
Understanding Poetry: Richard Siken | Video Essay
10/23/23 • 12 min
Analyzing the lyrical alchemy of Richard Siken's mystifying and heartfelt poetry.
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Sources/References:
- https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/richard-siken
- https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/war-of-the-foxes-by-richard-siken/
- https://poets.org/book/war-foxes
- https://30northblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/27/review-of-war-of-the-foxes-by-richard-siken/
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363140793_On_the_Relationship_Between_Poetry_and_Painting_from_the_Perspective_of_Chinese_and_Western_Culture
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/868190?typeAccessWorkflow=login
- https://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/journal/past-issues/issue-9/doomchin/
- https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=urj
- https://poets.org/text/how-read-poem-0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6OA3QBRLM
- https://www.songtell.com/richard-siken/turpentine
- https://tinhouse.com/the-doubling-of-self-an-interview-with-richard-siken/
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Analyzing the lyrical alchemy of Richard Siken's mystifying and heartfelt poetry.
Links:
Website: https://solo.to/mindtheater
Patreon: https://patreon.com/mindtheater
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mindtheater
Music:
'Cylinder Two', Chris Zabriskie
'A Fond Farewell', David Celeste
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/
Rainday Textile
Sources/References:
- https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/richard-siken
- https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/war-of-the-foxes-by-richard-siken/
- https://poets.org/book/war-foxes
- https://30northblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/27/review-of-war-of-the-foxes-by-richard-siken/
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363140793_On_the_Relationship_Between_Poetry_and_Painting_from_the_Perspective_of_Chinese_and_Western_Culture
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/868190?typeAccessWorkflow=login
- https://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/journal/past-issues/issue-9/doomchin/
- https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=urj
- https://poets.org/text/how-read-poem-0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6OA3QBRLM
- https://www.songtell.com/richard-siken/turpentine
- https://tinhouse.com/the-doubling-of-self-an-interview-with-richard-siken/
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Sources/References:
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- https://smarthistory.org/royal-academy-france/
- https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/international-womens-day-elisabeth-louise-vigee-le-brun
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- https://www.slashfilm.com/1161765/creating-the-titular-paintings-for-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-was-a-massive-undertaking/
- http://unpolishedmagazine.com/helene-delmaire-painting-the-loss-of-the-ego/
- https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/%C3%89lisabeth-vig%C3%A9e-le-brun/m02q0w
- https://www.theartstory.org/artist/vigee-le-brun-elisabeth-louise/
- https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-scandalous-portraits-of-%C3%A9lisabeth-louise-vig%C3%A9e-le-brun/ZAICJhgvKCCoLw
- https://galaxymusicnotes.com/pages/story-behind-the-four-seasons-by-vivaldi
- https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-ending-explained
- https://www.filmcomment.com/article/interview-celine-sciamma-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire/
- https://cdimatteo.com/italian/sonnets-vivaldi-four-seasons/
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