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An Interview with Poet Brian Yapko: Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
May 5, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Essays, Interviews, Poetry
18 Comments
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR0MktU78bA . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals. His epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, will chronicle the major events of...
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Classical Poets Live: An Interview with C.B. Anderson, Readings of Paterson and Wilbur

The Society
October 25, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings
12 Comments
. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 7 Part 2: C.B. Anderson, Poetical Gardener If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support the...
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CPL: Why Amanda Gorman Is Not a Poet, and an Interview with Adam Sedia

The Society
June 30, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings, Video
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. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 5 Parts I & II: Why Amanda Gorman Is Not a Poet / Building a Renaissance  If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to...
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CPL: ChatGPT Poetry Quiz, Lillian-Yvonne Betram, Interview with James A. Tweedie, and More

The Society
June 11, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings, Reviews, Video
13 Comments
. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 4: Poetry in the Age of AI If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support the...
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CPL: Reading of FoFG Poetry Competition Winner, Interview with James Sale, and More

The Society
May 30, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Human Rights in China, Interviews, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Readings, Video
13 Comments
. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 3: Embrace the Epic, Not the Opaque If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support the production. . Podcast on Spotify:...
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CPL: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Sally Cook, Interview with Susan Jarvis Bryant, Thomas Gray, and More

The Society
May 13, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings, Video
38 Comments
. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 2: Fake Poets and Hollow Prestige . Audio version available here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7nbFbs2YtvlgZ2B4RtQOcG Apple Music:...
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Classical Poets Live (CPL) with Andrew Benson Brown – Episode 1: Why Classical Poetry?

The Society
April 28, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Video
16 Comments
. This inaugural episode features an interview with Society of Classical Poets' co-founder and editor Evan Mantyk who talks about the founding of the SCP and its growth. He also discusses the FoFG Poetry...

An Interview With Leading Poet and Petrarch Translator A.M. Juster

The Society
September 21, 2021
Essays, Interviews, Poetry, Translation
6 Comments
A version of this interview originally appeared in The Epoch Times by Evan Mantyk A widely published translator of ancient Latin texts, a former high-ranking government bureaucrat, and an incredible poet who...

A Straight Shooter: Interview with C.B. Anderson

The Society
July 31, 2019
Alexandroid, Beauty, Culture, Essays, Interviews, Poetry
2 Comments
Roots in the Sky, Boots on the Ground: Metaphysical Poems C.B. Anderson, Kelsay Books, 107 pages paperback, ISBN-10: 1949229688 2019, $17.00 by Carol Smallwood Smallwood: Joseph S. Salemi commented on...

Rediscovering the Sonnet: An Interview with Poet Theresa Rodriguez by Carol Smallwood

The Society
July 10, 2019
Essays, Interviews, Poetry, Poetry Forms
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  This interview was conducted by Carol Smallwood with poet Theresa Rodriguez following the release of the first edition of Sonnets by Rodriguez; the second edition is published by Shanti Arts, 2020;...

Interview with Samuel Gilliland: ‘The Finest Lyric Poet in Scotland’

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September 17, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Essays, Interviews, Poetry
7 Comments
By Joseph Charles MacKenzie, for the Society of Classical Poets Born in 1939 Samuel Gilliland attended the ancient Dreghorn School in an old mining village on the right bank of the river Irvine, said...

‘A Spirit of Creativity’: Interview with Sally Cook

The Society
May 8, 2017
Essays, Interviews, Poetry
4 Comments
By Evan Mantyk A veritable Renaissance woman, Sally Cook is both an accomplished poet who's regularly published in National Review and an accomplished artist whose paintings are on display at the...

‘Rhetorical Power’: An Interview with Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
April 8, 2017
Deconstructing Communism, Essays, Interviews, Poetry
8 Comments
By Evan Mantyk In the sea of free verse, drifting downward into the bottomless whirlpool of aesthetic relativism, it is hard to not get lost; but poet, editor, and professor Joseph S. Salemi seems to have...

Interview with Unofficial Trump Inaugural Poet Joseph Charles MacKenzie

The Society
March 5, 2017
Deconstructing Communism, Essays, Interviews, Poetry
13 Comments
By Evan Mantyk One week in mid-January this year, in the relatively obscure world of poetry, Joseph Charles MacKenzie’s “Pibroch for the Domnhall” exploded like an atomic bomb, shattering...

‘A Healthy Bath of Exquisite Beauty’: An Interview with Michael Curtis

The Society
October 13, 2016
Essays, Interviews, Poetry
6 Comments
By Evan Mantyk Michael Curtis A classical architect, sculptor, painter, and poet, Michael Curtis is, in no uncertain terms, a Renaissance man. He has taught and lectured at universities, colleges, and...

‘Communicating Universal Truths’: An Interview with Betsy Hughes

The Society
June 16, 2016
Essays, Interviews, Poetry
5 Comments
By Sharon Kilarski | Originally Published in The Epoch Times A sonnet by Betsy Hughes offers unmistakable relief; you can actually understand what you are reading. Words in glistening, clear images form...

Withstanding the Ravages of Time: An Interview with William Ruleman

The Society
March 18, 2016
Education, Essays, Interviews
3 Comments
By Kristina Pentchoukova Right from the first email from William Ruleman, I knew that I was interacting with a classicist who upheld traditional English in all manner of communication and behavior. Every...
  1. Russel Winick on ‘Family Values’: Four Poems by Susan Jarvis BryantJune 6, 2025

    Susan - If this is your family, please invite me to dinner sometime! All great stuff! The very clever Dorothy…

  2. Christian Muller on When Less Is More: A Poetry ChallengeJune 6, 2025

    What an incredibly love sonnet. The tone, sense and metre are perfect. Will give the challenge a try in my…

  3. Christian Muller on ‘Frivolity from Quality’ and Other Poems by Russel WinickJune 6, 2025

    Sharp and witty, really enjoyed it!

  4. Christian Muller on ‘Roads of Potter County’: A Poem by Frank RableJune 6, 2025

    Lovely poem. Excellent iambic tetrameter, with some healthy breaks in the rhythm.

  5. Margaret Coats on ‘To a Virginia Bluebell’ and Other Poetry by Lee EvansJune 6, 2025

    Your conversation with a Virginia bluebell, Lee, comes closer and closer to an intimate sharing of identity. You explicitly discount…

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