Poems Old and New

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Poetry!
Interviewer(s): 
Jim Fleming
Steve Paulson
Anne Strainchamps
Guest(s): 
Anne Carson
Nikki Giovanni
Christian Wiman
Natasha Trethewey
Catherine Halley
Producer(s): 
Sara Nics
04.28.2013
 (was 06.17.2012)

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments”

“Because I could not stop for death…”

“Let us go then you and I…”

First lines. Classic poems.

But poetry’s no anachronism. It’s pulsing and swelling and beating new rhythms.

From online verse to the new US Poet Laureate, from poetry criticism to the form-forging work of Anne Carson, we’re packed to the rafters with poets. Come on in!.

  1. Poetry: Past, Present and...

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    Christian Wiman and Steve Paulson sit down to talk about the current state of poetry, the role of poetry criticism and the 100-year history of Poetry Magazine. Wiman's a poet, essayist and the editor of Poetry Magazine.

    Hear Wiman talk about his own writing here.

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  2. Poems in Our Pockets

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    The Poetry Foundation's mandate is to support "a vigorous presence for poetry." In our digital age, that means getting poems onto our screens, big and small. Catherine Halley run the Foundation's digital programs. 

    Also, you can hear more poems from Nikki Giovanni here!

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  3. Poems, History and Memory with Natasha Trethewey

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    Much of US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey 's work deals with history and memory, both personal and collective. 

    You can hear more of Trethewey's poems here.

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  4. Poesis with Anne Carson

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    Anne Carson doesn't call her work poetry. She says the best description is poesis, Greek for "making." A classics scholar, Carson is a translator, essayist and prolific forger of new literary forms. 

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