Louise Glück (1943-2023)

[The Common Reader]

I found this poem, but I had formatting difficulties, when I tried to post it here.

There is something very particular about her voice, it sounds a bit low and relatively uninflected and it seems perfect for this poem. Framing her reading with O’Keefe’s art was an inspired decision.

 

[alik-vit]

I don't know why, but only yesterday they put it on the web:

 

[Leseratte]

There is something very particular about her voice, it sounds a bit low and relatively uninflected and it seems perfect for this poem. Framing her reading with O’Keefe’s art was an inspired decision.

I agree with you about her inflection. She has something detached and at the same time sad about her in this video.

 

[alik-vit]

Colm Toibin on Louise Gluck:

Louise Glück: a poet who never shied away from silence, pain or fear

Her work included long periods in which she wrote nothing – and when she did write, she had little sense that it was hers

www.google.com

 

[alik-vit]

Interesting article:

What Louise Glück Wanted 'Was to Be Understood'

From a young age, Louise Glück (April 22, 1943-October 13, 2023 ) aspired to be a great poet — but not in the sense of...

m.sevendaysvt.com

 

[nagisa]

Interesting article:

What Louise Glück Wanted 'Was to Be Understood'

From a young age, Louise Glück (April 22, 1943-October 13, 2023 ) aspired to be a great poet — but not in the sense of...

m.sevendaysvt.com

Prompted me to search her essay Education of a poet. Characteristically, each sentence a knife.

https://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/TPE-Seminar-2.pdf

 

[alik-vit]

Prompted me to search her essay Education of a poet. Characteristically, each sentence a knife.

https://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/TPE-Seminar-2.pdf

Yes, it's gold. And last one from the same collection (On Impoverishment) is great too.