"The Cult of the Eye" on the radio

This poem, once the title poem for my first collection, starts off a little overimpassioned in my reading here on WGLT's programme, Poetry Radio, but that's part of the character--and mine, admittedly. It originally aired in my hometown of Normal, Illinois on 8 February.

On the radio with Horace

I did this recording oh so long ago, I only I remember it vaguely. It's not Ode 111, but Ode 11 from Book 1 of Horace's Odes. It's my translation from my days as an early PhD student (1998?) at UC Irvine. 

My reading of Karen Volkman's "Casanova in Love"

appeared on WGLT's Poetry Radio on Sunday; you can listen to it here.

"In Passing" by Matt Bryden

as read by yours truly on Poetry Radio; it aired a year and a half ago, but I only now came across it.

"The Separation" on Poetry Radio

You can listen to it here.

"The Colony of Us" on WGLT's Poetry Radio

My reading of "The Colony of Us" from The Tethers aired yesterday on WGLT's Poetry Radio and can be heard streaming here.

Reading Claire Crowther's "The Thike" on Poetry Radio

A recording WGLT made of my reading of Claire Crowther's poem, "The Thike," aired on their Poetry Radio programme on 29 April and can be heard here.

Reading Claire Crowther's "Petra Genetrix" on Poetry Radio

A recording I made last year of Claire Crowther's poem "Petra Genetrix" was aired on WGLT's Poetry Radio last Thursday and can be heard here.

Poetry Radio

Here is a podcast of my reading of Matt Bryden's poem, "In Passing," for WGLT's programme Poetry Radio. Matt Bryden's first book manuscript, Boxing the Compass, has been shortlisted for Salt Publishing's Crashaw Prize.

Matt Bryden's "Miso"

My reading of Matt Bryden's poem "Miso" has now aired on WGLT Poetry Radio and can be heard in this podcast.

"Over the Thames" on WGLT's Poetry Radio

Here is a podcast of the episode, which aired on 10 November.

Poetry Radio on WGLT

On this visit to the States (I've just a few days left), I completed a new recording for Poetry Radio, a program of NPR affiliate WGLT 89.1. I read eight or nine poems from The Tethers as well as two poems each by Claire Crowther and Matt Bryden. As I'm reading at Illinois Wesleyan University on Tuesday, WGLT decided to air today a recording of my reading one of my own poems, "Late Winter, Early Year," on at both 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. and also available to listen to as a podcast here, for at least a month. There are some fine poems to be heard; I recommend Cecil Giscombe in particular--I've admired his work for years.

I'd like to thank Bruce Bergethon, General Manager at WGLT and founder of Poetry Radio, for his steady support over the years--he's been recording me regularly since 1992, and that, and the presence that gave my poems in my hometown and surrounds, have meant so much to me.

"Outside of Town" on Poetry Radio, WGLT

On the 15th my old poem, "Outside of Town," aired on the Poetry Radio programme of WGLT at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. Clicking on the title of the poem will take you directly to the mp3 of my reading of the poem, on Poetry Radio to the details of the programme as a whole.