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 – July 19, 2006
Jack Foley interviews Khalil Bendib, KPFA radio personality (Voices of the Middle East) and "the only Muslim political cartoonist residing in the USA."
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – July 12, 2006
Jack Foley interviews Donald Sidney-Fryer, "the last of the courtly poets." They discuss Sidney-Fryer’s Songs & Sonnets Atlantean, Second Series from Wildside Press. Sidney-Fryer’s work plays upon the myth of Atlantis and upon a deliberately "old-fashioned" manner. The first series of Songs & Sonnets was published by the legendary publishing company, Arkham House; the manuscript … Continued
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – July 5, 2006
Jack Foley interviews Donald Sidney-Fryer, "the last of the courtly poets." They discuss Sidney-Fryer’s Songs & Sonnets Atlantean, Second Series from Wildside Press. Sidney-Fryer’s work plays upon the myth of Atlantis and upon a deliberately "old-fashioned" manner. The first series of Songs & Sonnets was published by the legendary publishing company, Arkham House; the manuscript … Continued
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – June 28, 2006
Jack Foley reviews Cole Porter: Selected Lyrics, edited by Robert Kimball.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – June 21, 2006
Selections from Maude Maggart’s three CDs: Look for the Silver Lining, With Sweet Despair, Maude Maggart Sings Irving Berlin.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – June 14, 2006
An interview with singer Maude Maggart.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – June 7, 2006
The first of three shows dealing with songwriter Irving Berlin and singer Maude Maggart, whose most recent CD features only Berlin songs. On today’s show Jack Foley discusses Berlin’s life and career and Maggart’s interpretations of the songs.
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley – May 31, 2006
Walt Whitman’s birthday. Jack Foley offers some remarks about Whitman and reads Whitman’s great poem, "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking." A brief recording of Whitman himself reading will open the show.