Poetry Show
-
Catherine Segurson and Killarney Clary, special guests
The KUSP Poetry Show (May 19, 2013) welcomed two special guests to the studio to join host Dennis Morton. One was Catherine Segurson, founding editor of Catamaran Literary Reader, an impressive new local literary magazine. Catamaran is working on its third issue (Volume 1, Issue 3), for summer 2013. Catherine gives some historical and editorial [...]
-
Steve Kowit, guest poet
The KUSP Poetry Show welcomed poet Steve Kowit as a special in-studio guest for the broadcast on May 12, 2013. Steve and host Dennis Morton read and discussed poems mostly found in Steve’s latest book, Crossing Borders, an art/poetry collaboration with the painter Lenny Silverberg. Previous books by Steve Kowit include: Lurid Confessions The First [...]
-
Frances Hatfield, guest poet
Local poet Frances Hatfield was the special guest on the KUSP Poetry Show broadcast for May 5, 2013. Frances joined host Dennis Morton to discuss and read from her first published book of collected poems, titled Rudiments of Flight, published by WingsPress. AlthoughRudiments of Flight is her first book, Frances has been a guest before [...]
-
Selected Readings and Billy Collins
The first half of the KUSP Poetry Show for April 28, 2013, is devoted to selected readings of recently-published poetry. Host Dennis Morton first reads several poems by Steve Kowit, from books including The First Noble Truth. Steve Kowit will soon be in town for a Poetry Santa Cruz reading at Bookshop Santa Cruz, on [...]
-
Adrienne Rich Memorial Reading – Part Two
This week on the KUSP Poetry Show features recorded selections from the second half of the Adrienne Rich memorial reading staged on December 2, 2012. Adrienne Rich was Santa Cruz’ best known poet, and the memorial reading at the Santa Cruz High School auditorium featured many of her fellow poets and friends. The event was [...]
-
Roberto Haven, Dylan Morgan and poetry of Miklós Radnóti
This week’s Poetry Show is a memorial to composer and musician Roberto Haven,who died recently. We hear a recording of a Poetry Show episode from about four years ago, when Roberto and fellow musician Dylan Morgan were guests on the show to preview their collaborative production, composed and performed to accompany readings from the poetry [...]
-
Dane Cervine, guest poet
Local marriage-and-family therapist (LMFT) and poet Dane Cervine was a special guest on the KUSP Poetry Show broadcast for April 7, 2013. Mr. Cervine reads from his latest book of collected poems and essays, titledHow Therapists Dance, and discusses his life, profession and poetry with host Dennis Morton. The new book is published by and [...]
-
Patrice Vecchione, guest poet
Local poet Patrice Vecchione was the guest of host Dennis Morton on the Poetry Show broadcast of March 31, 2013. Patrice discusses and reads from her newest book, The Knot Untied. Patrice has been a regular Poetry Show guest, most recently on June 13, 2010 (see a complete list of Poetry Show guest poets here). [...]
-
Adrienne Rich Memorial Reading – Part One
As we near the one-year anniversary of the passing ofAdrienne Rich, Santa Cruz’ best known poet, the Poetry Show features a recording of the memorial reading staged on December 2, in the Santa Cruz High School auditorium. Host Dennis Morton plays the first half of the program this week, with the second half to follow [...]
-
Poetry for Pledge Week
Guest host Sarah Cruse joins stalwart Dennis Morton for the semi-annual Pledge Week edition of the Poetry Show, on March 10, 2013. We encourage our online audience to make a pledge to support the Poetry Show by going to the main KUSP page and clicking on the big button shown above. Even though poetry is [...]
-
Susan Cohen, guest poet
Bay Area poet Susan Cohen joined host Dennis Morton to read from and discuss her new work on the Poetry Show broadcast for March 3, 2013. The new book is titled Throat Singing, and is published in 2012 by Cherry Grove Collections. As one reviewer said: “The music of Susan Cohen’s poems is close to [...]
-
“In Celebration of the Muse” preview
This week’s Poetry Show is a special event thrice over: first of all, it’s a preview of the annual “In Celebration of the Muse” reading, which will be at Cabrillo College on Saturday evening, March 2. Four of the women who will be participating in that event are this evening’s guests: Dena Taylor (one of [...]
