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SUMMARY:Winter Poetry with Judson Scruton: Poetry in Their Times and Ours 
 - Poems selected from A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker 1925-2025 (In-
 Person and Zoom)
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LOCATION:137 Old Ridgefield Rd, Wilton, CT 06897, United States
ROOM: Rimer Room
DESCRIPTION:Please join us as Judson Scruton - live from North Carolina! -
  leads lively discussions exploring 100 years of poetry from The New Yorke
 r. The newly released anthology A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker 1925
 -2025 is a collection drawn from over 13,500 poems the magazine published
  during this time period. We will discuss poems from the chronological gro
 upings, with our March seminars looking at poems published from 1950-1975,
  and later seminars looking at groupings from 1975-2000 and 2000-2025. As
  Kevin Young, the poetry editor of The New Yorker and of this anthology,
  says in his preface: “…if people do not get the news from poems, they
  do find in them some comfort from the news, whether escape, investigation
 , or testimony, often in the same breath.”How do we respond to a poem in
  the usual weekly edition of The New Yorker?  What’s on the cover?  Wh
 at’s “The Talk of the Town”? Do these elements influence our reactio
 n to the poem? Might the editor(s) who selected the poem be influenced by
  the cover or recent events?  Are we?  What is going on in our time and 
 space that might influence our reading?  Even poems concerning love, land
 scapes, travel, art or music often reflect the mood of the moment as well 
 as lyrical, narrative, and dramatic skill. We will consider the poems in 
 their aesthetic and historical moments, as well as how these moments are s
 imilar and different to our own.A seminar outline and schedule will be sen
 t out in advance of the series; please enter your email address during reg
 istration to receive the packet (and Zoom link if attending remotely). The
  library has ordered six copies of the anthology; look for it in the “Bo
 ok Group” section. Please note: this program will be in a hybrid format 
 meaning that we will have in-person attendees together in the Rimer Room a
 s well as Zoom accessibility for Judson and other remote attendees.Advance
  registration is required. Register online or call 203-762-6334. There is
  no charge for this program. This lecture series is made possible with the
  support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. By registering f
 or the first session you will automatically be registered for all four ses
 sions. Please email Andrea Sato with any questions at asato@wiltonlibrary
 .org.  Judson Scruton M.A. (The Johns Hopkins University, The Writing Sem
 inars, specializing in poetry) has taught creative writing and literature 
 at prep schools and universities. In his career as an educator Judson has 
 also directed publications, communications, public relations, and developm
 ent at a variety of educational institutions in the U.S. and U.K. includin
 g the Newberry Library in Chicago.
URL:https://wilton.librarycalendar.com/event/winter-poetry-judson-scruton-
 poetry-their-times-and-ours-poems-selected-century-poetry-new-2
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