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Kinnell, who is a professor of creative writing at New York University, read from his new book Imperfect Thirst as well as from older works spanning his career. When asked why he chose a poem about one of his children to begin, he said that the type of day which showed winter was about to begin reminded...
...second poem, Kinnell did not have the work in front of him. He asked the audience if anyone had the book in which the work was published. Several people did, and he borrowed the book from one of them...
...music on Keineg's debut album, O Seasons O Castles, is folksy and hypnotic, the lyrics both heartfelt and cerebral. The title is from an Arthur Rimbaud poem that reads, "O Seasons, O Castles/ What soul is without sin!" Several songs on the CD explore sin, including Franklin, which is about a woman breaking away from an abusive partner. "I'm going to find me a good man who don't drink/ who don't shout/ who don't throw my prized possessions about," sings Keineg, who has a throaty alto with just a touch of mysterious smokiness...
...Iesu Mawr, in Gaelic; O'Connor quotes William Butler Yeats on the liner notes of her CD, and O'Riordan pays him tribute in the song Yeats' Grave. This awareness of a particular past helps distinguish their songs from the typical rootless algae of pop music. In his poem A Coat, Yeats wrote, "I made my song a coat/ Covered with embroideries/ Out of old mythologies/ From heel to throat." As modern women conscious of an Irish heritage, O'Riordan, O'Connor and Keineg are creating pop music that's stirring and new and also beautifully traditional. They wear their...
...after he read his poem "Parkinson's Disease," the audience fell silent...