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The poet and memoirist Carolyn Forché discusses elegies, the role of the unconscious in composition, and being willing to avoid plans.

The poet and memoirist Carolyn Forché discusses elegies, the role of the unconscious in composition, and being willing to avoid plans.

453: Carolyn Forché!

Carolyn Forché is a poet, translator, and activist whose work has been translated into over twenty languages. Her books of poetry are Blue Hour, The Angel of History, The Country Between Us, Gathering the Tribes, and In the Lateness of the World. Her memoir, What You Have Heard Is True, describes her time in El Salvador shortly before and during the civil war there, and was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Carolyn is also a Co-Chair with Gloria Steinem of Hedgebrook's Creative Advisory Council. In this conversation, we talk about her incredible story, on being a witness to such pain and suffering and the myth of closure. We talk about the art of writing and the emotional aspect of publication. She tells us the greatest cure for our own pain is to have a positive effect on the world, even in some small way, and I wholeheartedly agree. Getting to speak with Carolyn was such an honor, and I’m so grateful to be able to share this conversation with you.Where to find Carolyn:Twitter InstagramGoodreadsCarolyn's Latest BooksThis episode was audio produced by Aaron Moring. Theme music is by Ilan Isakov. 

Carolyn Forché is a poet, translator, and activist whose work has been translated into over twenty languages. Her books of poetry are Blue Hour, The Angel of History, The Country Between Us, Gathering the Tribes, and In the Lateness of the World. Her memoir, What You Have Heard Is True, describes her time in El Salvador shortly before and during the civil war there, and was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Carolyn is also a Co-Chair with Gloria Steinem of Hedgebrook's Creative Advisory Council. In this conversation, we talk about her incredible story, on being a witness to such pain and suffering and the myth of closure. We talk about the art of writing and the emotional aspect of publication. She tells us the greatest cure for our own pain is to have a positive effect on the world, even in some small way, and I wholeheartedly agree. Getting to speak with Carolyn was such an honor, and I’m so grateful to be able to share this conversation with you.Where to find Carolyn:<a href="https://twitter.com/carolynforche?s=20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/carolynforche/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/223615.Carolyn_Forch_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2195728/carolyn-forche" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carolyn's Latest Books</a>This episode was audio produced by Aaron Moring. Theme music is by Ilan Isakov.

Poet, teacher, and activist Carolyn Forché has witnessed, thought about, and put into poetry some of the most devastating events of 20th-century  world history. An articulate defender of her own aims as well as the  larger goals of poetry, Forché is perhaps best known for coining the  term “poetry of witness.” Her memoir about her time in El Salvador, What You Have Heard Is True, was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award in nonfiction.  Carolyn joins Marrie Stone to talk about In the Lateness of the World,  her fifth collection of poetry, and the first collection in nearly two  decades. She discusses the importance of poetry during times of  political and social strife, the role of the witness, as well as many  other important insights into poetry’s role and the process by which she  creates work.Download audio.   (Broadcast date: May 6, 2020)

Writers on Writing

Poet, teacher, and activist <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carolyn-forche" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carolyn Forché</a> has witnessed, thought about, and put into poetry some of the most devastating events of 20th-century world history. An articulate defender of her own aims as well as the larger goals of poetry, Forché is perhaps best known for coining the term “poetry of witness.” Her memoir about her time in El Salvador, <a href="https://www.lagunabeachbooks.com/book/9780525560371" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What You Have Heard Is True</a>, was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award in nonfiction. Carolyn joins Marrie Stone to talk about <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586567/in-the-lateness-of-the-world-by-carolyn-forche/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Lateness of the World</a>, her fifth collection of poetry, and the first collection in nearly two decades. She discusses the importance of poetry during times of political and social strife, the role of the witness, as well as many other important insights into poetry’s role and the process by which she creates work. <a href="http://www.barbarademarcobarrett.com/writersonwriting/audio/Carolyn-Forche_May-2020.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download audio</a>.  (Broadcast date: May 6, 2020)

Carolyn Forché on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM

Carolyn Forché was born in Detroit, Michigan. She studied at Michigan State University and earned an MFA from Bowling Green State University.She is a poet, memoirist, translator, and editor, Forché's books of poetry include: In the Lateness of the World, The Angel of History, which received the Los Angeles Times Book Award; The Country Between Us, which received the Poetry Society of America's Alice Fay di Castagnola Award and was the Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of American Poets; and Gathering the Tribes, which was selected for the Yale Series of Younger Poets by Stanley Kunitz. Her memoir What You Have Heard is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistancewas a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award in Nonfiction. In this episode we discuss In the Lateness of the World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carolyn Forché was born in Detroit, Michigan. She studied at Michigan State University and earned an MFA from Bowling Green State University.She is a poet, memoirist, translator, and editor, Forché's books of poetry include: In the Lateness of the World, The Angel of History, which received the Los Angeles Times Book Award; The Country Between Us, which received the Poetry Society of America's Alice Fay di Castagnola Award and was the <a href="https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/james-laughlin-award" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lamont Poetry Selection</a> of the Academy of American Poets; and Gathering the Tribes, which was selected for the Yale Series of Younger Poets by <a href="https://poets.org/poetsorg/poet/stanley-kunitz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stanley Kunitz</a>. Her memoir What You Have Heard is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistancewas a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award in Nonfiction. In this episode we discuss In the Lateness of the World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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This week, I offer another round of conversations from Miami Book Fair International, in which I talk to Steve Almond about his favorite novel, Stonerby John Williams,  plus I speak with poet Carolyn Forché about her memoir, All You Have Heard is True.  TEXTS DICSUSSED

