Could 25, 2022
In a wide-ranging and erudite interview, poet and translator
Ryan Wilson joins the podcast to debate how the poet makes use of
the classical advantage of xenia or hospitality, what poets
can be taught from the work of translation, the “romantic flip” (interior
imaginative and prescient) and the “classical flip” (communication/craft) in poetry,
the good Latin poet Horace, and extra. Ryan performs, in his
dynamic model, basic poems by Horace and others, in addition to his
personal poems.
Ryan Wilson is an adjunct professor of English on the Catholic
College of America, editor of the journal Literary
Issues, and a visiting professor of poetry within the MFA program
on the College of St. Thomas in Houston. He’s the creator of
three books: The Stranger World, a group of
unique poems; Find out how to Assume Like a Poet;
and Proteus Sure: Chosen Translations, 2008-2020.
Forthcoming are his anthology of latest Catholic poetry from
Paraclete Press (spring 2023), and one other ebook of unique poems,
The Ghostlight.
Timestamps
0:00 – Proteus Sure
13:09 – Hospitality as elementary precept of neighborhood,
thought, and poetry
28:05 – The romantic flip and the classical flip
46:22 – Ryan Wilson, “Xenia”
53:39 – Proteus, Hermes, and Orpheus as figures of the poet
1:03:35 – Translation as coaching for the poet
1:17:47 – The Latin poetry of Horace
2:07:55 – Charles Baudelaire, “The Voice”
2:20:00 – How Ryan relates as a Catholic to classical
literature
2:27:10 – Ryan Wilson, “Philoctetes”
Hyperlinks
Proteus Sure: Chosen Translations, 2008-2020
https://www.cuapress.org/9781736656129/proteus-bound/
Find out how to Assume Like a Poet
https://www.wisebloodbooks.com/retailer/p97/How_to_Think_Like_a_Poetpercent2C_by_Ryan_Wilson.html
The Stranger World
http://www.measurepress.com/measure/index.php/catalog/books/stranger-world/
Literary Issues https://www.literarymatters.org/
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