Eleanor Wilner reads new, uncollected poems that engage with current political realities through the lenses of history and allegory. She closes with two earlier poems on the same themes. This reading was originally given with Alicia Ostriker, who appeared via Zoom.
by Tyler Meier
Frost, Robert. New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1923.
Differs slightly from published version.
Wilner, Eleanor. "For the Willows to Bless." American Poetry Review, vol. 50, no. 2, March/April 2021, p. 12.
Uncollected.
Wilner, Eleanor. Before Our Eyes: New and Selected Poems, 1975-2017. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. Originally appeared in Otherwise (University of Chicago Press, 1993).
Differs slightly from published version.
Wilner, Eleanor. Before Our Eyes: New and Selected Poems, 1975-2017. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. Originally appeared in The Girl With Bees in Her Hair (Copper Canyon Press, 2004).
