In the first in a series of Sewanee Writers' Conversations, recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in July 2018, James sat down with poet Maurice Manning to talk about his latest collection, ONE MAN'S DARK, as well as a beautiful story about a gift from Claudia Emerson, challenging himself with each book, and how his poetry has changed. Plus, editor-in-chief of 32 POEMS, George David Clark.

Sewanee Writers' Conference: http://www.sewaneewriters.org/

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Maurice Manning

Maurice and James discuss:

Tony Earley

Tim O'Brien

Claudia Emerson

Pelican pens

Margot Livesey

Daniel Boone

Brooks Haxton

By Maurice Manning: ONE MAN'S DARK, THE GONE AND THE GOING AWAY, BUCOLICS, THE COMMON MAN, A COMPANION FOR OWLS, LAWRENCE BOOTH'S BOOK OF VISIONS

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George David Clark: http://www.georgedavidclark.com/

32 POEMS: http://32poems.com/

David and James discuss:

32 POEMS

Texas Tech

VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW

MERIDIAN

John Poch

ONE STORY

Hannah Tinti

Dan O'Brien

REDIVIDER

Mark Wagner

Aimee Bender

Lydia Davis

"How to Talk to the Hunter" by Pam Houston

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Music courtesy of Bea Troxel from her album, THE WAY THAT IT FEELS: https://www.beatroxel.com/

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