This week, I offer another round of conversations from Miami Book Fair International, in which I talk to Steve Almond about his favorite novel, Stonerby John Williams, plus I speak with poet Carolyn Forché about her memoir, All You Have Heard is True. TEXTS DICSUSSED

401: Steve Almond and Carolyn Forché!

Our interview with Carolyn Forché about her amazing memoir What You Have Heard Is True about her experiences in El Salvador leading up to the 12-year civil war. It is a powerful read and gives valuable context for what is happening now in El Salvador that fuels asylum-seeking.

International Power Hour

Our interview with Carolyn Forché about her amazing memoir What You Have Heard Is True about her experiences in El Salvador leading up to the 12-year civil war. It is a powerful read and gives valuable context for what is happening now in El Salvador that fuels asylum-seeking.

9/4/19:  Our interview with Carolyn Forché

Image is a religious journal, but maybe not in the way you’d expect. Our executive editor, Mary Kenagy Mitchell, says that “we give voice to writers who are devout, or full of doubt. The grapplers, the joyful, the angry, the bereaved, the confused. The connecting thread is the effort to get language and art to bear transcendent mystery. We aren’t interested in ideal faith but in faith as it actually is. A faith balanced against doubt.” This, Mitchell says, is why we named our annual award after Denise Levertov.Denise LevertovLevertov’s identity as a Christian believer—a pilgrim whose faith was inextricably entwined with doubt—was an important facet of her work. Every year, we present this award, in partnership with Seattle Pacific University’s Department of English and MFA in creative writing, and with Seattle’s Hugo House, to an artist, musician or writer whose work exemplifies a serious and sustained engagement with faith. Poet Marilyn Nelson will receive the 2019 Levertov Award in November. In 2018, Scott Cairns presented Carolyn Forché with the Levertov Award for her life’s work as a poet of witness, as an activist, and as a writer whose work reflects a long engagement with faith, justice and beauty.Carolyn ForchéForché is a poet, editor, translator, and activist. Her books of poetry are Blue Hour, The Angel of History, The Country BetweenUs, and Gathering the Tribes. Many readers will also know Forché through the anthologies she edited, Against Forgetting and Poetry of Witness. Her memoir, What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance, was published in 2019. Forché delivered the Levertov Award lecture at Hugo House, a center for Seattle writers offering readings, classes, and community events. She began by recalling a life-changing event in Michigan State’s writing program in 1968, when Dr. Linda Wagner Martin, who taught her poetry workshop, played a recording of Denise Levertov reading poetry. Both Forché and Levertov got into trouble with their poetry. Levertov wrote about the Vietnam War and Forché, in her 20s, wrote about El Salvador on the brink of civil war in The Country Between Us. Levertov, who was so influential on the younger Forché, became a colleague and a mentor. She expressed her admiration for Forché’s work, calling it lyrical and engaged, saying it was the kind of work she wanted to do. In this episode, you’ll hear Carolyn Forché pay tribute to Levertov, read her own work, and answer questions about how writers can both bear witness and sustain each other in times of political and personal upheaval. Resources  The Levertov Award Hugo House “Making Peace” by Denise Levertov “At the Justice Department, November 15, 1969″ by Denise Levertov “The Boatman” by Carolyn Forché “The Colonel” by Carolyn Forché The Country Between Us by Carolyn Forché What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance by Carolyn Forché Vaclav Havel’s 1990 Speech to Congress  Credits  Original music composed by Sister Sinjin Episode produced by Cassidy Hall and Roy Salmond.  Don’t miss an episode: subscribe now on iTunes or Google Play. For exclusive content, updates, and sneak peeks at future episodes, become a Patreon supporter on Patreon.com/ImagePodcast. The post Faith, Justice, Beauty: Carolyn Forché’s Levertov Award Lecture appeared first on Image Journal.

