An episode from 4/17/21: These “Advice” episodes (originally called The Poet Speaks) will each feature a small collection of quotations on creativity from various artists, poets, and writers. Tonight, we hear about the strange (and much-edited) afterlife of Shakespeare's King Lear; how Robert Fitzgerald (translator of Homer and Virgil), got his start during World War 2; how Philip Larkin felt about showing other writers early drafts of his poems; how Robert Lowell admired the technical abilities of those poets in his generation, yet still hoped that some humanity and feeling might break through; and more. Don’t forget to support Human Voices Wake Us on Substack, where you can also get our newsletter and other extras. You can also support the podcast by ordering any of my books: Notes from the Grid, To the House of the Sun, The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old, and Bone Antler Stone. Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

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“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.

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