New Books in Poetry

Elizabeth Bradfield's Books in Dark Times (JP)

Listen Later

For the RtB Books in Dark Times series back in 2021, John spoke with Elizabeth Bradfield, editor of Broadsided Press, poet, professor of creative writing at Brandeis, naturalist, photographer.

Her books include Interpretive Work, Approaching Ice, Once Removed, and Toward Antarctica. She lives on Cape Cod, travels north every summer to guide people into Arctic climes, birdwatches.

Liz is in and of and for our whole natural world. Did poetry sustaining her through the darkest hours of the pandemic? What about other sources of inspiration?

Mentioned in the episode:

  • Eavand Boland, “Quarantine” (from Against Love Poetry; read her NY Times obituary here)
    • Maeve Binchy, “Circle of Friends“
      • Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio
        • Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology
          • Louise Gluck Averno and Wild Iris
            • Brian Teare, Doomstead Days
              • Derek Walcott, “Omeros“
                • W. S. Merwin, “The Folding Cliffs”
                  • Natasha Trethewey, “Belloqc’s Ophelia“
                    • Yeats, “We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.”
                      • Nest, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds (Princeton Field Guides)
                        • Trixie Belden
                          • Shel Silverstein
                            • Lois Lowry, “The Giver“
                              • Liz equates poetry and Tetris
                                • Leanne Simpson, “This Accident of Being Lost“
                                  • Elizabeth Bradfield, “We all want to see a mammal“

                                    • Listen and Read Here:

                                    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

                                    Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/poetry

                                    ...more
                                    View all episodesView all episodes
                                    Download on the App Store
                                    New Books in PoetryBy New Books Network
                                    • 4.1
                                    • 4.1
                                    • 4.1
                                    • 4.1
                                    • 4.1

                                    4.1

                                    17 ratings

                                    More shows like New Books in Poetry

                                    View all
                                    The New Yorker: Fiction by The New Yorker

                                    The New Yorker: Fiction

                                    3,329 Listeners

                                    The Book Review by The New York Times

                                    The Book Review

                                    3,970 Listeners

                                    Poetry Off the Shelf by Poetry Foundation

                                    Poetry Off the Shelf

                                    440 Listeners

                                    The New Yorker: Poetry by The New Yorker

                                    The New Yorker: Poetry

                                    522 Listeners

                                    Audio Poem of the Day by Poetry Foundation

                                    Audio Poem of the Day

                                    356 Listeners

                                    Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry by David Naimon, Milkweed Editions

                                    Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry

                                    473 Listeners

                                    The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker by The New Yorker

                                    The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

                                    2,118 Listeners

                                    London Review Bookshop Podcast by London Review Bookshop

                                    London Review Bookshop Podcast

                                    135 Listeners

                                    The Poetry Society by The Poetry Society

                                    The Poetry Society

                                    12 Listeners

                                    Chapo Trap House by Chapo Trap House

                                    Chapo Trap House

                                    8,849 Listeners

                                    Emergence Magazine Podcast by Emergence Magazine

                                    Emergence Magazine Podcast

                                    510 Listeners

                                    The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily by American Public Media

                                    The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

                                    1,214 Listeners

                                    Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast by Aaron Smith and James Allen Hall

                                    Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast

                                    92 Listeners

                                    The Rest Is Politics by Goalhanger

                                    The Rest Is Politics

                                    3,336 Listeners

                                    The Rest Is Politics: Leading by Goalhanger

                                    The Rest Is Politics: Leading

                                    797 Listeners