Welcome to the fourth episode of Season Four of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast.

This season, we're listening to the lectures of Cedar Sigo. Cedar Sigo’s lectures plumb the particulars of influence, history, tone, and form to beget a singular ‘autobiography of voice.’ Across these talks, Sigo explores his childhood on the Suquamish Reservation, his coming to poetry and the ‘dream of composition.’ He pays homage to a glittering constellation of postmodernist and revolutionary teachers, artists, and peers, and builds enduring and pointed questions of agency, interdependence, lineage, and transformation. 

Today we’ll hear "A Necessary Darkness: Barbara Guest and the Open Chamber,” originally given April 24, 2019 at the University of San Francisco. 

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.

Cedar Sigo's book based on his BWLS lectures, _Guard The Mysteries_ (Wave Books, 2021) is forthcoming in June, and is available for preorder here.

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Welcome to the third episode of Season Four of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast.

This season, we're listening to the lectures of Cedar Sigo. Cedar Sigo’s lectures plumb the particulars of influence, history, tone, and form to beget a singular ‘autobiography of voice.’ Across these talks, Sigo explores his childhood on the Suquamish Reservation, his coming to poetry and the ‘dream of composition.’ He pays homage to a glittering constellation of postmodernist and revolutionary teachers, artists, and peers, and builds enduring and pointed questions of agency, interdependence, lineage, and transformation. Today's we'll hear "Not Free From the Memory of Others: A Lecture on Joanne Elizabeth Kyger." This talk was originally given at Poets House on November 8, 2017.

Click here to read "The Wind at Night," an essay by Sigo on the BWLS blog. 

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.

Cedar Sigo's book based on his BWLS lectures, _Guard The Mysteries_ (Wave Books, 2021) is forthcoming in June, and is available for preorder here.

Music: "I Recall" by Blue Dot Sessions

from the Free Music Archive

CC BY NC

Welcome to the second episode of Season Four of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast.

This season, we're listening to the lectures of Cedar Sigo. Cedar Sigo’s lectures plumb the particulars of influence, history, tone, and form to beget a singular ‘autobiography of voice.’ Across these talks, Sigo explores his childhood on the Suquamish Reservation, his coming to poetry and the ‘dream of composition.’ He pays homage to a glittering constellation of postmodernist and revolutionary teachers, artists, and peers, and builds enduring and pointed questions of agency, interdependence, lineage, and transformation. Today's talk is called "Becoming Visible," and was originally given as part of the APRIL Festival of independent literature, March 20, 2016, at the Hotel Sorrento in Seattle, Washington.

Click here to read Sigo's essay on the BWLS blog, "Like Someone in Love: Late Night Thoughts for David Meltzer." 

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.

Cedar Sigo's book based on his BWLS lectures, _Guard The Mysteries_ (Wave Books, 2021) is forthcoming in June, and is available for preorder here.

Music: "I Recall" by Blue Dot Sessions

from the Free Music Archive

CC BY NC

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

This season, we're listening to the lectures of Cedar Sigo, beginning with today's talk: "Reality Is No Obstacle: A Poetics of Participation." Cedar Sigo’s lectures plumb the particulars of influence, history, tone, and form to beget a singular ‘autobiography of voice.’ Across these talks, Sigo explores his childhood on the Suquamish Reservation, his coming to poetry and the ‘dream of composition.’ He pays homage to a glittering constellation of postmodernist and revolutionary teachers, artists, and peers, and builds enduring and pointed questions of agency, interdependence, lineage, and transformation. This talk was originally given at the Poetry Foundation, May 16, 2019.

Read a brief essay by Sigo, "Return to Graffiti Land," here on the BWLS blog.

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.

Cedar Sigo's book based on his BWLS lectures, _Guard The Mysteries_ (Wave Books, 2021) is forthcoming in June, and is available for preorder here.

Music: "I Recall" by Blue Dot Sessions

from the Free Music Archive

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Welcome to the sixth and final episode of Season Three of the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry podcast.

This season, we're listening to the lectures of Terrance Hayes. 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. This week, we’ll hear Hayes give a talk called, “DIY For Langston Hughes,” on Knight's poem, "For Langston Hughes," and the crafting of political poems. This talk was originally given August 12, 2015, at Breadloaf.

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. To view a few of Hayes's correlative drawings from the book, click here.

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.

Music: "I Recall" by Blue Dot Sessions

from the Free Music Archive

CC BY NC

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

This season, we're listening to the lectures of Terrance Hayes. 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. This week, we’ll hear Hayes give a talk called, “Poetics of Liquid,” a revision of ideas of ancestry and influence. This talk was originally given May 5, 2015, at Seattle Arts & Lectures.

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. To view a few of Hayes's correlative drawings from the book, click here.

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.

Music: "I Recall" by Blue Dot Sessions

from the Free Music Archive

CC BY NC

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

This season, we're listening to the lectures of Terrance Hayes. 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. This week, we’ll hear Hayes give a talk called, “Poems from Prison,” on the relationship between Knight and prison and becoming a poet. This talk was originally given April 2, 2015, at the Poetry Foundation.

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. To view a few of Hayes's correlative drawings from the book, click here.

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.

Music: "I Recall" by Blue Dot Sessions

from the Free Music Archive

CC BY NC

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

This season, we're listening to the lectures of Terrance Hayes. 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. This week, we’ll hear Hayes give a talk called, “Three Acts of Love,” on three of Knight’s love poems and the crafting of love poems. This talk was originally given March 13, 2015, at New York University.

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. To view a few of Hayes's correlative drawings from the book, click here.

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.

Music: "I Recall" by Blue Dot Sessions

from the Free Music Archive

CC BY NC

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

This season, we're listening to the lectures of Terrance Hayes. 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. This week, we’ll hear Hayes give a talk called, “Ideas of Influence,” on Knight’s influences and general acts of imitation. This talk was originally given January 22, 2015, at the Library of Congress.

To view a few of Hayes's correlative drawings, click here. 

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

CC BY NC

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

CC BY NC