Welcome to the first episode of Season Three of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast. 

This season, we're listening to the lectures of Terrance Hayes, beginning with today's talk: “Turning Into Dwelling: The Space Between the Poet and the Poem.” Hayes's lectures circle the work and life of Etheridge Knight, a poet who has been a muse and mystery (and ghost mentor) for Hayes throughout his career. In each of the six lectures we’ll hear this season, Hayes uses Knight to anchor his broad explorations of poems and poetics. “Turning Into Dwelling” is on Knight’s mentee, Christopher Gilbert, and the importance of community. 

Visit us at our website, www.bagleywrightlectures.org, for more information about Bagley Wright lecturers, as well as links to supplementary materials on each lecturer’s archive page, including selected writings. 

Terrance Hayes's book based on his BWLS lectures, _To Float In The Space Between: A Life and Work in Conversation with The Life and Work of Etheridge Knight_ (Wave Books, 2018) is here.

Music: "I Recall" by Blue Dot Sessions

from the Free Music Archive

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