Touchstone Poems (Part 2)
Episode description
Touchstones part 1 hit so good, we decided to go another round!
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Poems mentioned in this episode:
Tomas Transtromer: "The Name" (translated by May Swenson with Leif Sjöberg)
Cornelius Eady: "My Heart" Eady also turned Brutal Imagination into a play, too, and you can read the Variety review here.
Wayne Koestenbaum's "Rhaposdy" from Rhapsodies of a Repeat Offender. Read a review of the book and check out Koestenbaum's website here.
Lucia Perrillo: "Skin" Read more about Perrillo. Or watch her read from Inseminating the Elephant, which won the 2010 Bobbit Prize, at the Library of Congress here.
Visit Dorianne Laux's website here.
James asked folks to name their touchstone poems (with links) and this Facebook post was born..... check out some other incredible poetry touchstones!