The Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry Podcast

Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry
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Featuring recordings from the BWLS archive, in which contemporary poets explore their thinking on poetry & poetics, & give a series of lectures resulting from these investigations. Season 10 features lectures by Srikanth Reddy. Seasons 1-9 include lectures by Joshua Beckman, Dorothea Lasky, Terrance Hayes, Cedar Sigo, Douglas Kearney, among others as well as recordings from the 2018 BWLS conference, "You Are Who I'm Talking To: Poetry, Attention & Audience," and The Seattle Series, which ran from 2016-2018 and includes recordings of Don Mee Choi, Tyehimba Jess, Ange Mlinko, and more.

  1. Apr 29

    11.3 Renee Gladman: "Lines Into Grasses"

    Welcome to the third and final episode of Season Eleven of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast. Season Eleven features a trio of linked lectures written and delivered by Renee Gladman during her time as a Bagley Wright Lecturer, in 2020 and 2021. Gladman shared these lectures over Zoom during Covid, in partnership with the Center for Imagination in the Borderlands at Arizona State University. These linked lectures, broadly titled “Am I A Fiction? // Three lectures on Invisibility, Fictional Knowing, and Writing-Drawing” explores the perplexities, epiphanies, inventions, and other phenomena that have been central to Renee Gladman's writing and drawing practices over the past two decades as well as indispensable to the shaping of her Ravicka series (Dorothy, a publishing project). These talks roam through several questions: How do we envision a future space or future city that can both recognize and nourish bodies that are exiled, fractured, othered, multiple, or ever shifting? How do we cultivate relationships with the non-known and non-visible forms that energize and make mysteries of our work and our living? And how do we sustain work across varying fields of thought and media? Today, we'll hear the final lecture in this trio, “Lines Into Grasses,” given November 4, 2021. To view the series of drawings that Renee shares in the video accompaniment to this lecture, please visit the BWLS website. Gladman's book of collected BWLS lectures, ⁠⁠⁠Theory for Moving Houses, is forthcoming from Wave Books, and is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here. Visit us at our website, bagleywrightlectures.org, for more information about Bagley Wright lecturers, as well as links to supplementary materials on each lecturer’s archive page, including selected writings. Music: "I Recall" by Blue Dot Sessions from the Free Music Archive CC by NC

  2. Apr 22

    11.2 Renee Gladman: "Figuration: Transversal Properties of Fictional Knowing

    Welcome to the second episode of Season Eleven of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast. Season Eleven features a trio of linked lectures written and delivered by Renee Gladman during her time as a Bagley Wright Lecturer, in 2020 and 2021. Gladman shared these lectures over Zoom during Covid, in partnership with the Center for Imagination in the Borderlands at ⁠Arizona State University⁠. These linked lectures, broadly titled “Am I A Fiction? // Three lectures on Invisibility, Fictional Knowing, and Writing-Drawing” explores the perplexities, epiphanies, inventions, and other phenomena that have been central to Renee Gladman's writing and drawing practices over the past two decades as well as indispensable to the shaping of her Ravicka series (⁠Dorothy, a publishing project⁠). These talks roam through several questions: How do we envision a future space or future city that can both recognize and nourish bodies that are exiled, fractured, othered, multiple, or ever shifting? How do we cultivaterelationships with the non-known and non-visible forms that energize and make mysteries of our work and our living? And how do we sustain work across varying fields of thought and media? Today, we'll hear the the second of these lectures, “Figuration: Transversal Properties of Fictional Knowing,” given October 28, 2021. To view the series of drawings that Renee shares in the video accompaniment to this lecture, please visit the ⁠BWLS website⁠. Gladman's book of collected BWLS lectures, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Theory for Moving Houses⁠, is forthcoming from ⁠Wave Books⁠, and is available ⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit us at our website, bagleywrightlectures.org, for more information about Bagley Wright lecturers, as well as links to supplementary materials on each lecturer’s archive page, including selected writings. Music: "I Recall" by Blue Dot Sessions from the Free Music Archive CC by NC

