Assembled Playwright Tour: Part 6
15:09
Assembled Playwright Tour: Part 5
11:17
Assembled Playwright Tour: Part 4
14:32
Assembled Playwright Tour: Part 3
9:02
Assembled Playwright Tour: Part 2
7:08
Assembled Playwright Tour: Part 1
14:26
The First Man - Pre-Show Remarks
8:51
Joy Williams Reading and Celebration
1:08:42
The Tunnel: 25th Anniversary
1:00:29
3 жыл бұрын
Anna Teekell - Beckett Colloquium
42:19
Bo Cao - Samuel Beckett Colloquium
36:59
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@Zheugma
@Zheugma 29 күн бұрын
Yap, but i still like the video
@lamarschlabach3933
@lamarschlabach3933 Ай бұрын
Trump's come to bump the rump's of chumps with mumps.
@nledaig
@nledaig Ай бұрын
Except to be poetry
@bedhead9975
@bedhead9975 2 ай бұрын
14:30
@thomascromwell6840
@thomascromwell6840 2 ай бұрын
I've wanted to write and, would that I could, to publish it under a pseudonym.
@sarahcreeley2678
@sarahcreeley2678 3 ай бұрын
The only time I saw my Dad cry was when he learned about the death of his Beloved friend, Charles Olsen.
@sarahcreeley2678
@sarahcreeley2678 3 ай бұрын
Scrolling I come across this with my Dad. He was such a Great American Poet. I love what he’s saying! I always was surprised when I would go to hear him read where students would come, and after his reading, they would try to analyze his poetry, and it just felt so strange to me. Asking questions about why it was so long or so short things like that which to me weren’t the point at all. I think what Dad is saying and what I believe is that poetry is a form of expression and there shouldn’t be any rules around it. Poetry is way to express yourself authentically. I love my Dad so much and I’m so grateful for him and I feel so lucky to have been his daughter.
@alexanderpederson7791
@alexanderpederson7791 2 ай бұрын
I always felt like your dad’s work was beyond interpretation. I almost never try to analyze it, I simply feel it in the moment, because there is a great wealth of emotional content contained within his verse and taking an overly formalist approach to it would almost cheapen the experience . His dancing metaphor is perfect. No one interprets a dance it’s simply an act that takes us out of ourselves for a brief moment. You can analyze the steps in the dance, but again that detracts from the ecstatic joy inherent in the dance itself. His word play and ability to compress his poems to the barest essence are unparalleled in poetry. Definitely my favourite American poet. After I watched this video today and saw you posted, I was thrilled. I feel like I’m talking to him through the generations - his lineage. Your father was amazing, he was a poets poet. Not a household name but for those who truly love poetry he is a giant. As an amateur poet myself, I would say your father and other members of his generation are the biggest influence on me in how I shape my own craft. Thanks for posting this, it made my day.
@sarahcreeley2678
@sarahcreeley2678 2 ай бұрын
I appreciate your reply to my comment so much! I’m sure my father would feel grateful that his poetry felt so meaningful to you!
@wolfwind1
@wolfwind1 3 ай бұрын
Who were the other speakers? Thanks.
@wolfwind1
@wolfwind1 3 ай бұрын
The performances Sullivan gave of both these novels is truly exceptional. Stunning performances. Beautifully done. Incredible characterizations. He understands these novels in a way that no scholar can express.
@dwainsimmons3447
@dwainsimmons3447 2 ай бұрын
He also voiced Ferio in the rayearth ova dub.
@husainarif4442
@husainarif4442 3 ай бұрын
In conclusion, no matter what field or career, I think it is better to acknowledge the downsides of each career so people won't get disappoint and later abandoned their journey.
@ryanand154
@ryanand154 3 ай бұрын
Elkin a master of prose.
@ryanand154
@ryanand154 3 ай бұрын
These cousins just should get this Over with.
@ryanand154
@ryanand154 3 ай бұрын
Writers!
@findbridge1790
@findbridge1790 3 ай бұрын
CIA muppet imo. joke. fraud. avoid.
