Programs - Passwords

Passwords is an ongoing series which features poets reading and discussing the work of other poets. These events emphasize the dialogue between poets and readers and illuminate the links between our poetic past and present. J.D. McClatchy on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Thursday, October 19, 7:00 pm $7, Members Free Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was revered during his lifetime as America's beloved national bard, and for generations afterwards he was a staple of the hearthside and the schoolroom. But for decades now his fame has receded. J.D. McClatchy reads and discusses Longfellow's work, muses on the tides of taste, and presents a fresh view of this long-neglected and underestimated poet.
	J.D. McClatchy is the author of two collections of literary essays, four opera libretti, and four books of poems, including The Rest of the Way and Ten Commandments.He has also edited Longfellow's Poems and Other Writings,recently published by The Library of America. Since 1991, he has served as the editor of the Yale Review.
Wayne Koestenbaum on James Schuyler, in Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of his Death Thursday, February 8, 7pm $7, Members Free The work of James Schuyler (1923-1991) is ever in danger of slipping from notice because of its frankly casual and whimsical nature. Yet his long poems are arguably among the greatest of the second half of the 20th century. Wayne Koestenbaum commemorates the tenth anniversary of Schuyler's death by reminding a New York audience of the indispensability and secret monumentality of the work of this legendary member of the New York School of Poets.
	Wayne Koestenbaum is the author of three books of poetry, including Rhapsodies of a Repeat Offenderand The Milk of Inquiry, and four books of critical prose, including The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality and the Mystery of Desire; Jackie Under My Skin: Interpreting an Icon;and, most recently, Cleavage: Essays on Sex, Stars, and Aesthetics.The recipient of a Whiting Writer's Award, he has also written the libretto for an opera, Jackie O,and is currently at work on a biography of Andy Warhol for the Penguin Lives series. Previously an Associate Professor at Yale University, he is currently Professor of English at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

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