  3. Apr 15

    11.1 Renee Gladman: "Theory for Moving Houses"

    Welcome to the first episode of Season Eleven of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast. Season Eleven features a trio of linked lectures written and delivered by Renee Gladman during her time as a Bagley Wright Lecturer, in 2020 and 2021. Gladman shared these lectures over Zoom during Covid, in partnership with the Center for Imagination in the Borderlands at Arizona State University. These linked lectures, broadly titled “Am I A Fiction? // Three lectures on Invisibility, Fictional Knowing, andWriting-Drawing” explores the perplexities, epiphanies, inventions, and other phenomena that have been central to Renee Gladman's writing and drawing practices over the past two decades as well as indispensable to the shaping of her Ravicka series (Dorothy, a publishing project). These talks roam through several questions: How do we envision a future space or future city that can both recognize and nourish bodies that are exiled, fractured, othered, multiple, or ever shifting? How do we cultivate relationships with the non-known and non-visible forms that energize and make mysteries of our work and our living? And how do we sustainwork across varying fields of thought and media? Today, we'll hear the a recording of the first of these lectures, “Theory for Moving Houses,” given October 21, 2021 in collaboration with the composer and sonic artist Mauricio Pauly. Gladman's book of collected BWLS lectures, ⁠⁠⁠Theory for Moving Houses, is forthcoming from Wave Books, and is available ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. Visit us at our website, ⁠⁠bagleywrightlectures.org⁠⁠, for moreinformation about Bagley Wright lecturers, as well as links to supplementary materials on each lecturer’s archive page, including selected writings. Music: "⁠⁠⁠I Recall⁠⁠⁠" by ⁠⁠⁠Blue Dot Sessions⁠⁠⁠ from the ⁠⁠⁠Free Music Archive⁠⁠⁠ CC BY NC

  4. 09/11/2024

    10.3 Srikanth Reddy: "The 'O' of Wonder: A Syzygy"

    Welcome to the third and final episode of Season Ten of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast. Season Ten is comprised of lectures written and delivered by Srikanth Reddy during his tenure as a Bagley Wright Lecturer, in 2015. Srikanth Reddy’s series of lectures consider a range of questions concerning poetry and visual art, including theories of likeness, ekphrasis, and wonder. Today's talk, entitled “The 'O' of Wonder: A Syzygy,” traces a history of wonder in the western poetic tradition from Homer to Milton to Ronald Johnson. It was recorded and presented in partnership with Counterpath at the University of Denver, September 18, 2015. To view a gallery of works referenced in this talk, visit the ⁠Bagley Wright Lecture Series website⁠ or click ⁠here⁠. Reddy’s book based on his BWLS lectures, ⁠⁠The Unsignificant: Three Talks on Poetry and Pictures⁠⁠, is forthcoming from Wave Books, and is available ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Visit us at our website, ⁠bagleywrightlectures.org⁠, for more information about Bagley Wright lecturers, as well as links to supplementary materials on each lecturer’s archive page, including selected writings. Music: "⁠⁠I Recall⁠⁠" by ⁠⁠Blue Dot Sessions⁠⁠ from the ⁠⁠Free Music Archive⁠⁠ CC BY NC

  5. 09/04/2024

    10.2 Srikanth Reddy: "Like a Very Strange Likeness and Pink"

    Welcome to the second episode of Season Ten of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast.   Season Ten is comprised of lectures written and delivered by Srikanth Reddy during his tenure as a Bagley Wright Lecturer, in 2015. Srikanth Reddy’s series of lectures consider a range of questions concerning poetry and visual art, including theories of likeness, ekphrasis, and wonder. Today, we’ll hear "Like a Very Strange Likeness and Pink," recorded at Seattle Arts and Lectures, December 1, 2015. This lecture examines the question of likeness in Emily Dickinson's similes and Gertrude Stein's portraits as a way of thinking about social identity and difference in modern American poetry. To view a gallery of works referenced in this talk, visit this page at BWLS website, here.   Reddy’s book based on his BWLS lectures, ⁠The Unsignificant: Three Talks on Poetry and Pictures⁠, is forthcoming from Wave Books, and is available ⁠here⁠.  Visit us at our website, bagleywrightlectures.org, for more information about Bagley Wright lecturers, as well as links to supplementary materials on each lecturer’s archive page, including selected writings. Music: "⁠I Recall⁠" by ⁠Blue Dot Sessions⁠ from the ⁠Free Music Archive⁠ CC BY NC