-
Joanna Martin, guest poet
Local poet Joanna Martin joined host Dennis Morton on the KUSP Poetry Show for February 17, 2013. Joanna’s new poetry collection, her second, will be published next month by Hummingbird Press, a local “cooperative press” focusing on poetry. The new book is titled Where Stars Begin, and Poetry Show listeners were treated to the author’s [...]
-
Hummingbird Poets
Several members of the Willing Suspension Armchair Theatre, including founder and director Wilma Marcus Chandler, join host Dennis Morton to read poetry of local and regional poets, on the KUSP Poetry Show for February 10, 2013. The local actors group specializes in readings of literary works, and their current show features poetry from Santa Cruz-based [...]
-
Pelmeni Poetry from London
The Poetry Show goes international – again. A few months ago, the show featured a recording made in Wales by our correspondent Gwynne Harries. Last night, the show went international again – from London this time. Past Poetry Show guest Martina Evans brought together her fellow members of Pelmeni Poetry for a reading and discussion [...]
-
Robert Burns Birthday
The semi-annual celebration of the birth of Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796),Scotland’s “national bard”, returns to the Poetry Show on January 27, 2013. Susan Freeman and Lesley-Anne Taylor join Dennis Morton as hosts and readers for an hour of poetry and music from Burns. As Dennis notes early in the show, [...]
-
Jazz and Poetry
Poets have drawn inspiration from anything and everything in the world around them. In the 20th century, a new development – jazz music – emerged as a muse to modern poets. The Poetry Show for January 20, 2013 celebrates that connection with an hour of jazz and jazz-inspired poetry. Host Dennis Morton reads from three [...]
-
Selections from Weisburd, Mathis, Atwood, Eliot, Amachai
A wide range of selected readings comprise the Poetry Show for January 13, 2013. Host Dennis Morton begins with several selections from The Windup Gods (2007), the first published poetry collection by Stefi Weisburd. Next stop on the reading tour is a book called White Sea (2005) by Cleopatra Mathis. Following Mathis [...]
-
Readings: Broumas, Elytis, Gerber
Three poets and two readers were featured on the Poetry Show for January 6, 2013. The first half featured poet Olga Broumas, reading her own work and her translations of the Nobel Prize-winning Greek poet Odysseus Elytis, from a CD titled Olga Broumas: A Listener’s Guide (Copper Canyon Press, 2000). In [...]
-
Anika Narayanan, guest poet
The last Poetry Show of 2012 was a record-setting one. We welcomed the show’s youngest-ever guest poet, Anika Narayanan, to the broadcast for December 30, 2012. Fifteen-year-old (“and a half!”) Anika, grand-daughter of local arts angel David Kaun, joined host Dennis Morton to read and discuss some of her favorite poetry – including her own. [...]
-
The Maine Poets and Martina
The Poetry Show for December 23, 2012 features readings from a new anthology edited by poet Wesley McNair, titled The Maine Poets. Mr. McNair is a resident of Maine, author of nineteen books and current poet laureate of that state. The Poetry Show was privileged to have Wesley as [...]
-
Catamaran is launched
Poetry Show listeners to this week’s broadcast, on December 16, 2012, were introduced to Catamaran Literary Reader, which published its inaugural issue on October 17, 2012 (a good day for earth-shaking events in Santa Cruz). Host Dennis Morton welcomed guest Catherine Segurson, founding editor and president of Catamaran. Catherine gives some personal background, and the [...]
-
Brad Crenshaw, guest poet
Bi-coastal poet and neuro-psychologist Brad Crenshaw joins host Dennis Morton on the Poetry Show broadcast for December 9, 2012. Brad lives part of the year in Santa Cruz and part in Amherst, MA. A southern California native, Brad studied poetry at UC Irvine, where he met (among others) Gary Young, local [...]
-
Adrienne, again
Some remarkable circumstances combined to produce the Poetry Show for December 2, 2012. Chief among them was the fact that regular hosts Dennis Morton, Lesley-Anne Taylor and Susan Freeman, along with engineer Carey Casey, missed the show to attend a memorial reading for poet and local resident Adrienne Rich, who passed away in late [...]
