Jane Hirshfield and Al Young - Poetry Night @ Books Inc in the Marina April 11, 2008

Katherine Hastings, founder and host of the WordTemple Poetry Series and host of WordTemple on KRCB 91.1 FM, introduces California State Poet Laureate Al Young and Jane Hirshfield. Young has sung and played the blues, drawn inspiration from the blues, and has incorporated the blues and blues stylings into his poetry.

Come celebrate the release of his new book, Something About the Blues -- An Unlikely Collection of Poetry. The book comes with a CD containing over 60 minutes of dynamic blues poetry, often with a live band, and a recording of Langston Hughes reading “The Weary Blues.”

Hirshfield is the author of six books of poetry and a collection of essays. She was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, winner of the Poetry Center Book Award, and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations. Her most recent book is After.

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