Bookworm
Alfred Starr Hamilton: A Dark Dreambox of Another Kind
Ben Estes, Alan Felsenthal and Amanda Nadelberg read poems from Alfred Starr Hamlton's "Dreambox" and reflect on their experience editing this unsung enchanter.
By Michael Silverblatt • • 28m ListenAlfred Starr Hamilton (1914-2005) lived most of his life in obscurity and conceived a peculiar poetry at once somber, celestial, and lucent. The Song Cave press has just rediscovered Hamilton's eclipsed oeuvre, and published a new selection of his work,
A Dark Dreambox of Another Kind
. Song Cave editorial duo
Ben Estes and
Alan Felsenthal and poet
Amanda Nadelberg read poems from
Dreambox and reflect on their experience editing this unsung enchanter who only wanted to "tell the story of our stars."
Banner image Alan Felsenthal and Amanda Nadelberg in the KCRW studios