@GoodBaleadaMusic
@GoodBaleadaMusic 4 ай бұрын
He forgets one crucial writer. The one who doesn't want to write but has thoughts or experiences that demand be written! We now live in a world where the computer will write those experiences for you. You just have to dictate it. A writers new job is to create voices that computers cant. That come from the vulnerability of having a meat body. Watch: The rain hammered against the windowpane, a relentless metronome to the rhythm of his thoughts. Detective Jake Brody stared at the blank screen, the cursor blinking impatiently, mocking his writer's block. A half-empty bottle of whiskey and a stack of crumpled notes littered his desk, the remnants of another failed attempt. "Just dictate it, Brody," his partner's voice echoed in his head, the ever-present advocate for the new AI writing tool the department had adopted. "Let the damn computer do the heavy lifting." Jake scoffed, swirling the amber liquid in his glass. "It's not the same, Sam. The machine can't capture the grime, the stench of desperation that clings to every fiber of this city. It can't feel the weight of a mother's tears when she identifies her child's body, or the hollow echo of a gunshot in an empty alley." He took a long swig, the burn a familiar comfort. The computer could string together words, sure, but it couldn't bleed onto the page the way he did. It couldn't translate the visceral reality of his job into something that made sense of the chaos, that gave a voice to the voiceless. With a sigh, Jake pushed away from his desk, the old wooden chair groaning in protest. He walked to the window, the city lights a shimmering tapestry against the rain-streaked glass. A neon sign flickered in the distance, a beacon in the darkness: "The Last Word - Where Stories Come to Life." A wry smile tugged at the corner of his lips. Maybe it was time to let go of the old ways, to embrace the tools of this new age. But one thing was certain: the story, the heart of the matter, that would always be his.
@ryanand154
@ryanand154 4 ай бұрын
The difference between writing and wanting to be a writer is a matter of description.
@saharshawkat6576
@saharshawkat6576 4 ай бұрын
Please write what he said
@samb5570
@samb5570 5 ай бұрын
there’s nothing like merrill
@B4CKWARDS_CH4RM
@B4CKWARDS_CH4RM 5 ай бұрын
I get depressed if I don’t write so I sort of have to these days. It will never really be a fun and flashy thing to do, and especially these days great pieces will not be making you very much money.
@2msvalkyrie529
@2msvalkyrie529 5 ай бұрын
Dr Johnson had alternative take on the failed writer . " Always writing ; never to be read . "
@B4CKWARDS_CH4RM
@B4CKWARDS_CH4RM 5 ай бұрын
Sounds like narcissism of small differences, and the glorification of the literary establishment which isn’t worth much these days.
@ryanand154
@ryanand154 5 ай бұрын
Gaddis is worth reading but skip Agape Agape, which is just a poor version of a Thomas Bernhard jam.
@waynesmith3767
@waynesmith3767 5 ай бұрын
Merrill read so well, both his own poem and his friend’s, Elizabeth Bishop’s most famous poem.
@hughmanatee7657
@hughmanatee7657 5 ай бұрын
It’s like wanting to be wealthy without wanting to work.
@B4CKWARDS_CH4RM
@B4CKWARDS_CH4RM 5 ай бұрын
It’s more like enjoying your work and not thinking much of wealth at all.
@ryanand154
@ryanand154 5 ай бұрын
“Anyone who writes - for anything other than infamy or - love of female critics is a fool.” - Emily Dickinson
@rd264
@rd264 6 ай бұрын
Dr Suess writes like this, full of humour full of piss
@ryanand154
@ryanand154 6 ай бұрын
Bill Danforth is one of my favourite dudes in a suit.
@ryanand154
@ryanand154 6 ай бұрын
He was digging
@y13ach
@y13ach 6 ай бұрын
Sound quality is very poor. What a shame.
@liammcooper
@liammcooper 7 ай бұрын
slowly sinking carousel
@liammcooper
@liammcooper 7 ай бұрын
Mel Brook has similar stories about Sid Caesar
@juliamargaretcameron
@juliamargaretcameron 7 ай бұрын
How did this lovely recital given only two "likes", so far ??
