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From the Archives
John Malcolm Brinnin helped establish New York City's 92nd St. Y as a national focal point for poetry in the 1950s and was a crucial influence on the Key West Literary Seminar in our early years. The author of <em>Grand Luxe: The Transatlantic Style</em>, he was also a great fan of travel aboard luxury ocean liners, the now-extinct class of which the QE2 was the highest iteration. Rita Dove, at the time, was the nation's poet laureate.
Richard Wilbur | 2010
Richard Wilbur is among the singular poets of our time, the only living poet to have twice won the Pulitzer Prize, and a former Poet Laureate of the United States. As a young veteran of World War II, Wilbur became friends with Robert Frost and Wallace Stevens and began writing the refined and rigorously optimistic poetry that characterize his sixty-year oeuvre. In the 1960s, Wilbur and his wife Charlee began spending winters in Key West, where he became friends with a circle of poets including James Merrill, John Ciardi, and John Malcolm Brinnin. In January 2010 we welcomed Wilbur back to Key West with<em> Clearing the Sill of the World</em>, our 28th annual Seminar, held in his honor.
<em>The World is Fundamentally a Great Wonder</em> <br>a conversation with Richard Wilbur
In an interview with Arlo Haskell, Richard Wilbur discusses his relationships with Robert Frost and Wallace Stevens, his years living in Key West, his real feelings about 'formal poetry,' and his place in the republic of letters.
Fresh Catch: from the Archives
We've been drifting over the archives this week and have hauled in a coolerful of keepers. The trophies are below, but make sure to visit <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/keywestliteraryseminar/" target="_blank">our Flickr page</a> for more of these unique images from the early years of the Key West Literary Seminar.
A Reading by Richard Wilbur: 2003
Richard Wilbur is a former United States Poet Laureate and the only writer since Robert Frost to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry twice. In this recording from the 2003 Key West Literary Seminar, Wilbur reads and comments upon numerous poems, translations, lyrics, and light verse spanning his career.
John Malcolm Brinnin to Octavio Paz, 1991
Click the image below for a full-size reproduction of the letter John Malcolm Brinnin wrote to Octavio Paz on October 13, 1991. Brinnin recalls the first time he and Paz met, in 1972 in Elizabeth Bishop's Cambridge apartment, and invites...
Elizabeth Bishop Recordings Coming Soon
We will soon begin to release audio recordings from our 1993 Seminar devoted to poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979). The event was organized by John Malcolm Brinnin, a friend of Bishop's since the 1940s, and brought together many of Bishop's...
John Malcolm Brinnin's<br> <i>Travel And The Sense Of Wonder</i>
We are proud to issue John Malcolm Brinnin's Travel And The Sense Of Wonder as the second in our series of digital reproductions of obscure, hard-to-find, or just plain interesting books which have particular relevance to Key West letters...
Robert Giroux & John Malcolm Brinnin
The New York Times is reporting today on the death of Robert Giroux. Reproduced below is a letter Giroux wrote to John Malcolm Brinnin, a friend and correspondent of Bishop's, and the organizer of that year's Seminar.
1993: Elizabeth Bishop
The 1993 Seminar, our eleventh annual, was dedicated to the work of Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979). Among the panelists were John Malcolm Brinnin, Octavio Paz, Robert Giroux, James Merrill, and Richard Wilbur. In cooperation, The Key West Art & Historical Society put on the first-ever exhibition of Elizabeth Bishop's paintings, curated by William Benton, who at that time was working on <em>Exchanging Hats</em> (1996). The exhibit of Bishop's paintings also featured the photographs of Rollie McKenna, including several portraits of Bishop. In conjunction with the Seminar, Bishop's former home at 624 White Street, was added to the national register of Literary Landmarks.
Men of Letters
Image of Richard Wilbur, John Malcolm Brinnin, and Philip Burton, at the January 4 1993 dedication of Elizabeth Bishop's former Key West home as a Literary Landmark.
Brooks and Unsworth to give Keynotes<br><br>Gala Evening with Gore Vidal Planned
Pulitzer Prize-winning Australian novelist Geraldine Brooks will deliver the John Hersey Memorial Address on Thursday, January 8, 2009, during the first session of our twenty-seventh annual Key West Literary Seminar: Historical Fiction and The Search for Truth. Booker Prize-winner...
Among the Archives
American author John Hersey (1914-1993) and noted theater critic Mel Gussow (1933-2005) at a Key West Literary Seminar party hosted by David Wolkowsky, circa 1986-1990. © Jeffrey Cardenas. American poet, biographer, and critic John Malcolm Brinnin with Jean Trebbi,...
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