This is American Cycle, a podcast featuring Larry Beckett’s live performances of his poetry. Beckett’s poems have been collected in the book American Cycle, which Jonah Raskin says “takes readers into the past and rewrites our national epic for the twenty-first century.” Inspired by our folklore and past, American Cycle is available now from Running Wild Press.
This is "American Cycle," a podcast featuring Larry Beckett’s live performances of his poetry. Beckett’s poems have been collected in the book American Cycle, which Simon Warner described as “magnificent in scale” and “epic in scope.” Inspired by our folklore and past, American Cycle (https://runningwildpress.com/RunningWildCatalog/product/american-cycle-by-larry-beckett-hardback/) is available now (https://runningwildpress.com/RunningWildCatalog/product/american-cycle-by-larry-beckett-hardback/) from Running Wild Press. This episode of "American Cycle" features Beckett performing the fourth section of “Paul Bunyan” before an audience in an artist’s studio in 1984. The episode is introduced by Jonah Raskin, author of American Scream: Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the Making of the Beat Generation.
14 Oct 2021
Wyatt Earp
This is "American Cycle," a podcast featuring Larry Beckett’s live performances of his poetry. Beckett’s poems have been collected in the book American Cycle, which Paul Williams described as “extraordinary, sustained explosions of authentic American language and energy.” Inspired by our folklore and past, American Cycle (https://runningwildpress.com/RunningWildCatalog/product/american-cycle-by-larry-beckett-hardback/) is available now (https://runningwildpress.com/RunningWildCatalog/product/american-cycle-by-larry-beckett-hardback/) from Running Wild Press. This episode of "American Cycle" features Beckett performing the first part of “Wyatt Earp” before an audience at O’Connor’s Restaurant in 2014. The episode is introduced by past Narragansett Beer Poet Laureate and Long-Term New York and San Francisco Poetry Brothel Poetry Whore Marc Zegans.
7 Oct 2021
U. S. Rivers: Highway 1
This is "American Cycle," a podcast featuring Larry Beckett’s live performances of his poetry. Beckett’s poems have been collected in the book American Cycle, which Jonah Raskin described as “rewrit[ing] our national epic for the twenty-first century.” Inspired by our folklore and past, American Cycle (https://runningwildpress.com/RunningWildCatalog/product/american-cycle-by-larry-beckett-hardback/) is available now (https://runningwildpress.com/RunningWildCatalog/product/american-cycle-by-larry-beckett-hardback/) from Running Wild Press. This episode of American Cycle features Beckett performing “U. S. Rivers: Highway 1” in a recording studio in 2011. The episode is introduced by Dr. Simon Warner, author of Text and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll: The Beats and Rock Culture.
30 Sept 2021
From the American Cycle
This is "American Cycle," a podcast featuring Larry Beckett’s live performances of his poetry. Beckett’s poems have been collected in the book American Cycle, which Jonah Raskin says “takes readers into the past and rewrites our national epic for the twenty-first century.” Inspired by our folklore and past, American Cycle (https://runningwildpress.com/RunningWildCatalog/product/american-cycle-by-larry-beckett-hardback/) is available now (https://runningwildpress.com/RunningWildCatalog/product/american-cycle-by-larry-beckett-hardback/) from Running Wild Press. This episode features Beckett performing excerpts from each of the ten long poems that comprise American Cycle. He performed these pieces March 5, 2021, as part of the online event "Walking with Whitman," hosted by the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association. The episode is introduced by poet, critic, and longtime journalist Paul Wilner.
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