"dreams it can descend upon itself"

Pollock, May, Marlis, Brown, Bidart

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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James Pollock:

Jamaal May:

Stefanie Marlis:

Jericho Brown:

Frank Bidart:

Charley Patton, “Hammer Blues,” rec. October 1929:

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