Cyrus Cassells's guest appearances

Cyrus Cassells

Words on a Wire

Wordwire

Poem-a-Day

Big Ideas TXST

Arthur Sze

Corrinne Clegg Hales

Tracy K. Smith

Ana Castillo

Craig Santos Perez

David Shapiro

Rosa Alcalá

Lupe Mendez

Anthony Cody

Juan Felipe Herrera

Sherwin Bitsui

Naomi Shihab Nye

Dorothy Parker

Jamila Woods

Eileen Myles

OwlTail

Recorded by Cyrus Cassells for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 19, 2022. www.poets.org

Recorded by Cyrus Cassells for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 19, 2022. <a href="https://www.poets.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.poets.org</a>

Cyrus Cassells: "Guitarrero!"

Recorded by Cyrus Cassells for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 29, 2021. www.poets.org

Recorded by Cyrus Cassells for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 29, 2021. <a href="http://www.poets.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.poets.org</a>

Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived in Paris?" 

"Duende" by Cyrus CassellsCyrus Cassells has five books: The Mud Actor, a National Poetry Series winner and finalist for the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award; Soul Make a Path Through Shouting, hailed as one of the Best Books of 1994 by Publishers Weekly, a winner of the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Award and a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Prize for the outstanding book of the year; Beautiful Signor, winner of the Lambda Literary Award, the Sister Circle Book Award (for African-American literature), and finalist for the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award; More Than Peace and Cypresses, a Lannan Literary Selection, named one of the Best Poetry Books of 2004 by Library Journal; and The Crossed-Out Swastika, a finalist for the Balcones Prize for Best Poetry Book of 2012.Among his honors are a Lannan Literary Award and two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a tenured Professor of English at Texas-State University.Recorded live at The Wild Detectives, Dallas, Texas, April 23, 2015. Recorded &amp; edited by Mark David Noble for Pandora's Box Poetry Showcase.

"Duende" by Cyrus Cassells Cyrus Cassells has five books: The Mud Actor, a National Poetry Series winner and finalist for the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award; Soul Make a Path Through Shouting, hailed as one of the Best Books of 1994 by Publishers Weekly, a winner of the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Award and a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Prize for the outstanding book of the year; Beautiful Signor, winner of the Lambda Literary Award, the Sister Circle Book Award (for African-American literature), and finalist for the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award; More Than Peace and Cypresses, a Lannan Literary Selection, named one of the Best Poetry Books of 2004 by Library Journal; and The Crossed-Out Swastika, a finalist for the Balcones Prize for Best Poetry Book of 2012. Among his honors are a Lannan Literary Award and two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a tenured Professor of English at Texas-State University. Recorded live at The Wild Detectives, Dallas, Texas, April 23, 2015. Recorded &amp; edited by Mark David Noble for Pandora's Box Poetry Showcase.

"Duende" by Cyrus Cassells

Daniel &amp; Ben talk with Cyrus Cassells, author of the new poetry collection, "Crossed-Out Swastika," which features poems told from the perspective of Holocaust survivors and witnesses.  Cyrus explains how a trip to Auschwitz and a chance meeting with a Holocaust survivor inspired the poems.  The poems are written in couplets to reflect the silence he felt was needed in the poems.Cyrus Cassells will read this week's Poem of the Week, a new work entitled "Jasmine."Performance poet Viva Flores delivers a Poetic License unlike any heard before on this program!    ...and Ben &amp; Daniel reflect on the pros &amp; cons of Facebook.

Daniel &amp; Ben talk with Cyrus Cassells, author of the new poetry collection, "Crossed-Out Swastika," which features poems told from the perspective of Holocaust survivors and witnesses. Cyrus explains how a trip to Auschwitz and a chance meeting with a Holocaust survivor inspired the poems. The poems are written in couplets to reflect the silence he felt was needed in the poems. Cyrus Cassells will read this week's Poem of the Week, a new work entitled "Jasmine." Performance poet Viva Flores delivers a Poetic License unlike any heard before on this program! ...and Ben &amp; Daniel reflect on the pros &amp; cons of Facebook.