Virginia Quarterly Review http://www.vqronline.org/blog A Podcast of Literature & Discussion Thu, 15 May 2008 20:04:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en A Podcast of Literature & Discussion Ted Genoways literature, poetry, author, interview, writing, politics, travel, fiction, story, essay no Waldo Jaquith webmaster@vqronline.org Interview with Jon Schneider about Ezra Pound http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/05/12/schneider-pound-interview/ http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/05/12/schneider-pound-interview/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 14:59:30 +0000 Waldo Jaquith http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=274 On July 14, 1959, the Richmond News Leader ran an editorial by Ezra Pound entitled “Keynes Brainwashed Electorate with Economic Hogwash.” It was his first and last publication in the Virginia newspaper—despite a yearlong stint as its foreign correspondent in Europe. Jon Schneider unearthed the story of how Pound came to hold such an unlikely position, and in the current issue of VQR we publish Schneider’s narrative and Pound’s submissions to the paper. We also have a collection of Pound’s communications with VQR about the publication of “Canto 99″ at the same time, which includes some correspondence overlapping with the News Leader communications.

I sat down with Jon a few days ago to discuss how he came across these letters and manuscripts, and what they tell us about Pound’s life at the time.


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]]> http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/05/12/schneider-pound-interview/feed/ On July 14, 1959, the Richmond News Leader ran an editorial by Ezra Pound entitled “Keynes Brainwashed Electorate with Economic Hogwash.” It was his first and last publication in the Virginia newspaper—despite a yearlong stint as its foreign correspondent in Europe. Jon Schneider unearthed the story of how Pound came to hold such an unlikely position, and in the current issue of VQR we publish Schneider’s narrative and Pound’s submissions to the paper. We also have a collection of Pound’s communications with VQR about the publication of “Canto 99″ at the same time, which includes some correspondence overlapping with the News Leader communications. I sat down with Jon a few days ago to discuss how he came across these letters and manuscripts, and what they tell us about Pound’s life at the time. Download as MP3 A ten-minute conversation with a VQR contributor about his discovery of unpublished work by Pound. Waldo Jaquith 00:11:06 interview, history, poetry, writing, literature, Italy, newspaper no Wright, Simic Reading Audio http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/04/08/wright-simic-reading/ http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/04/08/wright-simic-reading/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:01:56 +0000 Waldo Jaquith http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=238 VQR held a reading for poets Charles Wright and Charles Simic as a part of the Virginia Festival of the Book weekend before last. The hour-long event was recorded by the festival, and is provided here for for your listening and dancing pleasure.

00:00-05:04: Introduction by Ted Genoways
05:20-34:11: Charles Wright
34:46-1:08:00: Charles Simic


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]]> http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/04/08/wright-simic-reading/feed/ VQR held a reading for poets Charles Wright and Charles Simic as a part of the Virginia Festival of the Book weekend before last. The hour-long event was recorded by the festival, and is provided here for for your listening and dancing pleasure. 00:00-05:04: Introduction by Ted Genoways 05:20-34:11: Charles Wright 34:46-1:08:00: Charles Simic Download as MP3 A recording of the Charleses' recent reading. Ted Genoways 1:10:00 poetry, reading, charlottesville, literature no VQR Poetry Series Reading Audio http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/04/08/poetry-series-reading/ http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/04/08/poetry-series-reading/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:00:49 +0000 Waldo Jaquith http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=236 Cecily Parks Reads while Ted Genoways and Patrick Phillips look on.A week ago, the four authors inaugurating the VQR Poetry Series were assembled for the first time, as a part of the annual Virginia Festival of the Book. The four authors read from their respective books, and we had the good sense to record the event.

00:00-03:05: Introduction by Ted Genoways
03:15-15:37: Jennifer Chang (The History of Anonymity)
15:50-29:42: Kevin McFadden (Hardscrabble)
29:58-39:29: Cecily Parks (Field Folly Snow)
39:36-51:02: Patrick Phillips (Boy)
51:25-57:54: Q&A


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]]> http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/04/08/poetry-series-reading/feed/ A week ago, the four authors inaugurating the VQR Poetry Series were assembled for the first time, as a part of the annual Virginia Festival of the Book. The four authors read from their respective books, and we had the good sense to record the event. 00:00-03:05: Introduction by Ted Genoways 03:15-15:37: Jennifer Chang (The History of Anonymity) 15:50-29:42: Kevin McFadden (Hardscrabble) 29:58-39:29: Cecily Parks (Field Folly Snow) 39:36-51:02: Patrick Phillips (Boy) 51:25-57:54: Q&A Download as MP3 A recording of four VQR contributors' recent reading. Ted Genoways 57:54 poetry, reading, charlottesville, literature no