Art and Poetry: Recording Everyday Life
b'\\u201cI think you can see that from my work, that I try to put everything I know in there and everything I don\\u2019t know. I\\u2019m looking for stuff that I don\\u2019t know, in that pursuit of, like, a daily practice.\\u201d\\n\\n\\n\\nTerrance Hayes is fascinated by creating records of daily life. With a background in visual art and poetry, he has a nuanced understanding of what constitutes writing and reading across mediums. His work as a teacher also touches everything he does.\\n\\n\\n\\nIn this episode, hosted by Getty Research Institute associate curator Dr. LeRonn Brooks, Hayes discusses his creative practice, as well as the possibilities of radical imagination in recording one\\u2019s life.\\n\\n\\n\\nHayes is professor of creative writing at New York University. He is the author of\\xa0the National Book Award finalist\\xa0How to Be Drawn\\xa0(Penguin, 2015) and\\xa0Lighthead\\xa0(2010), which won the 2010 National Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His numerous honors include a Whiting Writers Award and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, United States Artists, the Guggenheim, and the MacArthur Foundation.\\n\\n\\n\\nFor images, transcripts, and more, visit https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/art-and-poetry-recording-everyday-life/ or http://www.getty.edu/podcasts\\n\\n\\n\\nTo learn more about Terrance Hayes, visit https://terrancehayes.com/'