Stuart Krimko's close reading of James Tate's "The Cowboy" explores Middle American Surrealism, the conditioned reflex of laughter in crowds, and modern isolation through a fun-house lens in which Tate's work shares space with Elizabeth Bishop's "Crusoe in England."
A recent flurry of new registrations and a last-minute surge of extraordinarily talented applicants for the Scholarship Program has brought registration for the 2010 Key West Literary Seminar and Writers' Workshop Program to an official close. Those interested in attending may still sign up for the waiting list by sending an email to <a href="mailto: mail@kwls.org">mail@kwls.org</a>, and locals are reminded of the open-to-the-public session held on the Seminar's final Sunday.
This recording was made in January of 2003, during Billy Collins's second term as Laureate. He reads a selection of poems, including "Shoveling Snow With Buddha," "Monday," "Flock," "Creatures," "The Lanyard," "The Country," "Surprise," "No Time," "Love," "Sonnet," "Japan," "Forgetfulness," "Consolation," "On Turning Ten," and "Nightclub."
We're pleased to announce the theme for our 2010 Seminar. Clearing the Sill of the World, from January 7 - 10, will be a celebration of 60 years of American poetry in honor of our longtime friend Richard Wilbur....
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