  6. 08/28/2024

    10.1 Srikanth Reddy: "The Unsignificant"

    Welcome to the first episode of Season Ten of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast. Season Ten is comprised of lectures written and delivered by Srikanth Reddy during his tenure as a Bagley Wright Lecturer, in 2015. Srikanth Reddy’s series of lectures consider a range of questions concerning poetry and visual art, including theories of likeness, ekphrasis, and wonder. Today, we’ll hear a recording of “The Unsignificant,” given October 2, 2015 at New York University.  This lecture considers W. H. Auden's poem “Musee des Beaux Arts” in relation to Peter Brueghel's painting “The Fall of Icarus,” and references a number of artworks. To view a gallery of these works, visit the Bagley Wright Lecture Series website or click here. Reddy’s book based on his BWLS lectures, ⁠The Unsignificant: Three Talks on Poetry and Pictures⁠, is forthcoming from Wave Books, and is available ⁠here⁠. Visit us at our website, bagleywrightlectures.org, for more information about Bagley Wright lecturers, as well as links to supplementary materials on each lecturer’s archive page, including selected writings. Music: "⁠I Recall⁠" by ⁠Blue Dot Sessions⁠ from the ⁠Free Music Archive⁠ CC BY NC

  7. 05/01/2024

    9.4 Lisa Jarnot: "Is That A Real Poem Or Did You Just Make It Up?"

    Welcome to the fourth and final episode of Season Nine of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast. Season Nine is comprised of lectures written and delivered by Lisa Jarnot during her tenure as a Bagley Wright Lecturer. Lisa Jarnot’s autobiographical lectures are an intimate, uncompromising, and generous glimpse into a remarkable life in poetry. Throughout these talks, Jarnot explores what it means to be a woman in a male-centered experimental tradition, to have white privilege and to write poetry. She examines the prophetic tradition in American poetry as inflected through counter-cultural spirituality, investigates the generative tensions at the intersections of formal and informal, traditional and experimental; develops relationships between ‘deep gossip’ and ecstatic connectedness; and asks, finally, what does it mean for the poet to act as prophet in envisioning a new heaven and a new earth. Today we'll hear “Is That A Real Poem Or Did You Just Make It Up?” given December 9, 2021, in partnership with Portland Literary Arts, via Zoom. Jarnot’s book based on her BWLS lectures, titled, Four Lectures, is outMay 7 from Wave Books, and is available here. Visit us at our website, bagleywrightlectures.org, for more information about Bagley Wright lecturers, as well as links to supplementary materials on each lecturer’s archive page, including selected writings. This podcast was produced by me, Ellen Welcker. Thank you to Portland Literary Arts for partnering with us on this event, and thank you for listening. Music: "I Recall" by Blue Dot Sessions from the Free Music Archive CC BY NC

  8. 04/24/2024

    9.3 Lisa Jarnot: "Epistle to the Summer Writing Program (On the Metaphysics of Deep Gossip)"

    Welcome to the third episode of Season Nine of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast. Season Nine is comprised of lectures written and delivered by Lisa Jarnot during her tenure as a Bagley Wright Lecturer. Lisa Jarnot’s autobiographical lectures are an intimate, uncompromising, and generous glimpse into a remarkable life in poetry. Throughout these talks, Jarnot explores what it means to be a woman in a male-centered experimental tradition, to have white privilege and to write poetry. She examines the prophetic tradition in American poetry as inflected through counter-cultural spirituality, investigates the generative tensions at the intersections of formal and informal, traditional and experimental; develops relationships between ‘deep gossip’ and ecstatic connectedness; and asks, finally, what does it mean for the poet to act as prophet in envisioning a new heaven and a new earth. Today we'll hear “Epistle to the Summer Writing Program (On the Metaphysics of Deep Gossip),” given June 24, 2021, in partnership with the Naropa University, via Zoom. Jarnot’s book based on her BWLS lectures, titled, Four Lectures, is forthcoming from Wave Books, and is available here. Visit us at our website, www.bagleywrightlectures.org, for more information about Bagley Wright lecturers, as well as links to supplementary materials on each lecturer’s archive page, including selected writings. This podcast was produced by me, Ellen Welcker. Thank you to Naropa University for partnering with us on this event, and thank you for listening. Music: "I Recall" by Blue Dot Sessions from the Free Music Archive CC BY NC

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Featuring recordings from the BWLS archive, in which contemporary poets explore their thinking on poetry & poetics, & give a series of lectures resulting from these investigations. Season 10 features lectures by Srikanth Reddy. Seasons 1-9 include lectures by Joshua Beckman, Dorothea Lasky, Terrance Hayes, Cedar Sigo, Douglas Kearney, among others as well as recordings from the 2018 BWLS conference, "You Are Who I'm Talking To: Poetry, Attention & Audience," and The Seattle Series, which ran from 2016-2018 and includes recordings of Don Mee Choi, Tyehimba Jess, Ange Mlinko, and more.

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