The Arts Taking a page from poetry to understand the music April 18, 2022 Music theorist Matt BaileyShea explores the interrelationship between poetry, lyrics, and music in a new book.
The Arts Walt Whitman ‘more important now than ever’ March 22, 2022 On the anniversary of the Walt Whitman’s death, Ed Folsom ’76 (PhD) looked back on the legacy of the poet’s work, examples of which are available in the University’s libraries.
The Arts Hyam Plutzik’s poetry finds new voice in Spanish/English edition May 5, 2021 The work of a fondly remembered faculty member is revived in an edition that foregrounds issues of immigration and exile.
The Arts Poet James Longenbach explores the ever-current ‘now’ of lyric poetry February 10, 2021 Writers and musicians from Marianne Moore to Patti Smith are the subject of Longenbach’s new book The Lyric Now.
The Arts Remembering John Ashbery September 13, 2017 John Ashbery was memorialized as one of America's premiere poets upon his passing earlier this month. English professor James Longenbach reflects on a long friendship with Ashbery and his impact on poetry and literature.
The Arts ‘Paying of respect to our inner life’ April 25, 2017 Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Galway Kinnell ’49 (MA) was often compared to Walt Whitman for his lyricism. When he died in 2014, Rochester Review remembered him with a selection of his thoughts on the practice of poetry.
The Arts Literary lights April 20, 2017 For more than 50 years, the Plutzik Reading Series has brought Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize-winning writers, and National Book Award winners to River Campus.
The Arts Reading poetry, with intensity and pleasure April 18, 2017 Professor James Longenbach's next books—Earthling and Lyric Knowledge—will soon be released. This National Poetry Month, Longenbach reminds us, “the best poems ever written constitute our future.”
The Arts Anthony Hecht: A poet’s life, in letters April 6, 2017 Pultizer Prize–winning poet Anthony Hecht was on the Rochester faculty for nearly two decades, arriving in 1967. Alumnus Jonathan Post ’76 (PhD) published Hecht's correspondence in a book that sheds new light on his poetry.
The Arts Poetry in the age of the tweet April 4, 2017 Can poetry thrive in an age of instant communication? As April's National Poetry Month begins, University's poetry faculty and students have found that the answer is an emphatic "yes." The pace of digital life has only quickened over the last ten years since Twitter was founded, but the slower process of reading and crafting poetry continues, robustly, at Rochester.