-
Readings from Rattle
Rattle magazine issue #38 (winter 2012) is the featured source for the reading selections on the Poetry Show broadcast for November 25, 2012. Host Dennis Morton chooses poems that are finalists for Rattle’s Readers’ Choice Award. Along with the poems, Dennis reads the short autobiographical sketches submitted by the poets. Issue 38 has not yet [...]
-
AGNI and Ecstasy: Selected Readings
The Poetry Show for November 18, 2012 begins with readings from issue #76 (2012) of AGNI Magazine, published at Boston University. Host Dennis Morton selects an essay by visual artist Lesley Dill, two poems by Barbara Hamby, two by David Wojahn, and one by Polish poet Krzysztof Lisowski. [...]
-
Gwynne Harries and Gillian Clarke
The first half of the Poetry Show for November 11, 2012, features another in a series of recorded sent to us by Gwynne Harries, our contributing British poetry scholar. This time, Gwynne shares with us aconversation with Welsh poet Gillian Clarke. Born in Cardiff, Wales; Gillian Clarke is a poet, playwright, editor, translator (from Welsh) [...]
-
Selected Readings and Gwynne Harries
The KUSP Poetry Show has two hosts on November 4, 2012. In the first half, the familiar voice of Dennis Morton reads and expounds upon a selection of poems from “over the pond”, including four by the Irish poet Martina Evans, from her book Facing the Public. From another Irish poet (is it redundant to [...]
-
A Stan Rice retrospective, with guest Casey Sonnebend
Special guest Casey Sonnebend joins host Dennis Morton, on the Poetry Show for October 28, 2012, for a discussion of the life and work of poet and painter Stan Rice (1942-2002). As a friend since they first met at San Francisco State University,Casey offers a unique personal perspective on the poetry of Rice. Rice went [...]
-
Everson, Marcus and The Open Door – Selected Readings
Current and upcoming events and publications inspire the reading choices of host Dennis Morton on the Poetry Show for October 21, 2012. The first event is the centennial of the birth of William Everson, once a faculty member at UCSC and Santa Cruz resident. Dennis reads selected poems from Man Fate: the Swan Song of [...]
-
Philip Fried, guest poet
New York-based poet and editor Philip Fried is a guest on the KUSP Poetry Show for October 14, 2012. He and host Dennis Morton discuss and read several examples of Philip’s sharp, witty style from his latest book of poetry, titled Early/Late: New and Selected Poems. Philip Fried was, according to his recollection, last a [...]
-
Poems About Animals, plus Billy Collins
The Poetry Show for October 7, 2012, features host Dennis Morton reading a selection of poems about animals, including dogs, cats, pigs, coyotes, horses, cows, deer, skunks and bobcats. Poets chosen include David Wagner, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ruth Stone, Ted Kooser, Dan Gerber, James Wright, Hayden Carruth, William Stafford, Charles Harper Webb, Some of the [...]
-
Selected Readings for Pledge Week
Host Dennis Morton and guest reader Tom McKoy share readings of some favorite poetry on the Poetry Show for September 30, 2012. Dennis shares some words from recently-deceased Pulitzer Prize winner Louis Simpson. Other selections are drawn by Tom from the rich vein of local poets (most of whom have been past guests or subjects [...]
-
Eva Salzman, guest poet-editor
Eva Saltzman, poet and co-editor of the anthology Women’s Work, joins host Dennis Morton on the KUSP Poetry Show for September 9, 2012. She and Dennis continue the theme of last week’s Poetry Show, discussing Women’s Work. Eva also reads some of her own work, including two unpublished poems. Among other goals, the anthology aimed [...]
-
Women’s Work
The Poetry Show for September 2, 2012, is an exploration of the anthology Women’s Work: Modern Women Poets Writing in English, published by Seren Books in 2008. Host Dennis Morton is joined by guest poets/readers Tilly Shaw, Lisa Ortiz and Adela Najarro. This is a propitious time to talk about and read from Women’s [...]
-
Selected readings: August 26, 2012
In the first half of the Poetry Show for August 26, 2012, host Dennis Morton reads a variety of poems, including: Four from House of the Unexpected: Selected Poems of Julie Rogers (Wild Ocean Press, 2012), Two from issue #5 of The Reaper (1982), by Morton Marcus, Three from Women’s Work: Modern Women Poets Writing [...]
