Could 25, 2022
In a wide-ranging and erudite interview, poet and translator
Ryan Wilson joins the podcast to debate how the poet makes use of
the classical advantage of xenia or hospitality, what poets
can study from the work of translation, the “romantic flip” (inside
imaginative and prescient) and the “classical flip” (communication/craft) in poetry,
the good Latin poet Horace, and extra. Ryan performs, in his
dynamic type, basic poems by Horace and others, in addition to his
personal poems.
Ryan Wilson is an adjunct professor of English on the Catholic
College of America, editor of the journal Literary
Issues, and a visiting professor of poetry within the MFA program
on the College of St. Thomas in Houston. He’s the writer of
three books: The Stranger World, a set of
unique poems; Suppose Like a Poet;
and Proteus Certain: Chosen Translations, 2008-2020.
Forthcoming are his anthology of up to date Catholic poetry from
Paraclete Press (spring 2023), and one other e-book of unique poems,
The Ghostlight.
Timestamps
0:00 – Proteus Certain
13:09 – Hospitality as basic precept of group,
thought, and poetry
28:05 – The romantic flip and the classical flip
46:22 – Ryan Wilson, “Xenia”
53:39 – Proteus, Hermes, and Orpheus as figures of the poet
1:03:35 – Translation as coaching for the poet
1:17:47 – The Latin poetry of Horace
2:07:55 – Charles Baudelaire, “The Voice”
2:20:00 – How Ryan relates as a Catholic to classical
literature
2:27:10 – Ryan Wilson, “Philoctetes”
Hyperlinks
Proteus Certain: Chosen Translations, 2008-2020
https://www.cuapress.org/9781736656129/proteus-bound/
Suppose Like a Poet
https://www.wisebloodbooks.com/retailer/p97/How_to_Think_Like_a_Poetpercent2C_by_Ryan_Wilson.html
The Stranger World
http://www.measurepress.com/measure/index.php/catalog/books/stranger-world/
Literary Issues https://www.literarymatters.org/
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