An openness to language: a conversation with Rodney Koeneke and Davy Knittle

In Episode 69 of PennSound podcasts, hosted poet in the Wexler Studio to discuss his book, Body and Glass (Wave Books, 2018). Their conversation touches on Koeneke's writing process and use of pronouns as a "distancing technique," the role of poetry — particularly experimental forms — in America today, and how joy might emerge from work about loss. In the podcast, the two also examine the traditions that poetry assembles for itself, drawing comparisons between modernists like and contemporary poets.

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An openness to language: a conversation with Rodney Koeneke and Davy Knittle is an episode from PennSound Podcasts.

This episode is 38:02 long.

This episode was published on Feb 19, 2020.

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