Arts
Graywolf Press is a leading independent publisher of contemporary American and international literature. In this episode we talk with Executive Editor Jeff Shotts to learn how they discover and work with leading writers such as Eula Biss and Claudia Rankine. We also learn how their non-profit status allows them freedom to work at the leading edge of the art and what he means when he suggests writers "Sound Like Yourself". Podcast Notes: Partnership with Favorite Poem Project: Favorite Poem Project: http://www.favoritepoem.org/ Robert Pinsky: http://robertpinskypoet.com/ AWP 2015 Conference: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/ Hayan Charara, Honors Faculty, University of Houston: http://www.uh.edu/honors/about/faculty-staff/hayan-charara.php Out, Out- by Robert Frost: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/238122 Robert Frost: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-frost Interview with Jeff Shotts, Graywolf Press: Graywolf Press: https://www.graywolfpress.org/ Eula Biss: http://www.eulabiss.net/ Leslie Jamison: http://www.lesliejamison.com/ Claudia Rankine: http://claudiarankine.com/ On Immunity, Eula Biss: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/immunity Notes from No Man's Land: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/notes-no-mans-land Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/citizen Don't Let me be Lonely, Claudia Rankine: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/dont-let-me-be-lonely If the Tabloids are True, What are You?, Matthea Harvey : https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/if-tabloids-are-true-what-are-you Pray Song for a Day, Elizabeth Alexander: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182812 Emily Dickinson: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/emily-dickinson Langston Hughes: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/langston-hughes William Blake: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/william-blake Gerard Manley Hopkins: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/gerard-manley-hopkins Segment Break, 3-Sentence Review: 3-Sentence Reviews: http://tatestreet.org/category/reviews/three-sentence-reviews/ Sun Bear 3-Sentence Review: http://tatestreet.org/2014/11/25/what-can-poetry-do-sun-bear-by-matthew-zapruder/ Matthew Zapruder: https://matthewzapruder.wordpress.com/ Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning Produced by: tatestreet.org: http://tatestreet.org Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander: http://www.campusfive.com Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Email: mailto:writeus@tatestreet.org