Sat
Nov 2nd
2024
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The Poetry of Aging

This roundtable brings together poets, psychoanalysts, critics and a translator to discuss the relationship between dementia and language, the impact of aging on reading and writing poetry, the distinction between lived experience and the lyrical, and the role of poetry in aging.
Sat
Nov 18th
2017
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American Poetry Today

This roundtable brings together contemporary poets to discuss the evolving nature, role, and significance of poetry today, considering its relationship to other forms of communication and expression such as fiction, journalism, and film. Framed by reflections from figures such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams, the discussion explores how modern poetry engages with diverse aesthetic, sociopolitical, and psychological concerns, and what unique forms of meaning, perception, and experience it offers in an age of media saturation and rapid cultural change.