Abegail Morley has kindly featured me today on her excellent website The Poetry Shed. I was lucky enough to catch her attention at the Troubadour Poetry Prize Reading last year, and not long after that she invited me to read at the Royal Academy as part of the Ekphrasis project. It has been a pleasure […]
I started Transatlantic Poetry on Air because nothing quite like it existed at the time. It has been a great opportunity to connect poets around the world to new audiences. Here is a short video summarising all that we’ve accomplished together (poets, partners, and audience) over the past year. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRXpDD7GW2Q]
I just finished part two of the Silk Road British Poetry readings. We featured eleven poets in total across the two live online readings. With this, I have accomplished what I set out to do. Now that my personal mission has been fulfilled, it is time for Transatlantic Poetry on Air to enter a new
Transatlantic Poetry on Air aims to produce enjoyable, high-quality experiences throughout the lifecycle of each event for everyone involved. It aims also to be guided by its stated purpose and principles to evolve and expand over time, making it a fulcrum for the upliftment of global poetry in the twenty-first century
I just finished “hanging out” with Jane Hirshfield, George Szirtes, and about a hundred new poetry-loving friends. As part of the Transatlantic Poetry on Air reading series, George and Jane were able to join me from their homes, read some of their newer work, and answer questions from viewers–all online, using their laptops and a
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“A nation’s art is the expression of its soul.” -Marvin Bell Though we must walk our own path, mentors can crucially point the way. The UCLA Extension Writers Program has a nice writeup on the path I have taken since enrolling in my first serious creative writing class with Angeleno poet Suzanne Lummis in 2004.
