John Kinsella Poetry Reading
Poet John Kinsella reads from two of his recent publications, Peripheral Light: Selected and New Poems and The New Arcadia. Kinsella describes how his experience of growing up and living in Western Australia informs each of the poems. He says that his work is deeply influenced by the landscape of Western Australia’s “wheatbelt.” Kinsella also explains that The New Arcadia is the third publication in a trilogy; The Silo and The Hunt are the other publications in the trilogy. When he has finished reading, Kinsella fields a few questions from the audience.
In: International Writing Program Archive | Poetry
Authors: John Kinsella
Date Recorded: September 23, 2005
Works Read: Kinsella reads from Peripheral Light: Selected and New Poems and The New Arcadia.
Program: Shambaugh House Readings
Format: reading
Contributors: David Hamilton
Topics: Colonization of Western Australia; salinity; pastoral poetry; Sir Philip Sydney; land rights; Nyungar tradition
Note: Interruption at 44 minutes: transfer from tape side a to side b.