Joseph Lease's guest appearances

Joseph Lease

LIVE! From City Lights

Scottish Poetry Library Podcast

Out of Our Minds on KKUP

No Good Poetry

Persis Karim

Emily Dickinson

Jenny Lewis

Blake Morrison

Sarah Stewart

Dana Gioia

Eileen Myles

David Briggs

Mary Jean Chan

Sarah Howe

Thomas Lux

Robert Wrigley

Chris King

Kwame Dawes

Luis Valdez

OwlTail

Mark Statman

The day after New Orleans Poetry Fest we sat down with poets Joseph Lease and Mark Statman and had a wonderfully sprawling conversation about poetry. Some topics include: the poetry scene in the '80s, "words you can't use in poems, Creeley. Koch, &amp; Ginsberg, how Joseph "used to be a hard critic but he softened up," reading Beats in teh time of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, and Joseph and Mark read some of their incredible poems.

<p>The day after New Orleans Poetry Fest we sat down with poets Joseph Lease and Mark Statman and had a wonderfully sprawling conversation about poetry. Some topics include: the poetry scene in the '80s, "words you can't use in poems, Creeley. Koch, &amp; Ginsberg, how Joseph "used to be a hard critic but he softened up," reading Beats in teh time of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, and Joseph and Mark read some of their incredible poems.</p>

Episode 102: Joseph Lease & Mark Statman

Joseph Lease's critically acclaimed books of poetry include The Body Ghost (Coffee House Press, 2018), Testify (Coffee House Press, 2011), and Broken World (Coffee House Press, 2007). Lease’s poems "'Broken World' (For James Assatly)" and "Send My Roots Rain" were anthologized in Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology. "'Broken World' (For James Assatly)" was also anthologized in The Best American Poetry (Robert Creeley, guest editor). Lease's poem “Free Again (Why don’t people)” was published in the New York Times.With Peter Alvarez.

Joseph Lease's critically acclaimed books of poetry include The Body Ghost (Coffee House Press, 2018), Testify (Coffee House Press, 2011), and Broken World (Coffee House Press, 2007). Lease’s poems "'Broken World' (For James Assatly)" and "Send My Roots Rain" were anthologized in Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology. "'Broken World' (For James Assatly)" was also anthologized in The Best American Poetry (Robert Creeley, guest editor). Lease's poem “Free Again (Why don’t people)” was published in the New York Times.<br><br>With Peter Alvarez.

Joseph Lease at City Lights Books on KKUP

We talk with San Francisco based writer Joseph Lease who reads and talks about a number of his poems. He chats to Ryan about elegy, his rediscovery of the Beat poets in his 30s, his interest in Renaissance poetry and how one of his poems was written with the aid of a tape recorder. Presented by Ryan Van Winkle. Produced by Colin Fraser @anonpoetry. Music by Ewen Maclean. Email: splpodcast@gmail.com

[SPL] March 2012: Joseph Lease