A reading by Nathaniel Mackey with bassist Vattel Cherry

Prize-winning poet and Duke University professor Nathaniel Mackey ( http://bit.ly/mackeysong ) reads from his serial poems “Mu” and “Song of the Andoumboulou” accompanied by Vattel Cherry on bass. The reading took place March 23 at the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

The “Taking Note” series profiles humanities professors at Duke University.

Mackey's poetry:

"Day After Day of the Dead"
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/...

"On Antiphon Island"
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/...

Mackey’s poetry is collected in several volumes, including:
“Splay Anthem,” copyright 2006, New Directions Publishing;
“Nod House,” copyright 2011, New Directions Publishing.
http://www.ndbooks.com/author/nathani...

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