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Robert Bly: Finding Your Poetic Voice

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Date Issued:
1999
Summary:
Robert Bly is a poet, essayist, and activist, as well as winner of the 1968 National Book Award for Poetry. In this interview he discusses his collections Morning Poems and The Sibling Society, and reads original poems such as “Bad People” and “Early morning in your room” and talks about the inspirations for their content. Bly also elaborates on how he must feel “safe” when he writes a poem. Episode #: 31
Title: Robert Bly: Finding Your Poetic Voice.
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Alternative Title: Robert Bly.
Name(s): Robert Bly, Interviewee
William Slaughter, Interviewer
Kathleen Clower, Producer
Mark Basse, Director
FSCJ, college
Type of Resource: moving image
Genre: Interview
Issuance: single unit
Date Created: 1999
Date Issued: 1999
Publisher: Florida Community College at Jacksonville
Place of Publication: Jacksonville, FL
Physical Form: moving image
Extent: 28 minutes
Language(s): English
Summary: Robert Bly is a poet, essayist, and activist, as well as winner of the 1968 National Book Award for Poetry. In this interview he discusses his collections Morning Poems and The Sibling Society, and reads original poems such as “Bad People” and “Early morning in your room” and talks about the inspirations for their content. Bly also elaborates on how he must feel “safe” when he writes a poem. Episode #: 31
Identifier: RobertBly (IID), fscj:13562 (fedora)
Note(s): Robert Bly is a poet, essayist, and activist, as well as winner of the 1968 National Book Award for Poetry. In this interview he discusses his collections Morning Poems and The Sibling Society, and reads original poems such as “Bad People” and “Early morning in your room” and talks about the inspirations for their content. Bly also elaborates on how he must feel “safe” when he writes a poem. Episode #: 31
Subject(s): Poetry
Author readings
Literary analysis
Links: http://guides.fscj.edu/writers/RobertBly
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fscj/fd/RobertBly
Use and Reproduction: free to use
Host Institution: FSCJ

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