You could say that Matthew Zapruder’s Story of a Poem is about the revision of a poem, that it follows the life of one poem, from its first phrase to its final draft, and invites us, in the most mesmerizing way, behind the curtain of the creative process of composition. And you wouldn’t be wrong. […] The post Tin House

Matthew Zapruder is the guest. His latest poetry collection, Father's Day, is available from Copper Canyon Press. This is his second time on the program. He first appeared in Episode 477 on August 9, 2017. He is a poet, translator, professor and editor. He earned a BA in Russian literature at Amherst College, an MA in

In his new book Why Poetry, the poet Matthew Zapruder has issued "an impassioned call for a return to reading poetry and an incisive argument for its accessibility to all readers." The poet Robert Hass says, "Zapruder on poetry is pure pleasure. His prose is so direct that you have the impression, sentence by sentence,

In Why Poetry,  award-winning poet, translator, and editor, Matthew Zapruder argues that the way we have been taught to read poetry is the very thing that prevents us from enjoying it. Anchored in poetic analysis & steered by Zapruder’s personal experience of coming to the form, Why Poetry is engaging & conversational,

Brad Listi talks with Matthew Zapruder, author of the new book WHY POETRY, available from Ecco. Zapruder is an award-winning poet, editor, translator, and professor who from 2016-17 held the annually rotating position of Editor of the Poetry Column for New York Times Magazine. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podca