Garden

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Kevin Clark: 10-09-2002

Kevin Clark is a poet and professor at California Polytechnic State University whose work has appeared in publications such as The Antioch Review and The Georgia Review. He begins the interview by reading his poem “Parallel Paths.” He goes on to discuss how sex and love, and specifically marital love, are two important factors in his poetry as portrayed in his poem titled “The Gift.” He lists influences such as Robert Frost, Norman Dubie, and jazz music. The interview concludes with Clark reading his poem “Our Children Playing Catch in the Evening of No Warning.”https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/writers_videos/1007/thumbnail.jp

Carl Phillips: 11-14-2001

Carl Phillips\u27s works include the poetry collections “In the Blood,” “Cortège,” “From the Devotions,” “Pastoral,” and “The Tether.” He starts off the interview by reading his poem “The Trees.” He goes on to discuss how struggling with his identity helped influence his early work. The interview continues with a conversation on spirituality and how poetry should be an inclusive medium to cope with issues in a person’s life. He reads his poem “From the Devotions” and concludes the interview by reading “The Kill.”https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/writers_videos/1001/thumbnail.jp

Gerald Lyn Early: 02-15-1995

Gerald Early received his PhD in English literature from Cornell University. He is best known for his works critiquing American culture. He begins the interview by reading a passage from his nonfiction book Daughters. He discusses the creation of Daughters and the themes of class and race that were prevalent in the book. He talks about being the editor of Lure and Loathing, and about his essay “The Almost Last Essay on Race in America,” which touches on the O.J. Simpson trial. Early discusses jazz as an influence on his writing, his work as a nonfiction writer, and his creative process while writing. He concludes the interview by talking about his poetry.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/writers_videos/1024/thumbnail.jp