The Poet's View -- W. S. Merwin

Purchase the full DVD at: www.poets.org/dvd

The Poet's View offers unprecedented access into the life and work of some of America's finest poets. These films are warmly insightful portraits recorded in the personal setting of each poet's home and at various locations. The Poet's View offers an up-close invitation into the day-to-day life of the poet and an opportunity to hear poems read by the author.

The series was produced by the Academy of American Poets with generous assistance from the Wallace Stevens Fund. The director/producer was Mel Stuart, whose credits include the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and many critically acclaimed documentaries.

The full series is available on DVD, and includes portraits of John Ashberry, Louise Gluck, Anthony Hecht, Kay Ryan, and W. S. Merwin.

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[molloyx]

The advice applies quite perfectly to Beckett, who, incredibly, wrote his trilogy in French, a sustained attempt to escape Joyce's gigantic shadow and strip his prose down to its 'fundamental sounds'. Denis Johnson quotes Merwin unashamedly in a middling novel; just enough to send me out to buy all the local bookstore has in stock. Thanks for posting this.

[patralink]

Lovely man and his lovely poetry...

[Amrenxg]

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[PleiadesSeven]

Funny about oxygen being sucked out of the air in academia.

[OdoubleTO]

Beautiful poem

[adamwyeth]

These videos are great to see! Need more things like this on youtube. I am a poet and have also made some films on poets. One of them is on Irish poet Desmond O'Grady who was also a friend of Ezra Pound's and has similar things to say as Merwin says about discipline and translation.

Part of his film is on youtube and I also have a site on myspace with videos. keep uploading! Thanks. Adam Wyeth