2 hr 1 min
ep. 231 - George David Clark Rattle Poetry
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George David Clark is The author of Reveille (winner of the Miller Williams Poetry Prize) and Newly Not Eternal (just released from LSU Press). After earning an MFA at the University of Virginia and a PhD at Texas Tech University, David held the Olive B. O’Connor Fellowship in Poetry at Colgate University and, later, the Lilly Postdoctoral Fellowship at Valparaiso University. The editor-in-chief of 32 Poems, he previously served in various capacities on the staffs of Meridian, Iron Horse Literary Magazine, and the Best New Poets anthology. Since 2015 David has taught creative writing and literature at Washington & Jefferson College, where he is now an associate professor. He lives in McMurray, PA with his wife, Elisabeth, and their four children.
Find more information and George's books here:
http://www.georgedavidclark.com/
As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.
For links to all the past episodes, visit:
https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/
This Week’s Prompt:
Write a poem entitled, “A Brief History of [X],” where X is a word that needs to be translated, and the poem is less than a page.
Next Week’s Prompt:
Write a song of someone or something, as a persona poem 32 lines long.
The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.
George David Clark is The author of Reveille (winner of the Miller Williams Poetry Prize) and Newly Not Eternal (just released from LSU Press). After earning an MFA at the University of Virginia and a PhD at Texas Tech University, David held the Olive B. O’Connor Fellowship in Poetry at Colgate University and, later, the Lilly Postdoctoral Fellowship at Valparaiso University. The editor-in-chief of 32 Poems, he previously served in various capacities on the staffs of Meridian, Iron Horse Literary Magazine, and the Best New Poets anthology. Since 2015 David has taught creative writing and literature at Washington & Jefferson College, where he is now an associate professor. He lives in McMurray, PA with his wife, Elisabeth, and their four children.
Find more information and George's books here:
http://www.georgedavidclark.com/
As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.
For links to all the past episodes, visit:
https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/
This Week’s Prompt:
Write a poem entitled, “A Brief History of [X],” where X is a word that needs to be translated, and the poem is less than a page.
Next Week’s Prompt:
Write a song of someone or something, as a persona poem 32 lines long.
The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.
2 hr 1 min