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WritersCastRachel Blau DuPlessis reading from The Complete DraftsAuthors Voices gives writers a platform for reading their work. It’s an honor for me to be able to present poet and literary critic Rachel Blau DuPlessis reading from her extraordinary long poem, Drafts, which she began in 1986 and completed in 2012.
Now the great Minneapolis-based independent literary publisher Coffee House Press is publishing The Complete Drafts for the first time in a beautiful two-volume boxed edition.
Up to now, only sections of this amazing long poem have been published, including The Collage Poems of Drafts (2011), Pitch: Drafts 77-95 (2010), Torques: Drafts 58-76 (2007), Drafts. Drafts 39-57, Pl...2025-05-0825 minWritersCastRachel Blau DuPlessis reading from The Complete DraftsAuthors Voices gives writers a platform for reading their work. It’s an honor for me to be able to present poet and literary critic Rachel Blau DuPlessis reading from her extraordinary long poem, Drafts, which she began in 1986 and completed in 2012.
Now the great Minneapolis-based independent literary publisher Coffee House Press is publishing The Complete Drafts for the first time in a beautiful two-volume boxed edition.
Up to now, only sections of this amazing long poem have been published, including The Collage Poems of Drafts (2011), Pitch: Drafts 77-95 (2010), Torques: Drafts 58-76 (2007), Drafts. Drafts 39-57, Pl...2025-05-0825 min
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Wild OliveS3 Episode 12: Bechdel, Brides & The BibleFeminism and the Bible don't typically go hand-in-hand, but could they? This week, Jeanne discusses Christian feminism through depictions of women in the Bible and classic literature, as well as modern interpretations from notable feminist authors Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Alison Bechdel.
Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here! Follow us here!BlogInstagramFacebook 2024-10-1117 minWild OliveS3 Episode 12: Bechdel, Brides & The BibleFeminism and the Bible don't typically go hand-in-hand, but could they? This week, Jeanne discusses Christian feminism through depictions of women in the Bible and classic literature, as well as modern interpretations from notable feminist authors Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Alison Bechdel.
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Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture PodcastSimply Roger (interview with David Trinidad pt. 2)Tantalize, Memory: Our kiki with David Trinidad continues! Buy David's new book, Digging to Wonderland, at your favorite indie bookstore -- or buy it here from Loyalty Books, a Black-owned independent bookseller in Washington, DC.Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer famous for her striptease act whose memory was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy. You can watch here some footage of her performing an abbreviated (and very clean) version of her famous routine, "The Psychology of a Stripteaser" in the 1943 film Stage Door Canteen (~5 min).2022-06-0927 min
Mindful U at Naropa University33. J'Lyn Chapmann: An Exploration Between Text and ImageSometimes we take for granted that text is an image–the letters are images–and there are some writers who are very conscious of that. When we're reading a book we take for granted that the text on the page is an image, and the focus of the book is what the text is communicating. Spend some time thinking about text as an image, like Rachel Blau DuPlessis's work. Rachel is a poet and a critic who also does collage poems. Poems that are made from collage, and they really emphasize text. Special Guest: J'Lyn Chapman.Su...2018-07-3029 min
Poem TalkImages, Mon Ami: A discussion of Anne Tardos’s “Uxudo”Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Ariel Resnikoff, and Stephen Ross.
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2017-09-1340 min
PEN AmericaAmerican Literary Magazines – Sulfur: A Literary Biannual of a Whole ArtThis event focuses on Sulfur, a poetry magazine. The founder, Clayton Eshleman, gives an introduction and reads a piece. Contributors to the magazine—including Rachel Blau DuPlessis, John Yau, Eliot Weinberger, and Charles Bernstein—read their work and discuss writing for a non-profit literary publication. First twenty minutes of the recording are very poor quality.2017-01-161h 21
PoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 69 - Fierce storehouses of articulation: Rachel Blau DuPlessis, sections 16 and 29 of "Draft 85: Hard Copy"In a special long episode of PoemTalk, Ron Silliman, Jessica Lowenthal, Randall Couch and PoemTalk's producer and host Al Filreis gathered to discuss two sections of "Draft 85: Hard Copy," which is the 85th "draft" or canto in Rachel Blau DuPlessis's ongoing long poem Drafts.2013-05-3042 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 67 - Girl head mostly eyes: Catherine Wagner, "This Is a Fucking Poem"Rae Armantrout, Laura Elrick and Rachel Blau DuPlessis joined Al Filreis to talk about Catherine Wagner's "This Is a Fucking Poem."2013-05-3029 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 54 - The value of a pronoun - Ron Silliman, "You"Bob Perelman, Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Frank Sherlock discuss Ron Silliman's "You" with guest host Michelle Taransky.2012-06-2725 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 41 - Canto III of Ezra PoundRichard Sieburth, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Kaplan Harris, and Al Filreis discuss Canto III of Ezra Pound2011-03-0129 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 34 - Charles Olson's MaximusBob Perelman, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Charles Bernstein, and Al Filreis discuss Charles Olson's "Maximus to Gloucester, Letter 27 (withheld)."2010-07-2628 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 28 - Spicer to shrink: drop deadJulia Bloch, CA Conrad, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, and Al Filreis discuss Jack Spicer's "Psychoanalysis: An Elegy"2010-02-0325 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 08 - Armantrout's "The Way"Al Filreis, Ron Silliman, Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Charles Bernstein discuss Armantrout's "The Way"2008-07-0723 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 04 - Ginsberg sings BlakeAl Filreis, Charles Bernstein, Jessica Lowenthal, and Rachel Blau DuPlessis discuss Ginsberg singing Blake2008-03-0324 minPoemTalk at the Writers HouseEpisode 03 - To know what one means: George Oppen's "Ballad"Al Filreis, Linh Dinh, Jessica Lowenthal, and Rachel Blau DuPlessis discuss George Oppen's "Ballad"2007-10-1724 min