Duncan McNaughton and Bill Berkson: February 26, 2015

The Poetry Center presents Duncan McNaughton, reading from Tiny Windows (Auguste Press, 2014), among other work, and Bill Berkson, reading from earlier poems and then from Expect Delays (Coffee House Press, 2014), followed by the two poets conversing and responding to questions from the audience.

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APA
Location
The Poetry Center, SFSU
Date
02/26/2015
Total Run Time
01:10:37
Contributor
Elise Ficarra, Maxwell Shanley
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DUNCAN MCNAUGHTON (00:25:51)

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Elise Ficarra introduces Duncan McNaughton and Bill Berkson. Duncan McNaughton reads and comments on his poems "Teutonic Nights in Lithuania," "The Kiss," "The Misfits," "La Manuela," "Newton Falls," "The Name of the Horse is Silence," "A Dying Plum," "Fallen, In the War," and "It is Written."

BILL BERKSON (00:27:01)

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Bill Berkson reads "In the Urinal," "Melting Milk," "In a Hand Not My Own," "Moonlight," "Sunlight," "Algebra," "Red Devil," "Signature Song," "A Lady At Her Writing Table," "Compass Points," "The One God," "For Jim & Nina," and "Birthday Greetings."

Conversation (00:11:38)

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Bill Berkson and Duncan McNaughton respond to questions from the audience, regarding why they each moved from the East Coast to Bolinas, California, in the early 1970s; McNaughton's sense that his work begins with listening and a lifelong concern with "writing words on paper"; Berkson's sense of some of his poetry being "fact-driven" and his love of facts; and what relevance place has to a poet's work and life.

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