Poetry for Pleasure in the Winter: January 30, with Barry Wallenstein

Poetry for Pleasure in the Winter, with Barry Wallenstein
January 30, 2024 @ 1:00-2:15pm

These lectures with discussion will involve close readings of poems – classic, modern, and contemporary. Our aim is to listen to the sound poems make. What makes a successful language performance? We will discuss these works’ emotional truth, unity of expression, and attention-holding, pleasure-providing use of language. Dennis Nurkse is Barry’s guest poet.

Here is the poetry book for the semester: CLICK HERE We'll discuss the poems on these pages:

• (revisit) Job by Nelly Sachs – p. 40
• Letter from Paul Celan by Grace Schulman – final page
• I Remember Galileo by Gerald Stern – p. 36
• The Dim Tenements & Return from Flint by D. Nurkse (guest poet) – pp. 69-70
• The Snow Fairy by Claude McKay – p. 31
• And Death Shall Have No Dominion by Dylan Thomas – p. 30
• Snow-Flakes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – p. 45
• Paul Robeson and The Pool Players Seven at the Golden Shovel – p. 49