97 Dad Poetry (with Professor Bill)

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

Arts, History, Books

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s Father’s Day weekend here in the U.S., and that means thinking about golf, grilling, and…poetry? On the History of Literature Podcast it does! Professor Bill Hogan of Providence College stops by the show to discuss some classic poems about fathers and fatherhood, “Digging” by Seamus Heaney and “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden. Jacke asks the good professor whether his devotion to poetry has affected his relationship with his father or his kids, and the two discuss the two poems that Jacke’s dad loves: “The Passing of the Backhouse” by James Whitcomb Riley and “Little Willie Took a Chance” by Unknown. Jacke also delivers some thoughts about his father’s Eagle Scout rituals, and how a surprising revelation brought his father his son closer together (at Jacke’s expense). It’s a special edition devoted to Dad Poetry on the History of Literature! Show Notes: Contact the host at jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com or by leaving a voicemail at 1-361-4WILSON (1-361-494-5766). You can find more literary discussion at jackewilson.com and more episodes of the series at historyofliterature.com. Check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/historyofliterature. You can follow Jacke Wilson at his Twitter account @WriterJacke. You can also follow Mike and the Literature Supporters Club (and receive daily book recommendations) by looking for @literatureSC. Music Credits: “Handel – Entrance to the Queen of Sheba” by Advent Chamber Orchestra (From the Free Music Archive / CC by SA). “Bummin in Tremolo” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.6	Hello, I'm Jack Wilson. Welcome to the History of Literature. Okay, here we go. A great episode today. Dead! Poetry. Remember our episode on Bad Poetry? Well, this is Dad Poetry. It does have one flaw, only one. I assure you, or least one at least one flaw I assure you
1:16.7	how's that for an assurance anyway we have some audio issues unfortunately. We have a guest caller, our old friend, Professor Bill, and the audio is not the best. I think we need to get Professor Bill a new mic. Anyway, the quality comes and goes,
1:34.1	so please bear with it.
1:35.8	There are a few rough patches, but they get better.
1:38.3	We did our best to fix it up.
1:41.3	All for you, dear listener. So it's Father's Day here on Sunday and it made me reflect on
1:47.8	fathers and fathering and I invited our poetry expert, Professor Bill, to join us for a discussion of how these themes are reflected in poetry.
1:57.0	He chose a couple of stunning poems for us to talk about
2:00.0	Seamus Heaney, one of my favorite poets, and on the Mount Rushmore, my personal route,
2:06.7	route much more. On my personal Mount Rushmore for translators, his Bayou Wolf is a thing of beauty.
2:14.0	Seamus Heaney's poem, Digging is a wonderful little poem about inheriting something from your
2:19.2	father and your grandfather and trying to steal oneself to live up to that inheritance.
2:26.6	And Robert Hayden in another beautiful poem.
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