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Interviews with Poets Forum Participants Come to New York City this October 28-30 for the 2010 Poets Forum to hear Tina Chang, Ada Limón, and Mark Wunderlich on a panel discussion with fellow poets Jericho Brown, Meghan O'Rourke, and Olena Kalytiak Davis on the use of irony and sincerity in their poems.
 | Mark Wunderlich: Letter to a Young Poet
"It is something we do secreted away from other people, but it's a gesture you're making toward the unknowable and toward other people, hoping that there could be some kind of reciprocation. He said that's what this letter was. From that moment, there was no turning back." Hear Mark Wunderlich discuss his first connections to poetry, his influences, and a letter he received from Mark Doty. |
Hear Wunderlich read a poem  "This is based on an 18th-century document that I saw, written in German. It was a house blessing. It's held at the Library Company of Philadelphia. I used the title of what this document was called, and it was a 'Heaven Letter.'"
On the web at: www.poets.org/mwund
 | Ada Limón: A Religion of Noticing Things
"We're bombarded with all of this information all of the time. We have the internet, Twitter, Facebook, all of these things that are coming at us. They're wonderful tools, but I think that we find it hard to settle our brains down. Poetry offers us that silence, that quiet space..." Hear Ada Limón discuss poetry in contemporary life, social media, and how she finds a sense of community through poetry. |
Hear Limón read a poem  "This is a poem I wrote for my friend Jess who died of cancer before reaching her 32nd birthday. We worked together in the magazine world."
On the web at: www.poets.org/alimo
 | Tina Chang: The Poetics of Multi-tasking
"The idea of being a mother, the idea of being a poet laureate, the idea of being a writer, the idea of being an educator, the idea of being a public servant—it all kind of topples on top of itself, and in the course of one day, I try to do all of it." Hear Brooklyn poet laureate Tina Chang discuss her various responsibilities—as a poet, a public advocate, and a mother—and how she balances all of those roles at once. |
Hear Chang read a poem  "I was reading a book on flora and fauna. I was reading about beech trees, and no matter how many times I read the phrase beech tree, I kept seeing: bitch tree. So I thought I would write a poem called 'Bitch Tree' to honor the fact..."
On the web at: www.poets.org/tchan
Ticket Information Friday, October 29
1:30 p.m.
Philoctetes Center
247 East 82nd Street
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