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Art Agenda: DAISY & Poetry Out Loud

lexlei — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:40:46 +0000

My earlier post inspired this interview with Elaine Ficarra, Director of Marketing for the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, excerpted from The Art Agenda. Originally broadcast on 88.1fm, WESU, Middletown on April 24, 2008. This recording also includes audio of Zachary Schomburg reading from The Man Suit, as well as references to previous posts.

The Man Suit, Dorfman, and Pinter

lexlei — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:35:54 +0000

It’s national poetry month, so I don’t feel too bad about writing three “Black Ocean” posts, but I promise I’ll move on soon. Zachary Schomburg’s The Man Suit arrived in the mail yesterday and it is that brilliant book of poetry I have been waiting for since, oh, Ariel Dorfman’s brilliant post-9/11 book, In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land. Which came out in 2002.

In a strange convergence of good playwright and good poet, here is Harold Pinter reading Dorfman’s “Last Will and Testament.” As someone recently pointed out to me, it is kind of unsettling to hear someone read a poem after you have heard it in your head so many times.

Then again, maybe it is not so strange, since Dorfman is a playwright as well.

Art Agenda: Black Ocean

lexlei — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:58:12 +0000

My earlier post inspired this interview with Janaka Stucky, founder and managing editor of Black Ocean, excerpted from The Art Agenda. Originally broadcast on 88.1fm, WESU, Middletown on April 17, 2008.