Adrian Matejka Reads C.D. Wright

About this episode

Adrian Matejka joins Kevin Young to read poems by C.D. Wright and himself.

Adrian Matejka joins Kevin Young to read “ Against the Encroaching Grays ,” by C. D. Wright, and his own poem “ Almost Home .” Matejka is the author of several poetry collections and the graphic novel “ Last on His Feet .” He has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, served as the poet laureate of the state of Indiana from 2018 to 2019, and is editor-in-chief of Poetry magazine. His new collection, “ Be Easy: New & Selected Poems ,” will be published in March. He lives in Chicago. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Young

Guest: Adrian Matejka

Topics covered

• poetry
• reading
• literature
• C.D. Wright
• Adrian Matejka
• poetry collections

Keywords

• Adrian Matejka
• C.D. Wright
• poetry
• reading
• literature
• Be Easy
• Almost Home

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Poetry magazine

Books & works: Against the Encroaching Grays, Almost Home, Be Easy: New & Selected Poems

Places: Indiana, Chicago

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