The rich significance of everyday life
In this interview from 2000, Roger Lundin — a frequent guest on our Journal — explains how the poetry of Richer Wilbur connects with the verse of other New England poets. (24 minutes)
The desires of the heart, the constraints of creation
Roger Lundin describes how Richard Wilbur’s poetry connects aesthetic experience to life in the world.
Remembering Roger Lundin (1949-2015)
Today’s Feature presents our first and last interviews with frequent guest Roger Lundin (1949-2015), in which he shares his love of language and discusses a Christian understanding of desire. (34 minutes)
Richard Wilbur: R.I.P.
Poet Richard Wilbur (1921–2017) describes how poetry is at once profoundly private and yet essentially public. Poetry — like love — calls us to the things of this world. (44 minutes)
David Lyle Jeffrey: “God’s Patient Stet”
David Lyle Jeffrey observes the sense of consistency in poet Richard Wilbur’s work which emerges from his poetic craftsmanship and his awe of and affection for both Nature and human nature. (25 minutes)