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Tonight a conversation with Rachel Hadas, the poet, professor, essayist and translator about her newest book: Poems for Camilla. February 28, 2019

“At a moment when ignorance, stupidity, and a dogged refusal to learn from the past are rampant, how salutary to read a very contemporary poet in dialogue with Virgil about such timeless and pertinent issues as war, continuity, guilt, grief, and consolation.”

-Marlilyn Hacker writing about Poems for Camilla

I first met Rachel about nine years ago during the days just after The Greek Poets was pub…

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A Conversation with Kiki Karoglou, Curator of Dangerous Beauty: Medusa in Classical Art at the Met Fifth Avenue until February 24, 2019

Kiki Karoglou joined the department in 2011. She previously taught at the University of Toronto and The College of New Jersey, and held graduate internships at the Getty Research Institute, the Princeton Art Museum, and the Athens Acropolis Museum. Kiki received her PhD in classical art and archaeology from Princeton University and has participated in numerous archaeological excavations in the…

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A Conversation with Gary Lachman, author of Lost Knowledge of the Imagination, PART 2…January 31, 2019

Pretty much everything you need to know is in my previous blog entry dated January 17, 2019.

But there are a few things you should know about this show.

First, we will be recapping with two clips from PART 1 some of the things you’ll want to know if you missed that program.

Second, you can hear that first program in its entirety if you go to our SoundCloud page. CLICK HERE.

And finally, at the…

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A Conversation with Gary Lachman, author of Lost Knowledge of the Imagination, PART 1...January 17, 2019

A Conversation with Gary Lachman, author of Lost Knowledge of the Imagination, PART 1…January 17, 2019

I think the two paragraphs that open Gary Lachman’s wikipedia entry pretty much hits the high points of his life:

Gary Joseph Lachman (born December 24, 1955, Bayonne, New Jersey, United States), also known as Gary Valentine, is an American writer and musician.

He came to prominence in the mid-1970s as the bass guitarist for the punk rock/new wave band Blondie. Since the 1990s, Lachman has…

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2018: A Look Back at the year's Graffiti. The year in review. January 3, 2019

2018: A Look Back at the year’s Graffiti. The year in review. January 3, 2019

For as long as I can remember I’ve done a year-end wrap-up show…and tonight’s the night.

2018 was not marked by quantity—I only did about a dozen shows and it seems that many of them were fundraisers—but, if I must say so myself the QUALITY was quite good.

How do I know? That’s simple. To prepare for this show I had to listen to every single one of them so I could decide which clips I wanted to…

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Tonight a conversation with poet, Jennifer Franklin, about her newest book: No Small Gift. December 6, 2018.

There is no evading Franklin’s forceful mastery of language. With her deft precision, sharp as a surgeon’s knife, she constructs gorgeous songs from the blinding heaps of tragedy, alchemically transforming brutality into music, both soothing and beautiful. This is her weapon, her force field, and her calling as she writes in ‘Another School:’ ‘If only I could calm their bodies that / cannot…

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Tonight a conversation with the artist, Viktor Koen, about the opening of Viktor Koen: Phenotypes at the Type Directors Club on November 15, 2018.

Join us for an opening-night reception and talk at this Type Directors Club exhibition of the work of Viktor Koen, an award-winning artist, designer, educator and TED speaker.

Exploring the cross-section between typography and illustration is fascinating, but often challenging to understand. Viktor Koen’s talk for this exhibition opening will examine if this duality should be approached as…

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A Conversation with the artists Lili Maya & James Rouvelle, about their upcoming event: CATALYST EUTERPE. Scheduled for November 17-27, 2018.

Catalyst Euterpe/Through the Waves is a project by artists Lili Maya and James Rouvelle (“maya+rouvelle”). Catalyst Euterpe was conceived as a series of events and objects based on the theme inscribed on the original Stele (shown below). This is our first installation of the project.

Catalyst Euterpe is a meditation on the paradox of the ephemeral and eternal – and how this paradox permeates…

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Tonight a conversation with Emily Wilson, translator of a beautiful new edition of Homer's The Odyssey. Feb. 1, 2018

Tonight a conversation with Emily Wilson, translator of a beautiful new edition of Homer’s The Odyssey. Feb. 1, 2018

I really enjoyed my conversation with Emily Wilson from earlier this year so I thought it was time to air it again.

Bill

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A Conversation with Steven Pressfield, author of The Artist's Journey, August 30, 2018

A Conversation with Steven Pressfield, author of The Artist’s Journey, August 30, 2018

When I looked over the list of Steve’s 17 published titles I was surprised to realize that this will be either the 6th or 7th time that we will be doing a program together. I was equally surprised to see that our last one—to talk about the publication of his book The Profession—was nearly 7 years ago.

This evening we’ll be talking about his newest book entitled: The Artist’s Journey: The Wake of…

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A Conversation with Daniel Klein, author of Every Time I Find The Meaning Of Life, They Change It, January 21, 2016

I’m sorry but I need to play another repeat. It’s a good one. Daniel Klein is always entertaining.

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A Conversation with Amanda Summer, author of 100 Places In Greece Every Woman Should Go. June 23, 2016.

Thanks for tuning in tonight. Sorry that it’s a repeat but I thought this a perfect choice since many of my listeners are probably packing up their suitcases in preparation of the annual pilgrimage back to Greece. For those of you who’ve never been there this will be a good introduction to one of the most wonderful places on this earth. Enjoy!

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Madeline Miller...again! A repeat of the conversation I had with her back in December 2012 about her then bestselling book: The Song of Achilles. May 24, 2018

Madeline Miller…again! A repeat of the conversation I had with her back in December 2012 about her then bestselling book: The Song of Achilles. May 24, 2018

Two weeks ago as I prepared for my conversation with Madeline Miller about her new book, Circe, I went back and listened to the program we recorded back on December 13, 2012.

I’d forgotten what a great show it was and how comfortable we were talking to one another. So upon realizing I’d be away for this week’s show because of the long holiday weekend, I decided to blow the dust off of this…

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A Conversation with Madeline Miller, Author of “Circe”. May 10, 2018

” A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess’s story, Circe manages to be both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right.” — Alexandra Alter, New York Times

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child–not powerful, like her father, nor viciously…

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Tonight, a conversation with the filmmaker, Konstantinos Kambouroglou and producer, Heather Greer about their documentary: How to Steal a Chair. March 26, 2018

One of the great things I like about doing the radio show is following the progress of a project or someone’s personal journey. With Konstantinos Kambouroglou I’ve been able to do both in the long and short term. Long term because I’ve known Konstantino for 20+ years and being friends for that long I’ve been fortunate to see him grow as a person…from a student, through marriage and becoming a…

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#Heather Greer #How to Steal a Chair #Konstantions Kambouroglou

Tonight, a conversation with Michele Poulos: Poet, Screenwriter and filmmaker. Her most recent film is A Late Style Of Fire: Larry Levis, American Poet. April 12, 2018

Black Laurel has at its center poems that reveal and explore issues related to my identity as a Greek-American writer, discovering the connections that link to the past and present of both Greece and America. Many of the poems work to achieve a layered understanding of a history that has both individual as well as a broader cultural meanings. In thinking about fire and my own collection, some of…

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Tonight a conversation with Panio Gianopoulos about his new book of stories entitled: How to Get into Our House and Where We Keep the Money. Oct. 26, 2017

Sorry for the repeat tonight but it’s a really good show. bill

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