The Lives of the Poems and Three Talks
2018
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During 2014, Wave Books editor Joshua Beckman traveled around the country giving lectures on poetry. In part one of this two-part collection, he includes three variations of a talk that illuminates the intimate experience of making a particular set of his poems. In part two he explores the fluid and social dynamics of poetry as it lives between readers, poems, and books.
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Joshua Beckman
Author · 11 books
Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the author of six books, including Take It (Wave Books, 2009), Shake and two collaborations with Matthew Rohrer: Nice Hat. Thanks. and Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty. He is an editor at Wave Books and has translated numerous works of poetry and prose, including Poker by Tomaz Salamun, which was a finalist for the PEN America Poetry in Translation Award. He is also the recipient of numerous other awards, including a NYFA fellowship and a Pushcart Prize. He lives in Seattle and New York. For more information on this author, go to: http://www.wavepoetry.com/authors/31-...
