Sandra Alcosser is an American poet. Her approach to writing about the natural world was revolutionary to me, and her mentorship invaluable.
As the year comes to a close, I find myself in a reflective mood. Having compiled a list of the more than 350 poets I have mentioned on my website since I began writing about poetry in 2003, I was curious to discover which poets I have mentioned most often in the last ten years. …
“It is a great privilege … to celebrate through poetry what is sacred between species…” -Sandra Alcosser Here is the voice of my friend and mentor, Sandra Alcosser, reading her own wonderful poem about a bear: (Video no longer available, here is the text.) You can read more about the good work she is doing, …
The poetry craft talks so far have been broad and encompassing in their scope, and, true-to-form, Sandra Alcosser’s talk this afternoon was no exception. She spoke of the 4,000-year-old wisdom tradition that is literature, as the room filled up with the white Northern light of a solstice afternoon. She cited Shakespeare’s education in reading, translating, …
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. -Ezra Pound, “In a Station of the Metro” It was worth flying back and getting a short night of sleep last night to hear Sandra Alcosser speak about brevity in poetry this morning. I am no stranger to shortness–my most recently …
The 2007 Ojai Poetry Festival has come and gone. Whew! We started deep planning back in 2006–and the day-and-a-half of readings and discussions, as well as all the between-the-lines schmoozing and feasting–absolutely flew by. It was great to have Sandra Alcosser in town. She teaches at Pacific, and I was really impressed, during the January …
