video: re-reading Bernstein’s “In a Restless World Like This Is” in a time of pandemic

During the May 13, 2020, live interactive webcast, we discussed how we re-read Charles Bernstein’s “In a Restless World Like This Is” in a time of pandemic. This “9/11 poem” turns out to be about losing direction in disaster generally. The poem appears in the week 8 (chapter 9.1) main syllabus of ModPo. See (below the video) some links.

Text of the poem: LINK TO TEXT

Listen to the poem: LINK TO AUDIO

Listen to a 30-minute discussion of the poem: LINK TO POEMTALK

Watch a video recording of our discussion of the poem: LINK TO VIDEO