Focus on Flowers

Born in Connecticut in 1935, poet, playwright, and visual artist, Russell Edson is the father of the prose poem in America.

Most species in the Verbascum genus have gray, woolly leaves born in a rosette at the base of the plant and erect bloom stalks covered in very small flowers. There are about 360 species, and the majority is biennials. The common name is mullein, and it likes full sun and well drained, but not rich, soil.

Cary Boyce conducts an interview with composer Steve Reich at the Indiana State University in Terre Haute. Program includes a Q&A session with the audience.

Harmonia devotes itself to the baroque music of Mexico, including works by Gaspar Fernandes and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, a brief look at the Jesús Sánchez Garza Collection of Spanish colonial manuscripts, and Lee Santana leads Ensamble Continuo in an unusual take on the guitar music of Santiago de Murcia.

Sarah Ruhlen reads "Because Man Cannot Help Love a Lode Stone," "The Mother of the Lunatics," "Building the Tower of Babel," and "I Hid Butterflies for Him."

Shana Ritter hosts this interview with San Francisco-based writer and performance artist Canyon Sam.

Harmonia begins an exploration the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s commissions inspired by the Brandenburg Concertos of J.S. Bach, a look at prominent countertenors from the 1990s, and Rolf Lislevand performs music of the Italian Renaissance on the featured recording “Diminuito.”

Colglazier reads "Oolitic," "Jewel," "The Congressman," "Myra," and more on this extended web edition of The Poets Weave.