In the second of a two-part conversation with award-winning poet
Teresa Leo, we talk of love and basketball, as well as life among "The
Big 8" -- work, sports, God, hunting, hairdressing, family, food, and
Italy. We also discuss how Leo reflects back of her life experiences in
her poetry, and her approach to the language of love, longing, and loss.
During the interview, we touch on several people, places, and publications, including:
Teresa Leo: homepage, Pew Fellowship web page
Field & Stream magazine
Encyclopedia Britannica
Bucknell University
The American Poetry Review
CrossConnect, the 21st Century Literary Review
Pew Fellowship in the Arts
Emily Dickinson, Poem CXXVI
Yoko Ono, "Ceiling Painting (Yes Painting)"
George Eliot, from The Lifted Veil
The myth of Narcissus
The onetime halo rule in NCAA football
Willis Reed in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA finals
Is there more to the relationship between sports and verse than "poetry in motion"? Settle into a front-row seat and find out.
