Timothy Liu and Bruce Beasley Reading
Timothy Liu and Bruce Beasley read selections from their various poetry collections. During a short question and answer session, Liu and Beasley discuss the allusions to visual art that frequently appear in their poems. Liu points out that he also writes as an art critic, and faces the challenge of describing an art show that many individuals will never be able to see in person. Beasley states that his interest in the visual arts stems from his fascination with how Biblical narratives were translated into imagery by the Italian Renaissance painters.
In: "Live from Prairie Lights" Audio Archive | Poetry
Authors: Timothy Liu , Bruce Beasley
Date Recorded: October 04, 2004
Works Read: "Ars Poetica", "Duck Hunting", "Woman With Dog, 1917", "To Autumn", "With Cherubim and a Flaming Sword", "Getting There", "Bisexuality", "F-Stop", "The Marriage", "Of Thee I Sing"; from Of Thee I Sing: Poems by Timothy Liu "Support Group", "Bon Vivant", "Retrospective" by Timothy Liu "The Assignation" from Of Thee I Sing: Poems by Timothy Liu "Why Not", "A Rose At His Door" by Timothy Liu "Till Death Do Us Part" from Hard Evidence by Timothy Liu "For Dust Thou Art" from For Dust Thou Art by Timothy Liu "Hunger Triptych", "This Living Hand"; from Lord Brain by Bruce Beasley "Spiritual Alphabet in Midsummer" from Signs & Abominations by Bruce Beasley "Lord Brain" from Lord Brain by Bruce Beasley
Program: Live From Prairie Lights
Format: reading
Contributors: Introduction by host Julie Englander.
Topics: poetry, visual art, religion