tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post1394488756899562928..comments2024-03-01T00:18:27.643-08:00Comments on THE ALCHEMIST'S KITCHEN: The Writer's Night Out: Seattle Arts and Lectures Present(ed) Mark DotySusan Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11883699379179129887noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-27077026322574461942010-02-28T13:44:05.597-08:002010-02-28T13:44:05.597-08:00Hi Geoff,
"Mercy on Broadway" is my favo...Hi Geoff,<br />"Mercy on Broadway" is my favorite long poem -- I think the cinematic quality of it keeps me fully present. And I confess, I am not always a fan of the long poem.<br /><br />Nancy, Thank you so much for the link to "Charlie Howard's Descent" wonderful to watch and hear Doty read it. Thank you both!Susan Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883699379179129887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-69405516624053273742010-02-28T11:03:58.069-08:002010-02-28T11:03:58.069-08:00[Mark Doty is] "an astronaut of the lyric lin...[Mark Doty is] "an astronaut of the lyric line" -- transporting metaphor! <br /><br />Unfortunately, I didn’t attend the SAL reading but did just re-read “Pescadero” and for the first time your favorite, “Mercy on Broadway,” with “in the sheer seamless scrim of sound this town is…” – the best long poem I’ve stayed with for a while. Thank you. My favorite of his is ""A Display of Mackerel" -- http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=176663Geoff M. Popehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152413400104853539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-88467969774233478882010-02-28T09:03:58.980-08:002010-02-28T09:03:58.980-08:00Thanks, Nancy!Thanks, Nancy!Susan Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883699379179129887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-59224565579457706072010-02-28T06:20:10.731-08:002010-02-28T06:20:10.731-08:00here's a link to charlie howard's descent ...here's a link to charlie howard's descent text http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/strawberry/descent.html<br />link to doty reading it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv43royThOw<br />i don't know the book it first appeared in. it's in doty's collected works.Nancy Devinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895934793253274506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-40119515820223054552010-02-27T12:40:44.193-08:002010-02-27T12:40:44.193-08:00Kelli, he was superb. I hope something else brings...Kelli, he was superb. I hope something else brings him to Seattle again soon. He also taught at Centrum last year. Why wasn't I there? Oh yes, I was in a wildfire in Spain instead!<br />Nancy, I don't know that poem - do you know which book it's in?Susan Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883699379179129887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-18458886009977376892010-02-27T12:03:42.764-08:002010-02-27T12:03:42.764-08:00Wow, sorry to miss that! A workshop with him woul...Wow, sorry to miss that! A workshop with him would be incredible! I didn't realize Hugo House was offering anything.Kelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798460634708905783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-49856011499650483842010-02-27T11:24:05.716-08:002010-02-27T11:24:05.716-08:00Mark Doty is stellar. My favorite work of his is t...Mark Doty is stellar. My favorite work of his is the poem "Charlie Howard's Descent."Nancy Devinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895934793253274506noreply@blogger.com