These video clips are the first in a series highlighting recent readings held by SF State’s Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives. Visit this website throughout the semester for fresh poetic content.
Robert Dewhurst
Robert Dewhurst reads and introduces “Viva,” dedicated to Francis Sweeney, SJ, from Supplication: Selected Poems of John Wieners (Wave Books, 2015) on Thursday, September 10, 2015, at The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University. The full program includes Dewhurst and Michael Seth Stewart on the life and works of Wieners, and a screening of the outtakes to Richard O. Moore’s 1965 USA: Poetry video featuring Wieners in conversation with Robert Duncan.
Michael Seth Stewart
Michael Seth Stewart reads and briefly comments on a selection from Stars Seen In Person: Selected Journals of John Wieners (City Lights Books, 2015) on Thursday, September 10, 2015, at The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University. The full program includes Dewhurst and Stewart on the life and works of Wieners, and a screening of the outtakes to Richard O. Moore’s 1965 USA: Poetry video featuring Wieners in conversation with Robert Duncan.