"Always it's impossible what someone asks—"
Stallings, Deguy, Biespiel, Mistral, Starbuck
New Class:
Stanley Kunitz said: “The poet's first obligation is survival. No bolder challenge confronts the modern artist than to stay healthy in a sick world."
This class will focus on using poetry as a tool to clarify our thinking and psychological sturdiness in our current moment. We will read poets from other traditions and countries who survived autocratic regimes and see what we can learn from them.
https://www.seansingerpoetry.com/join-book-club
This class will be on ZOOM, Thursday, 5/22 from 6:30-8 EST
$100
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A.E. Stallings:
Michael Deguy (tr. from French by Anne Talvaz):
David Biespiel:
Gabriela Mistral (tr. from Spanish by Ursula K. Le Guin):
George Starbuck:
Charles Lloyd, “Tales of Rumi,” rec. 1997:
Gabriela Mistral's "the Teller of Tales" tells mine quite precisely. I walk often, experiencing those same thoughts and sensations. Great collection today, Sean. And your class offering sounds particularly important just now.