Poets & Writers Theater
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A selection from Jay Baron Nicorvo's debut collection, Deadbeat (Four Way Books, 2012), is paired with an appearance of the book's central character, Deadbeat. Read Nicorvo's "The Art of Reading John Berryman" in the January/February issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: 2015 | Four Way Books | January/February 2015 | Jay Baron Nicorvo | John Berryman | Poetry -
In this footage of Al Alvarez's 1967 interview with John Berryman in Dublin, the poet talks about some of the techniques he employed in 77 Dream Songs, which had won the Pulitzer Prize three years earlier, and reads "Dream Song 14." Berryman commited suicide on January 7, 1972.
Tags: interview | reading | Pulitzer Prize | John Berryman | Al Alvarez | 77 Dream Songs | Poetry
