Matthew Zapruder and "The Story of a Poem"

Matthew Zapruder is, well, a presence in poetry. He’s a poet. He’s published sixcollections of poetry the most recent being I Love Hearing Your Dreams (2024). His poetry is known for exploring themes of grief, perception, and logic. He published the influential work Why Poetry? He’s written essays and articles and done translations. He’s received awards, honors, and fellowships. He co-founded a publishing house. And he teaches in the MFA and English Department at Saint Mary’s College of California in suburban Sab Francisco.  

And now he’s published a memoir, The Story of a Poem. It may be the most unusual memoir I’ve read. No, it’s not written as a long poem, or series of poem. It looks like a standard memoir.

 

It is not a standard memoir. 

To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.

Some Thursday Readings

 

“Euclid alone has looked on beauty bare,” poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.

 

Poet Laura: It’s Time to Pass the Feather – Donna Hilbert at Tweetspeak Poetry.

 

“How Doth the Little Crocodile,” poem by Lewis Carroll – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.