Image is a religious journal, but maybe not in the way you’d expect. Our executive editor, Mary Kenagy Mitchell, says that “we give voice to writers who are devout, or full of doubt. The grapplers, the joyful, the angry, the bereaved, the confused. The connecting thread is the effort to get language and art to bear transcendent mystery. We aren’t interested in ideal faith but in faith as it actually is. A faith balanced against doubt.” This, Mitchell says, is why we named our annual award after Denise Levertov.Denise Levertov Levertov’s identity as a Christian believer—a pilgrim whose faith was inextricably entwined with doubt—was an important facet of her work. Every year, we present this award, in partnership with Seattle Pacific University’s Department of English and MFA in creative writing, and with <a href="https://hugohouse.org/classes/course-catalog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seattle’s Hugo House</a>, to an artist, musician or writer whose work exemplifies a serious and sustained engagement with faith. <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marilyn-nelson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poet Marilyn Nelson will receive the 2019 Levertov Award</a> in November. In 2018, Scott Cairns presented Carolyn Forché with the Levertov Award for her life’s work as a poet of witness, as an activist, and as a writer whose work reflects a long engagement with faith, justice and beauty.Carolyn Forché Forché is a poet, editor, translator, and activist. Her books of poetry are <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Hour-Poems-Carolyn-Forche/dp/0060099135" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blue Hour</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Angel-History-Carolyn-Forche/dp/0060925841" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Angel of History,</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Country-Between-Us-Carolyn-Forche/dp/0060909269" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Th</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Country-Between-Us-Carolyn-Forche/dp/0060909269" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">e Country BetweenUs</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Country-Between-Us-Carolyn-Forche/dp/0060909269" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">,</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gathering-Tribes-Yale-Younger-Poets/dp/0300019858" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gathering the Tribes</a>. Many readers will also know Forché through the anthologies she edited, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Against-Forgetting-Twentieth-Century-Poetry-Witness/dp/0393309762" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Against Forgetting </a>and <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/Poetry-of-Witness/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poetry of Witness</a>. Her memoir, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/What-You-Have-Heard-True/dp/0525560378" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance, </a>was published in 2019. Forché delivered the Levertov Award lecture at <a href="https://hugohouse.org/classes/course-catalog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hugo House, a center for Seattle writers offering readings, classes, and community events</a>. She began by recalling a life-changing event in Michigan State’s writing program in 1968, when Dr. Linda Wagner Martin, who taught her poetry workshop, played a recording of Denise Levertov reading poetry. Both Forché and Levertov got into trouble with their poetry. Levertov wrote about the Vietnam War and Forché, in her 20s, wrote about El Salvador on the brink of civil war in The Country Between Us. Levertov, who was so influential on the younger Forché, became a colleague and a mentor. She expressed her admiration for Forché’s work, calling it lyrical and engaged, saying it was the kind of work she wanted to do. In this episode, you’ll hear Carolyn Forché pay tribute to Levertov, read her own work, and answer questions about how writers can both bear witness and sustain each other in times of political and personal upheaval. <h3>Resources</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/wp-admin/levertov-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Levertov Award</a></li> <li><a href="https://hugohouse.org/classes/course-catalog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hugo House</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53900/making-peace" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Making Peace” by Denise Levertov</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53079/at-the-justice-department-november-15-1969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“At the Justice Department, November 15, 1969″</a> by Denise Levertov</li> <li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/90646/the-boatman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Boatman” </a>by Carolyn Forché</li> <li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49862/the-colonel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Colonel” </a>by Carolyn Forché</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Country-Between-Us-Carolyn-Forche/dp/0060909269" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Country Between Us</a> by Carolyn Forché</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/What-You-Have-Heard-True/dp/0525560378" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance</a> by Carolyn Forché</li> <li><a href="https://www.vhlf.org/havel-quotes/speech-to-the-u-s-congress/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vaclav Havel’s 1990 Speech to Congress</a></li> </ul> <h3>Credits</h3> <ul> <li>Original music composed by <a href="https://www.sistersinjin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sister Sinjin</a></li> <li>Episode produced by <a href="https://cassidyhall.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cassidy Hall</a> and Roy Salmond.</li> </ul> Don’t miss an episode: subscribe now on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-2-gina-ochsner-and-the-power-of-useless-art/id1248475220?i=1000389395658&amp;mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?pcampaignid=MKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16#/ps/Iiksupjro3pty72zsmlo3hw7gym" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Play</a>. For exclusive content, updates, and sneak peeks at future episodes, become a Patreon supporter on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ImagePodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon.com/ImagePodcast.</a> The post <a href="https://imagejournal.org/2019/08/16/faith-justice-beauty-carolyn-forches-levertov-award-lecture/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith, Justice, Beauty: Carolyn Forché’s Levertov Award Lecture</a> appeared first on <a href="https://imagejournal.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Image Journal</a>.

