Episode 53: Carter Revard, What the Eagle Fan Says

In this episode, we focus on the life and work of Carter Revard, an Osage poet whose medieval scholarship informs the structure of "What the Eagle Fan Says." Jessica Rosenfeld, a professor of medieval literature at Washington University in St. Louis, joins us for this discussion. Carter Revard was a prolific poet and scholar. To learn more about his work, click here. "What the Eagle Fan Says" was published in How the Songs Came Down (Salt Publishing, 2005). To learn more about accentual verse, read this brief treatment by poet Dana Gioia.