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 – June 4, 2008
The first half of Heathcote Williams’ great ecopoem, Whale Nation, a brilliant collage dealing with creatures who can boast “the largest brain ever created”: “Blue seas cover seven-tenths of the earth’s surface, / And are the domain of the largest brain ever created, / With a fifty-million-year-old smile.” This poem, famous in England, is almost … Continued
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – May 28, 2008
"On Poetry," a program in celebration of the art of poetry. Jack will read a short talk he gave "on poetry" and then you will hear selections, for the most part read by the actual author, from Walt Whitman, Ted Joans, Charles Olson, Benjamin Bagby (reading from Beowulf), J.R.R. Tolkien, Maya Angelou, Katherine Hastings, Jack … Continued
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – May 14, 2008
A tribute to composer Lou Harrison on his birthday. Jack will play excerpts from an interview with Harrison in which the composer discussed his poetry and then two excerpts from the CD, Lou Harrison: A Birthday Celebration.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – May 7, 2008
A Michael McClure/Ray Manzarek extravaganza in celebration of their appearance tonight at Yoshi’s, San Francisco. Jack Foley has two tickets to the show to give out during the program.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – April 30, 2008
David Bromige and Rychard Denner.