Letters to a Stranger

Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast

The queens blur the boundaries between Dylan Thomas James, then become shady ladies about Broetry.
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Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.
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Read Dylan Thomas's incredible villanelle "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" or listen to Thomas read it here. We reference a few readings of this poem by actors:
Here's Anthony Hopkins getting choked up reading it.
And here's Michael Sheen's rendition.
Listen to Thomas read "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London." You can read the text of the poem here.
Read Dylan Thomas's "The Girl's Story"
Watch a short (30 min) Dylan Thomas documentary here.
Read Dylan Thomas's poems "Once Below a Time" and "Where Once the Waters of Your Face"
Read Thomas James's poem "Dragging the Lake" and his poem "Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh"
Read another pair of Thomas James poems: "Reasons" and "Waking Up"
Check out this FABULOUS Lucie Brock-Broido's essay on Thomas James: "The Rebirth of a Suicidal Genius"