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Graham’s haunting, questioning poems of the inner life share a severity and quickness of perception with Emily Dickinson’s work. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Graham received praise from James Tate for taking on “nothing less than the whole body of our history, reshaping myth in ways that risk new knowledge.” Her poetry collections include ''Never'', ''Swarm'', and ''The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974–1994'', which won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. | Graham’s haunting, questioning poems of the inner life share a severity and quickness of perception with Emily Dickinson’s work. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Graham received praise from James Tate for taking on “nothing less than the whole body of our history, reshaping myth in ways that risk new knowledge.” Her poetry collections include ''Never'', ''Swarm'', and ''The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974–1994'', which won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. | ||
Listen to Jorie Graham talk about what to listen for in Emily Dickinson’s poetry. | |||
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Listen to her read Emily Dickinson’s “I know that he exists” at her Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute Reading on December 13, 1994. | |||
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[http://207.121.126.153/documents/jorie_graham_secrecy.mp3 Click here] to listen to Jorie Graham read her poem “Studies in Secrecy” at her O.B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize Reading on October 29, 1996. | [http://207.121.126.153/documents/jorie_graham_secrecy.mp3 Click here] to listen to Jorie Graham read her poem “Studies in Secrecy” at her O.B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize Reading on October 29, 1996. | ||
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Jorie Graham has read for the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series on numerous occasions: November 19, 1985, November 19, 1990, December 13, 1994 for the Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute, October 29, 1996, and January 24, 2006.
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Graham’s haunting, questioning poems of the inner life share a severity and quickness of perception with Emily Dickinson’s work. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Graham received praise from James Tate for taking on “nothing less than the whole body of our history, reshaping myth in ways that risk new knowledge.” Her poetry collections include Never, Swarm, and The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974–1994, which won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Listen to Jorie Graham talk about what to listen for in Emily Dickinson’s poetry.
Listen to her read Emily Dickinson’s “I know that he exists” at her Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute Reading on December 13, 1994.
Click here to listen to Jorie Graham read her poem “Studies in Secrecy” at her O.B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize Reading on October 29, 1996.
Visit her Poetry Foundation page for more information.