormac McCarthy’s great novel, The Road. Today’s show is offered as a media alternative to seeing the movie, which received very mixed reviews.
Jack’s show today deals with marriage—a subject many discuss but few understand, at least from the point of view of its somewhat surprising history. He will read excerpts from Marriage, A History by Stephanie Coontz (Viking).
