Dorianne Laux | Rattlecast 261

Dorianne Laux first appeared on episode 44. She published two new books in 2024: Life on Earth, a collection of poems, and Finger Excersizes, a book of essays on craft. She is author of seven books, including Only As the Day is Long: New and Selected Poems which was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and The Book of Men, which won The Paterson Prize.

For more, visit:
https://www.doriannelaux.com

As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.

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This Week’s Prompt:
Write a persona prose poem set in the future.

Next Week’s Prompt:
I dare you to write a poem in which you dare someone to do something colorful.

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0:00 Welcome
1:25 Laura Tanenbaum, "What If I Cautioned You"
7:00 Featured Guest: Dorianne Laux
1:17:45 Prompt Poem of the Month: Mike Bayles
1:23:10 Prompt Lines
2:53:30 Sciku, Next Week's Prompt & Guest