Morton Marcus's guest appearances

Morton Marcus

Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column

The Hive Poetry Collective

Gary Young

Kathryn Petruccelli

Stephen Kessler

Patrice Vecchione

Thomas Frank

Nina Matsumoto

Nicholson Baker

David Eagleman

Karen Armstrong

Michael Pollan

Sandra Aamodt

Lawrence Lessig

David Gordon

Steven Kotler

David Shields

OwlTail

Morgan Parker

Dion O'Reilly

Listen to the buzz of the Morton Marcus annual event!   Award-winning poet, essayist, and novelist Morgan Parker will be the featured guest at the 11th annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading, which takes place this year as a virtual event on November 12. Danusha Lameris and Dion O'Reilly dive deep into Morgan Parker's poetry. The Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading is held each year to honor poet, teacher, film critic, and Santa Cruz cultural icon Morton Marcus (1936-2009). It was created to continue Marcus’s tradition of bringing acclaimed poets to Santa Cruz County, to acknowledge the significant role poetry has played in the community's history, and to help preserve poetry's influence in the county's culture. This community event is presented by the The Humanities Institute and co-sponsored by Bookshop Santa Cruz, the Cabrillo College English Department, Cowell College, the Living Writers Series, Ow Family Properties, Poetry Santa Cruz, the Porter Hitchcock Modern Poetry Fund, and Porter College.

Listen to the buzz of the Morton Marcus annual event!   Award-winning poet, essayist, and novelist Morgan Parker will be the featured guest at the 11th annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading, which takes place this year as a <a href="https://ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cIV7oLUBTL67MuXifqdrnw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">virtual event</a> on November 12. Danusha Lameris and Dion O'Reilly dive deep into Morgan Parker's poetry. The Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading is held each year to honor poet, teacher, film critic, and Santa Cruz cultural icon Morton Marcus (1936-2009). It was created to continue Marcus’s tradition of bringing acclaimed poets to Santa Cruz County, to acknowledge the significant role poetry has played in the community's history, and to help preserve poetry's influence in the county's culture. This community event is presented by the <a href="https://thi.ucsc.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Humanities Institute</a> and co-sponsored by Bookshop Santa Cruz, the Cabrillo College English Department, Cowell College, the Living Writers Series, Ow Family Properties, Poetry Santa Cruz, the Porter Hitchcock Modern Poetry Fund, and Porter College.

S2:E31 Danusha Lameris and Dion O'Reilly talk about the poetry of Morgan Parker, featured guest of the 11th annual Morton Marcus memorial event 

"...scanning the heavens in our solitary vigil for words that will redeem us..." from "Radio" by Morton Marcus, as read by Gary Young

975: A 2010 Interview with Gary Young on Morton Marcus

James Houston

Laurie R. King

084: A 2006 Conversation With Laurie R. King, Morton Marcus and James Houston