NPR’s nationally syndicated show New Letters on the Air opens 2009 with shows that feature appearances by several UGA Press poets:
January 9: Victoria Chang, author SALVINIA MOLESTA, discussed her poetry with New Letters editor Robert Stewart. Chang, who works as a business journalist, talked about mixing her "practical" business r
ole with the imaginative role of a poet. Chang also discussed how being the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants has influenced her work.January 30: In a conversation taped at a recent symposium, Cave Canem founders Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady talk about their goal of providing a safe space for African-American poets. They are joined by Nikki Finney, editor of THE RINGING EAR, as well as Opal Moore, Sean Hill, and Kyle Dargan.
February 6: Sean Hill, a native of Milledgeville, Georgia, is the author of the poetry collection BLOOD TIES AND BROWN LIQUOR. An homage to African-American life in the segregated South, the poems create a call and response across six generations of the fictional Silas Wright family. Hill discusses how he weaves history, fiction and his own family into this debut book.
