A day like this calls for… Love Poem
Disclaimer: If you are in the sticky sweet phase of love where nothing can ever go wrong… don’t watch this. 😉
A day like this calls for… Love Poem
Disclaimer: If you are in the sticky sweet phase of love where nothing can ever go wrong… don’t watch this. 😉
Today would have been Richard’s 77th birthday. We miss you & your voice.
How will you remember him today? You can read some of the samples we have on the site or check out these videos:
List to his daughter Ianthe, read One Afternoon in 1939
or listen to Richard read All Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace
Personally, I think I’ll be reading a few chapters of In Watermelon Sugar before bedtime. 🙂
I ran across a YouTube account tonite – gregasterisk– who had a couple videos of Richard.
Watch ‘Richard in a Hammock’
and ‘NowsReal’
freaky video of richard ‘reading’ from in watermelon sugar
Here’s another video from @BoundToBeRead to celebrate their national poetry month. Writer/blogger Mickey Dubrow (writer & blogger) reads “The Garlic Meat Lady”. I love his commentary at the end too – anyone who mixes food & sex & fun is ok in my book too!
A reading of Yes, the Fish Music on youtube via Bound To Be Read
i found this article about a woman who has organised a literary reading series called Why There Are Words in Sausalito California. the article says Ianthe will be reading at the June meeting.
Billy Collins being interviewed about the re-issue of Trout Fishing in America. He also reads excerpts from the book.
from wbur.org NPR – aired Feb 6 – listen here
a great reading of ‘complicated banking problem’
Revenge of the Lawn has been translated (by our list’s own Jonas Ellerström) and published by BakhÃ¥ll of Lund.
I think this link will take you to the page where you can buy the translated version of Revenge of the Lawn (at least I hope so!)
This week, Swedish Radio has a program on Richard as part of their ‘Biblioteket‘ (The Library) show.
You can listen:
(time zone info: stockholm is UTC/GMT +2 hrs. if you are in NYC, that’s 6 hrs ahead so 1403 is 803a. if you’re in London, that’s one hour ahead of you so your 13:03 instead of 14:03. if you’re in SF, it’s 9 hrs ahead so 1403 is 503a. if you’re in Melbourne AU, . it’s 8 hrs behind so 1403 is 2203. i recommend checking time&date to confirm!)
The programme consists of interviews with Swedish readers, writers, critics and translators. (thanks to Jonas for this info!)