Robert Dana Reading
Robert Dana reads selections from his tenth collection of poems entitled The Morning of the Red Admirals. Robert mentions the poets James Galvin and Donald Justice at the start of his reading. He asserts that Galvin’s “most recent book just sent me off the planet,” and dedicates his reading to Donald Justice. Dana claims Justice as his “greatest adversary,” claiming that they both organize their poetry and think about writing in similar ways.
During a very brief question and answer period, Dana discusses how his political opinions affect his poetry. Dana points out that most everything in our lives are touched by the political, and thus cannot be divorced from his poetry.
In: "Live from Prairie Lights" Audio Archive | Poetry
Authors: Robert Dana
Date Recorded: April 26, 2004
Works Read: "The Morning of the Red Admirals", "Walking the Yellow Dog", Ecstacy", "February", "This Time", "In Panama", "Five Card Draw", "Of Cats, Switchblades, and the Unimaginable", "In Heaven", "Stepping Lightly", "Late October Rainy Days", "Chimes"; from The Morning of the Red Admirals\ by Robert Dana
Program: Live From Prairie Lights
Format: reading
Contributors: Introduction by host Julie Englander.
Topics: poetry, jazz music, Donald Justice, politics