May 2007

Online Exclusive: Robert Pinsky

2007 Distinguished Lecture

 Download & listen to the March 2007 lecture.

On March 21, 2007, in Portland, some 400 people crammed the sold-out Wonder Ballroom to hear  to hear the former poet laureate speak, read poems, & launch the Music Issue. Robert Pinsky condemned educational administrators who want to break the chain of culture by cutting funding to music, arts, & creative writing programs. "Woe unto them," said Pinsky, who also read recent & new poems, & closed the night with an electrifying reading of John Keats's hymn to music & poetry, "Ode to a Nightingale."

Listen to an excerpt of his performance exclusively through Poetry Northwest Online: Download now (21MB file).

Read a review of the lecture in The Oregonian
Other online reviews: foetry.com, blogspot

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