novapsyche
02-20-2003, 10:07 PM
I came across the Lannan poetry reading series at my local library, and I thought I'd encourage everyone here to check it out.
Basically, the video series takes several dozen contemporary poets and highlights poetry readings by the authors. Often there is an accompanying interview, either interspliced with the reading or appending it.
In addition, there is a video in the series called "Where Poems Come From," where fifteen poets describe how they recognize their intuition, how they know when a poem is coming on. This video in particular was a big eye-opener for me. I recognized some strategies I myself employed, and also found new or different ways to be sensitive to the process.
So far, I've personally seen the videos of Amiri Baraka, Joy Harjo, Yusef Komunyakaa, Denise Levertov, Czeslaw Milosz, and Sharon Olds (tonight I hope to view both Robert Creeley and Yehuda Amichai). Of these, Harjo, Olds, and Baraka were especially educational for me. (The Levertov had no interview, so I didn't feel it was as informational as it could have been.)
It's just so . . . fulfilling to hear the original authors read their own work.
Basically, the video series takes several dozen contemporary poets and highlights poetry readings by the authors. Often there is an accompanying interview, either interspliced with the reading or appending it.
In addition, there is a video in the series called "Where Poems Come From," where fifteen poets describe how they recognize their intuition, how they know when a poem is coming on. This video in particular was a big eye-opener for me. I recognized some strategies I myself employed, and also found new or different ways to be sensitive to the process.
So far, I've personally seen the videos of Amiri Baraka, Joy Harjo, Yusef Komunyakaa, Denise Levertov, Czeslaw Milosz, and Sharon Olds (tonight I hope to view both Robert Creeley and Yehuda Amichai). Of these, Harjo, Olds, and Baraka were especially educational for me. (The Levertov had no interview, so I didn't feel it was as informational as it could have been.)
It's just so . . . fulfilling to hear the original authors read their own work.