{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Jay Parini on Why Poetry Matters","description":"A conversation between Dr Jay Parini, a prolific author and the D.E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College, and Dr Stephen Blackwood, the founding president of Ralston College, recorded on the occasion of the release of a Ralston College short course, \u201cRobert Frost: The American Voice,\u201d taught by Dr Parini. Dr Parini discusses the film adaptation of his most recent book Borges and Me (2020), shares stories of his friendships with literary figures including Jorge Luis Borges, W. H. Auden, and Iris Murdoch, explains why poetry matters, and shares the fruits of a life \u201clived in literature.\u201d Applications are now open for next year\u2019s MA program. Full scholarships are available.&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.ralston.ac\/apply  Authors, Artists, and Works Mentioned in this Episode: Jay Parini, Borges and Me Alan Cumming  Jorge Luis BorgesBeowulf Robert Burns Isaiah Berlin Homer Aeschylus Dante Michel de Montaigne William Wordsworth W. B. Yeats Brian Friel, Dancing at Lughnasa Robert Burns, \u201cA Red, Red Rose\u201d William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Iris Murdoch, The Bell W.H. Auden Boethius Jay Parini, Robert Frost: A Life Robert Frost, \u201cFire and Ice\u201d Jay Parini, Robert Frost: 16 Poems to Learn by Heart Robert Frost, \u201cThe Road Less Traveled\u201d Robert Frost, \u201cAfter Apple-Picking\u201d Robert Frost, \u201cBirches\u201d Robert Frost, \u201cDirective\u201d Robert Frost, \u201cStopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening\u201d Gerard Manley Hopkins Viktor Frankl, Man\u2019s Search for Meaning T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets ","author_name":"The Ralston College Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ralston.ac\/conversations","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33928512\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/33928512"}