Rosanna Warren (GUEST): Sacred Cannibalism

Join us as we ask distinguished poet, critic, and translator Rosanna Warren about her literary autobiography, the state of literary criticism, and the role of the poet-critic. Rosanna discusses her literary and painterly childhood in France and her unusual path through the academy; the capaciousness of English in particular; past literary movements like deconstruction and New Criticism, as well as the eclecticism of our current moment; and the "sacred cannibalism" of literary influence. Rosanna concludes by reading her poem "A New Year" (a "train poem", as she explains).