@samferguson9171
@samferguson9171 7 ай бұрын
Beautiful
@whatgivesit
@whatgivesit 7 ай бұрын
Lorca/duende discussion begins at 5:35
@MintyCattyneedy
@MintyCattyneedy 8 ай бұрын
感觉会翻到这首诗的人不一定是想拯救 也有可能是反方向的人。想要告诉你,可能就是会一直有很多的不满意,一直有很多的不理解,很多的如果,或许和不甘,希望你能明白,任何一种解决方法都不应该是最决绝的那个。辛苦在看的你爱一下自己,你的悲伤和痛苦都真实的存在着,但是一定也会慢慢不难么难受或者运气好的话,会彻底不存在的。可是如果选择同样的道路,就看不到自己胜利的那天了!你很真实,你能感知痛苦,所以你是很了不起的人!LOVE!
@Johnconno
@Johnconno 9 ай бұрын
'How to behave around books.' Don't do oxyacetylene welding and try not to break the spine.
@avoidbeing
@avoidbeing 9 ай бұрын
to be the ash of speech itself
@bk2524
@bk2524 9 ай бұрын
I love that she worked by being
@Zheugma
@Zheugma 29 күн бұрын
Something special about her... her observing ability
@EndingSimple
@EndingSimple 10 ай бұрын
Garrison Keillor also made that distinction.
@blurredlenzpictures3251
@blurredlenzpictures3251 10 ай бұрын
Boy what an arrogant man. How about, some when they're young, don't have everything figured out. But thanks for admitting to discouraging young artists. Nice work.
@netizencapet
@netizencapet Жыл бұрын
William Gass' Middle C won me firmly over. This worthy celebration of JR could only be written by one of Gass' wit and perspicacity. Gaddis greatest - and yes, most difficult (if you take the time to try to understand it and all of its vast families of interlacing symbols) - is Carpenter's Gothic (which I've read I think between 60 and 80 times). I never liked the Recognitions but only passages of it, but adore J.R. (read count comes to around 14 times, certain chapters many more. It's only weak chapter is 11). I've still yet to read Frolic but it is coming.
@AM-is1jh
@AM-is1jh 2 ай бұрын
wow I'm reading the recognitions for the first time i cant believe you read his books so many times
@personanongrata987
@personanongrata987 Жыл бұрын
I'm on page 201 of J R now, and I love this novel. --
@Pillowprincesss
@Pillowprincesss Жыл бұрын
second
@sonampalmo3578
@sonampalmo3578 Жыл бұрын
I can't do his rambling "splains", but I sure do love his poems!
@sonampalmo3578
@sonampalmo3578 Жыл бұрын
Poetry has an affect. It stirs the mind and the heart. It is a form of story-telling. Do stories have no purpose?
@jakemetcalfe3091
@jakemetcalfe3091 Жыл бұрын
I would say that stories do have a purpose, but only the purposes we ascribe to them. People get out and walk away with different things when it comes to the arts. I tend to think of poetry, music & food etc as extremely rich and beautiful life accompaniments - art and expression as a natural outgrowth of the human animal. They don’t really ‘need’ a purpose. If you’re already looking for one though, you’ll probably find it. That’s my two cents, anyway. Have a wonderful day.
@williamgass9242
@williamgass9242 3 ай бұрын
I think he's saying you shouldn't have to try and find a purpose because you'll miss the point or become a snob
@Johnconno
@Johnconno Жыл бұрын
So by the time he was in the ground he was a goddamn superstar? 🌹
@dlower23
@dlower23 Жыл бұрын
Good thing he was a poet.
@1909video
@1909video Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for posting. It answers as many questions as it inspires for this relative who never met the man, but shares a family connection through his brother.
@personanongrata987
@personanongrata987 Жыл бұрын
I spend too much time fantasizing about how wonderful it would be to be a famous writer and too little time actually writing. --
@annezahra8566
@annezahra8566 Жыл бұрын
William Gass is an American treasure. His novels are a MUST READ.
@liammcooper
@liammcooper Жыл бұрын
heavy
@liammcooper
@liammcooper Жыл бұрын
nice
@9750939
@9750939 Жыл бұрын
It was a pleasure listening to and then meeting Mr. Moody. He told me he's working on a novel he compared to <The Tunnel> by William Gass, which I can't wait to read.