David Ferry, Suji Kwock Kim, Jill McDonough, Ifeanyi Menkiti, Gail Mazur, and Lloyd Schwartz discuss "Massachusetts Poetry in Hard Times" at the Ford Hall Forum, audio recording, 10/15/2009

Authors

David Ferry

Files

Identifier

MS113AV-0282

Collection Number

Ford Hall Forum Collection, 1908-2013 (MS113)

Description

While the Dow tumbles, joblessness soars, and two wars stretch our military abroad, what do the works of Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow have to offer? What could words, rhythm, and rhyme provide to those down on their luck or even facing crisis? Poets David Ferry, Suji Kwock Kim, Jill McDonough, Ifeanyi Menkiti, Gail Mazur, and Lloyd Schwartz join Christopher Lydon to answer with readings from classic Massachusetts authors as well as those contemporary artists writing their masterpieces today. From lyric and verse to slam and spoken word, they offer their perspective on current affairs, as well as the evolving ways we use language to understand and experience our world today.

Subject Heading

Forums (Discussion and debate); Ford Hall Forum; Poetry--20th century.

Date

10-15-2009

Keywords

Poetry, Ferry, David

City

Boston

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Recommended Citation

Ferry, David, "David Ferry, Suji Kwock Kim, Jill McDonough, Ifeanyi Menkiti, Gail Mazur, and Lloyd Schwartz discuss "Massachusetts Poetry in Hard Times" at the Ford Hall Forum, audio recording, 10/15/2009" (2009). Ford Hall Forum Recordings. 81.
https://dc.suffolk.edu/fhf-av/81