David Hicks talks Plutarch

10/21/19 • 48 min

Join Heidi White (managing editor of FORMA) as she chats with David Hicks, author of Norms and Nobility, about the value of Plutarch and his new translation of two of Plutarch's Lives, The Lawgivers. They discuss Plutarch's legacy, his motivations, the process of translating him, why he can be difficult to read, and much more.

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Poet Maurice Manning on Abraham Lincoln, Voice in Poetry, and the Process of Imagination

Maurice Manning is an award-winning poet from Kentucky whose new collection, Railsplitter, is written from the perspective of the posthumous Abraham Lincoln, recently assassinated and looking back at his life and death. It's out next week and it's wonderful. Manning joined David Kern recently for a conversation in his writing shed about his interest in Lincoln, writing poetry from a particular voice, and the process of imagination.

If you enjoyed this conversation be sure to check out part two of our their conversation, which appeared in the summer issue of FORMA.

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Poet Sally Thomas

Join Heidi White (Managing Editor of FORMA) as chats with poet, Sally Thomas, about how she became a poet, the various poets she loves and imitates, and the story of the poems that were published in the autumn issue of FORMA (mailing next week).

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