Stephen Ratcliffe’s “sound of wave in channel” is the fifth in a series of 1,000 poems written in 1,000 consecutive days (1.1.13 – 6.26.16). He and TNS host Steve Heilig discuss this newest epic and his career in poetry, with readings from his work.

Stephen Ratcliffe is the author of more than 20 books of poetry, including most recently Painting (Chax Press 2014) and Selected Days (Counterpath 2012) which won The Poetry Center Book Award. He has also written three books of literary criticism. He taught at Mills College for many years and has lived in Bolinas since 1973.