712. Forrest Gander

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2021

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Forrest Gander is the author of the poetry collection Twice Alive, available now from New Directions. In 2019, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his collection Be With. Gander's other books include Core Samples from the World, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has collaborated frequently with other artists including photographers Sally Mann, Graciela Iturbide, Raymond Meeks, and Lucas Foglia, glass artist Michael Rogers, ceramic artists Rick Hirsch and Ashwini Bhat, artists Ann Hamilton, Tjibbe Hooghiemstra, dancers Eiko & Koma, and musicians Vic Chesnutt and Brady Earnhart, among others. Gander was born in the Mojave Desert and grew up in Virginia. In addition to writing poetry, he has translated works by Coral Bracho, Alfonso D'Aquino, Pura Lopez-Colome, Pablo Neruda, and Jaime Saenz. The recipient of grants from the Library of Congress, the Guggenheim, Howard, Whiting, and United States Artists Foundations, he taught for many years as the AK Seaver Professor of Literary Arts & Comparative Literature at Brown University. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc. Support the show on Patreon Merch www.otherppl.com @otherppl Instagram YouTube Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.8	Welcome to The Other People Show. My name's Brad Listy here in Los Angeles, California. It's nice to be talking to you. I have on the program today, Forrest Gander. He has a new poetry collection out on New Directions. It is called twice alive.
0:58.2	Forrest Gander won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for his collection, Bewith.
1:06.3	He was also a finalist for the Pulitzer and the National Book Critic Circle Award
1:10.8	for his collection entitled Core Samples from the World.
1:18.1	He's one of our most accomplished poets.
1:22.2	And through the years, he has collaborated with artists in a variety of different media, including Sally Mann, the photographer, Raymond Meeks, and the late Vic Chestnut.
1:38.5	So a wonderful time talking with Forrest Gander, meeting him, and getting to learn a little bit more about him,
1:48.7	his work, and his life. And I thought that we would begin today, as I often do with poets on
1:55.4	this show, by hearing from Forrest himself, hearing him read a selection from his new collection.
2:03.5	So here he is.
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