The poet, playwright, and essayist - in town for a visit to the School of The Art Institute - talks with Studs about his connections to Janis Joplin, nature poetry, and scientist Francis Crick. His collection, Scratching the Beat Surface, is discussed.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Bly speaks about how poetry is used as a form of communication in the Soviet Union. Timpanelli shares her appreciation for the art of storytelling. Both were in town for an appearance at The Jung Institute.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The poet and UIC professor speaks about his upbringing in Mississippi and how he came to be a part of a new wave of Chicago poets.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

One of Studs's favorite poets, Thomas McGrath, talks about some of his favorites (Hart Crane, Pablo Neruda) and his early life in North Dakota.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

The author and translator shares with Studs some of the works that make up his book, Cries From a Wounded Madrid, an anthology of the poetry of the Spanish Civil War.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Interviewing Irish author Ulick O'Connor and discussing Brendan, his biography of poet and playwright Brendan Behan.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The editor and philologist talks with Studs about his book, Say It My Way, an examination of the evolution of the English language and its many accidental changes through American through songs, poems, and idioms.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Interviewing the blind writer and educator Richard Kinney, president of The Hadley School for the Blind.  His associate, Marcia Berman, accompanies him in the studio.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The English poet and novelist joins Studs before a Poetry Magazine lecture event at Chicago's St. James Cathedral. A clip of an earlier interview with the poet and playwright Louis MacNeice is included.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Having grown up in an ever-changing industrial Detroit, Philip Levine believes that his poetry comes from an urge to memorialize details that might otherwise be lost.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations