ROBERT BLY: A Thousand Years of Joy (2015)

 

Bly was arguably the leading champion of poetry for the last half century. His boundless curiosity and belief that poetry matters in the life of the nation has often put him on the front lines of cultural and political debate. The bestselling author of Iron John, and winner of numerous awards for his own poetry, Bly also introduced the work of Rumi, Hafez, Neruda, Lorca, Mirabai and others to English speakers for the first time. Featuring John Densmore, Louise Erdrich, Martin Shaw, Gary Snyder, Gioia Timpanelli, Donald Hall, Jane Hirshfield, Mark Rylance, Tracy K. Smith, Martin Sheen, and others. Emmy-award winner. Broadcasted on PBS and a festival favorite. Produced and Directed by Haydn Reiss

Francis Webb Reads from his Collected Poems

 

A compilation of 10 poems read by legendary Australian poet Francis Webb (1925 - 73), recorded in the early 1970s by the National Library and University of Queensland Press and reproduced, with permission, in digital format for the first time with accompanying text. Poet and Webb scholar Dr Toby Davidson from Macquarie University provides a brief foreword and background notes at the end.