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Stories--when told well--entertain us, enthrall us, captivate us. At times, however, they provide far more—commenting on the world, defining our society, revealing our origins or our future. Sometimes, stories are deeply personal—shaping who we are or who we aim to be. In the Lit Matters podcast, English professor and lover of stories, Chris Evans, discusses the question of “what stories should we all be reading?” with fellow teachers, librarians, writers, musicians, professionals, students, and more. Join him in this quest to create an empowering and inclusive bookshelf for all.
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Sunday Jun 27, 2021
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
“To feel/Greatly, and understand greatly, and express greatly, the natural/Beauty, is the sole business of Poetry”—Robinson Jeffers’ “The Beauty of Things”
For Episode 9 of the Lit Matters Podcast, Chris is joined by California State University of Long Beach Professor, George Hart to discuss one of California’s most important…and forgotten poets, Robinson Jeffers. Stone-mason, naturalists, scandalous recluse, and foreboding prophet of “Inhumanism,” Jeffers composed so many beautiful poems while overlooking the majestic power of the Pacific Ocean and building a three story tower of granite by hand.
Suggested Works by and About Robinson Jeffers:
- The Wild God of the World: An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers, edited by Albert Gelpi
- Jeffers’ 1948 New York Timesarticle, “Poetry, Gongorism, and a Thousand Years” at https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1948/01/18/96585266.html?pageNumber=170
- Robinson Jeffers’ Cawdor and Medea: A Long Poem after Medea
- Robinson Jeffers: Selected Poems
- Professor George Hart’s Inventing the Language to Tell It: Robinson Jeffers and the Biology of Consciousness
Information on visiting Robinson Jeffers’ Carmel, California home, Tor House can be found at https://www.torhouse.org/