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Robert Creeley
Just in Time: Poems 1984-1994 (New Directions) On the occasion of a Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award, Robert Creeley discusses the many influences on his singular poetry: Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson, Louis Zukofsky and Robert Duncan. In addition, he talks about the love of family and friends that has united his influences and his past into a "company."
By Michael Silverblatt • • 30m Listen: Poems 1984-1994
(New Directions)
On the occasion of a Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award, Robert Creeley discusses the many influences on his singular poetry: Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson, Louis Zukofsky and Robert Duncan. In addition, he talks about the love of family and friends that has united his influences and his past into a "company," the inner culture of contemporary American poetry.
Read an excerpt from Just in Time.