8: Ben & Daniel talk to American writer, Carl Phillips, whose latest book is "Double Shadow." He discusses why his natural restlessness works its way into his poems, and why he likes to incorporate a variety of styles into his works.
The Poem of the Week features excerpts from the memoir "Shortbread" by Sonja Livingston.
And this week's Poetic License is a counterpoint to last week's segment. Poet Liz Scheid talks about why she refuses to pay to see her work published with BlazeVOX Publishing.
The Poem of the Week features excerpts from the memoir "Shortbread" by Sonja Livingston.
And this week's Poetic License is a counterpoint to last week's segment. Poet Liz Scheid talks about why she refuses to pay to see her work published with BlazeVOX Publishing.
Carl Phillips is the author of eleven books of poetry, including Speak Low (2009) and Quiver of Arrows: Selected Poems 1986-2006. Other books include his translation of Sophocles's Philocetes(2003) and Coin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry (2004). His new book, Double Shadow, has just been published by Farrar, Staus and Giroux. A finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, he has received honors that include the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, the Theodore Roethke Memorial Foundation Poetry Award, the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Male Poetry, an award in literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Library of Congress. In 2006, he was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
(Taken from http://connotationpress.com/a-poetry-congeries-with-john-hoppenthaler/2010/july-2010/502-carl-phillips-poetry )
