Adam O. Davis: Sonic Road Trip

Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 7 a.m.

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Adam O. Davis selects and shares poems that engage with journeys\\u2014across time, through mystery, into the past, or to shape a future. He introduces Nathaniel Mackey meditating on eternal questions (\\u201cGlenn on Monk\\u2019s Mountain\\u201d), Maurya Simon reminding us that the dead surround and sustain us (\\u201cEl D\\xeda de los Muertos\\u201d), and Robert Creeley poignantly speaking across time (\\u201cI Know a Man\\u201d). Davis closes by reading his poem \\u201cInterstate Highway System,\\u201d his own plea for living sparked by a 2015 road trip across America.

You can find the full recordings of Nathaniel Mackey, Maurya Simon, and Robert Creeley reading for the Poetry Center on Voca:
Nathaniel Mackey with jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell (2013)
Maurya Simon (2019)
Robert Creeley (1963)

Check out Davis\\u2019s Index of Haunted Houses Hotline by calling 619-329-5757.

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