Lunch Poems: Barbara Guest

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Channel: University of California Television (UCTV) · 2008 · Education

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Barbara Guest has published over ten volumes of poetry. One of the original members of the New York School of Poets, Guest reinvents herself with every book. Her recent titles include Miniatures and Other Poems, Rocks on a Platter, and Selected Poems. Charles Bernstein writes that Guest's works "have become an integral part of the fabric of contemporary American poetry." A graduate of UC Berkeley, Guest has been honored with the Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement by the Poetry Society of America. She resides in Berkeley. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [3/2005] [Humanities] [Show ID: 9096]

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