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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/11/28/Roger_Housden_Ten_Poems_to_Change_Your_Life
Bestselling author and poet Roger Housden recites Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Sonnet to Orpheus Pt. 2, XII.”
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Roger Housden talks about “Ten Poems to Change Your Life Again and Again.” Housden examines the simple joys in life while exploring love, loss, and the importance of embracing change. Through his appreciation of poetry, Housden inspires each of us to cherish life, treasure the world, and admire the clear beauty of words. He highlights the magic of poetry, and encourages readers to embrace a poem’s words and feel their meaning. In doing so, Housden shows how poetry enables each of us to see the beauty of life and better understand not only the world around us, but also the world within us. Housden’s choice of poems and his radiant essays provide an elegant and accessible passage into the sometimes daunting world of our truest emotions. Provocative and thought-provoking, Ten Poems to Change Your Life Again and Again is a book you will turn to again and again. – Book Passage
Roger Housden gives public recitals of ecstatic poetry from the world’s great literary and spiritual traditions. He lives in Northern California with his wife, Maria. He is the author of nine books and is a lifelong student of the beauty of the word, including poetry. His previous books include Sacred America: The Emerging Spirit of the People and Travels Through Sacred India.
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If you are publishing a poetry book, this tutorial from Xlibris will show you how to check for problems common to poetry manuscripts. You’ll also learn about some layout and design options for poetry publishing.
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Jane Hirshfield, author of six collections of poetry appears at the National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: Jane Hirshfield is the author of six collections of poetry, including “After” (which was chosen as one of the best books of 2006 by The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle and the London Financial Times). Hirshfield’s other honors include the poetry Center Book Award and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Academy of American Poets. Her work has appeared in The Nation, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and “The (London) Times Literary Supplement.” She has been featured many times on Garrison Keillor’s “Writers Almanac” radio program. In 2004 Jane Hirshfield was awarded the 70th Academy Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement by the Academy of American Poets, an honor formerly held by such poets as Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams and Elizabeth Bishop.
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