Faith, Justice, Beauty: Carolyn Forché’s Levertov Award Lecture

Laia Abril

We discuss poet Carolyn Forché's fascinating new memoir, covering her journey to El Salvador in the lead up to the horrific civil war beginning in 1979. While Ellen Pearson was at the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and caught up with artist Laia Abril, whose work tackles critical women's rights issues.

Carolyn Forché & Laia Abril

The walking &amp; photographs of WG Sebald on show in Norwich, American poet Carolyn Forché on the stranger who gave her an insider's view of politics in El Salvador whilst she was in her '20s. Plus an exhibition of money and Jewish history. Laurence Scott presents.Adam Scovell, Philippa Comber and Sean Williams discuss the influence of the German writer WG Sebald who settled in Norfolk. His novel The Rings of Saturn follows a narrator walking in Suffolk, and in part explores links between the county and German history and emigrants. Lines of Sight: W.G. Sebald’s East Anglia An exhibition celebrating the work of the author W.G. Sebald on the 75th anniversary of his birth runs at Norwich Castle Museum &amp; Art Gallery 10 May 2019 – 5 January 2020 in collaboration with The University of East Anglia Adam Scovell is a film critic and author whose new novella is called Mothlight. Dr Seán Williams is a New Generation Thinker who teaches Germanic Studies at the University of Sheffield Phillippa Comber is the author of Ariadne's Thread – In Memory of W.G. Sebald and In This Trembling Shade, ten poems set to music as a song cycle.BBC Radio 3/AHRC New Generation Thinker Brendan McGeever is at the Pears Institute for the Study of Anti-Semitism at Birkbeck University London which was involved in developing the exhibition Jews Money Myth running at the Jewish Museum London until July 7th 2019. Carolyn Forché's Memoir is called What You Have Heard is True. A man who might be a lone wolf, a communist, a CIA operative, a sharpshooter, a revolutionary, a small coffee farmer, drives from El Salvador to invite the 27 year old Forché to visit and learn about his country and she decides to say yes. Producer: Eliane Glaser

The walking &amp; photographs of WG Sebald on show in Norwich, American poet Carolyn Forché on the stranger who gave her an insider's view of politics in El Salvador whilst she was in her '20s. Plus an exhibition of money and Jewish history. Laurence Scott presents. Adam Scovell, Philippa Comber and Sean Williams discuss the influence of the German writer WG Sebald who settled in Norfolk. His novel The Rings of Saturn follows a narrator walking in Suffolk, and in part explores links between the county and German history and emigrants. Lines of Sight: W.G. Sebald’s East Anglia An exhibition celebrating the work of the author W.G. Sebald on the 75th anniversary of his birth runs at Norwich Castle Museum &amp; Art Gallery 10 May 2019 – 5 January 2020 in collaboration with The University of East Anglia Adam Scovell is a film critic and author whose new novella is called Mothlight. Dr Seán Williams is a New Generation Thinker who teaches Germanic Studies at the University of Sheffield Phillippa Comber is the author of Ariadne's Thread – In Memory of W.G. Sebald and In This Trembling Shade, ten poems set to music as a song cycle. BBC Radio 3/AHRC New Generation Thinker Brendan McGeever is at the Pears Institute for the Study of Anti-Semitism at Birkbeck University London which was involved in developing the exhibition Jews Money Myth running at the Jewish Museum London until July 7th 2019. Carolyn Forché's Memoir is called What You Have Heard is True. A man who might be a lone wolf, a communist, a CIA operative, a sharpshooter, a revolutionary, a small coffee farmer, drives from El Salvador to invite the 27 year old Forché to visit and learn about his country and she decides to say yes. Producer: Eliane Glaser

Sebald. Anti-semitism. Carolyn Forché

In conversation with Beth Kephart, the award-winning author of twenty-four books, including Going Over, Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir, and Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River. ''An unflinching witness and eloquent mourner'' (The New Yorker), Carolyn Forché is the author of the poetry collections Blue Hour, The Angel of History, The Country Between Us, and Gathering the Tribes. For this body of work she has amassed an impressive list of honors, including fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Windham-Campbell Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. The Lannan Chair in Poetry at Georgetown University, Forché is also a respected translator, editor, and activist. What You Have Heard Is True tells the story of her journey with an enigmatic man into the chaos and horror of the Salvadoran Civil War.  (recorded 3/19/2019)

In conversation with Beth Kephart, the award-winning author of twenty-four books, including Going Over, Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir, and Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River. ''An unflinching witness and eloquent mourner'' (The New Yorker), Carolyn Forché is the author of the poetry collections Blue Hour, The Angel of History, The Country Between Us, and Gathering the Tribes. For this body of work she has amassed an impressive list of honors, including fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Windham-Campbell Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. The Lannan Chair in Poetry at Georgetown University, Forché is also a respected translator, editor, and activist. What You Have Heard Is True tells the story of her journey with an enigmatic man into the chaos and horror of the Salvadoran Civil War. (recorded 3/19/2019)

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