6.5 Matthew Dickman: "Making the Black Dog Sit: A Look at Suicide Through Poetry"

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The Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry Podcast

Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry

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Featuring recordings from the BWLS archive, in which contemporary poets explore their thinking on poetry & poetics, & give a series of lectures resulting from these investigations. Season 9 features lectures by Lisa Jarnot. Seasons 1-8 include lectures by Joshua Beckman, Dorothea Lasky, Terrance Hayes, Cedar Sigo, Douglas Kearney, and Rachel Zucker, as well as recordings from the 2018 BWLS conference, "You Are Who I'm Talking To: Poetry, Attention & Audience," and The Seattle Series, which ran from 2016-2018 and includes recordings of Don Mee Choi, Tyehimba Jess, Ange Mlinko, and more.

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6.5 Matthew Dickman: "Making the Black Dog Sit: A Look at Suicide Through Poetry"

The Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry Podcast

43 minutes 10 seconds

3 years ago

6.5 Matthew Dickman: "Making the Black Dog Sit: A Look at Suicide Through Poetry"

Matthew Dickman’s lecture “Making The Black Dog Sit: A Look at Suicide Through Poetry” is a personal talk about Dickman’s experience with suicide and turning to poetry to better understand the act of suicide.

This talk was originally given June 29, 2016, at the Hugo House, Seattle, WA.