I am so grateful for this interview! I have been a Carter fan since I first encountered him courtesy of Mark and Robert. I feel such commonalty with bim (and just because we were both Saybrook Yalies and both Poet’s Prize winners. He applauds Auden’s emphasis on authenticity. Which his own work perfectly exemplifies!
Please excuse my shabby proofreading. I meant "I feel such commonalty with HIM (and NOT just because we were both Saybrook Yalies and both Poet’s Prize winners)...
How wonderful to read this interview with Jared Carter! I was an engineering student at Purdue University in the early 1980s, but already interested in and writing poetry myself. I got to hear Jared Carter read on campus (probably in 1982, I think), and he was GREAT!
As a bonus, they let us audience members read a poem or two that we had written, and I read one about a revival meeting I had helped with (playing guitar) in the tiny town of Mansfield, Indiana. Near the beginning of my 2nd stanza, I was able to get an amused grin out of Mr. Carter, and that basically made my entire year.
How wonderful to hear from him again, and to hear so much about his life that I'd never known before. THANK YOU!!
I found Jared Carter thanks to you, Dana. I’d say Carter, Ted Kooser and Kay Ryan were the ones I wanted to read the most because of your earlier essays. Now that I’ve only just started writing poetry in mid-age I can say that Carter is a significant influence on my present work.
I am so grateful for this interview! I have been a Carter fan since I first encountered him courtesy of Mark and Robert. I feel such commonalty with bim (and just because we were both Saybrook Yalies and both Poet’s Prize winners. He applauds Auden’s emphasis on authenticity. Which his own work perfectly exemplifies!
Please excuse my shabby proofreading. I meant "I feel such commonalty with HIM (and NOT just because we were both Saybrook Yalies and both Poet’s Prize winners)...
How wonderful to read this interview with Jared Carter! I was an engineering student at Purdue University in the early 1980s, but already interested in and writing poetry myself. I got to hear Jared Carter read on campus (probably in 1982, I think), and he was GREAT!
As a bonus, they let us audience members read a poem or two that we had written, and I read one about a revival meeting I had helped with (playing guitar) in the tiny town of Mansfield, Indiana. Near the beginning of my 2nd stanza, I was able to get an amused grin out of Mr. Carter, and that basically made my entire year.
How wonderful to hear from him again, and to hear so much about his life that I'd never known before. THANK YOU!!
Thanks for sharing this, Paul.
My pleasure! I will go on to read Part 2 when I get a moment to do so. Thanks again!
How wonderful that you have this long conversation with Jared Carter. He is the elder master of narrative poetry.
I found Jared Carter thanks to you, Dana. I’d say Carter, Ted Kooser and Kay Ryan were the ones I wanted to read the most because of your earlier essays. Now that I’ve only just started writing poetry in mid-age I can say that Carter is a significant influence on my present work.
He is a deep poet. Few read him. I consider him an old master.
Limping through life these days . I have decided to get a knee replacement in the new year.
I never heard of him before. This is fascinating! Great interview of a poet well worth knowing. Thank you!
Thanks ever so much for the introduction. Looking forward to Part II!