-
Selected Poems and Burma Shave
The Poetry Show for August 19, 2012 opens with host Dennis Morton reading from the July/August 2012 Poetry Magazine. Included are poems by Brian Swann, Robin Ekiss, Kay Ryan and Tony Hoagland, and an essay by Mary Ruefle titled “I remember, I remember”. And now for something completely different… a selection from the Burma Shave [...]
-
Catherine Barnett, guest poet
New York-based poet, editor and teacher Catherine Barnett is the special guest on the KUSP Poetry Show for August 12, 2012. She and host Dennis Morton read and discuss her recent work – especially her new collection, titled TheGame of Boxes. Ms. Barnett is visiting Santa Cruz to participate in a reading tomorrow evening at [...]
-
Erica Goss, guest poet
Poet, author and editorErica Gossshares and discusses her poetry with host Dennis Morton on the KUSP Poetry Show broadcast for August 5, 2012. Erica lives in the San Francisco Bay area and is a past editor of Caesura, the magazine published by Poetry Center San Jose. Finishing Line Press recently [...]
-
Dana Gioia, Guest Poet
Eminent American poetDana Gioia is the guest, via pre-recorded interview, of host Dennis Morton on the Poetry Show for July 29, 2012.Native CalifornianGioia returns to the Poetry Show after an absence of more than ten years. The wide-ranging interview, recorded at the KUSP studio on July 10, coincides with the publication [...]
-
Tribute to Jeff Tagami
The Poetry Show of July 22, 2012 pays tribute to poet Jeff Tagami, who passed away on June 23 at the age of 57. Host Dennis Morton is joined by Jeff’s wife Shirley Ancheta, along with fellow poets and friends Patrice Vecchione, Ken Weisner and Joe Stroud to celebrate the life and poetry of Jeff [...]
-
Selected Poems, Essays and Recordings
In the first half of this week’s Poetry Show, host Dennis Morton reads from two books. The first is Dana Gioia‘s latest poetry collection, Pity the Beautiful. The three selections read are The Present, The Road,and The Seven Deadly Sins. An extended interview with Gioia about his new book will be featured on a near-future [...]
-
David Sullivan, guest poet
David Sullivan, poet and Cabrillo College instructor, visits the Poetry Show on July 8, 2012 to discuss and read from his new book, Every Seed of the Pomegranate. The book is an anthology of poems by a variety of authors, including Sullivan, about the just-concluded Iraq War. The other poets include American war vets and [...]
-
Someone Else’s Child
This week’s Poetry Show features the work of some talented young local amateur poets, whose writing inspired the composers of a symphonic poem which will premiere at this year’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. Here’s a description from the Festival website: “…the world premiere of Emmy award-winning composer John Wineglass’ Someone Else’s Child narrated by [...]
-
Danusha Lamris, guest poet
Local poet Danusha Lamris joins host Dennis Morton on the Poetry Show broadcast of June 24, 2012, to read and discuss selected poems by herself and others. Danusha’s poetry has appeared in many publications, including Rattle, a magazine recently featured on the Poetry Show. The next edition of Rattle will feature a new Danusha Lamris [...]
-
Jack Gilbert, a Celebration
Guests and local poets Tilly Shaw and Len Anderson join host Dennis Morton on the Poetry Show broadcast of June 10, 2012, for a celebration of the life and poetry of Jack Gilbert. The show follows publication of a new volume titled Collected Poems (Knopf) and a May 12 book release celebration at Pegasus Books [...]
-
Porter Gulch Review 2012
Update June 12: We were alerted to an error in the text below. The Poetry Show guests were not “several staffers”, but ratherseveral poets published in the issue. Their names are Gloria Kim, Erich McIntosh, Fabiola Herrera Triana, and Angelika Frebert. Our apologies to the poets. Porter Gulch Review is an annual literary publication, sponsored [...]
-
Rattle Magazine and More
The summer 2012 issue of Rattle magazine (#37) has a special section devoted to poetry and short essays written by police officers. Host Dennis Morton reads from this special section of one of our favorite literary magazines in the first half of the June 3, 2012 Poetry Show. Here’s the Table of Contents for this [...]
Recommended Shows
No recommendations yet
PROGRAM INFORMATION
- Santa Cruz, CA
- Poetry
- English
-
203 8th Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95062831-476-2800 -
Visit the station website
Email the show
Update show info
