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Our World In Ruins
Susan Stewart and the Phenomenon of Representation On March 5, poet and critic Susan Stewart of Princeton University delivered her lecture “The Ruins Lesson” as part of the Plutzik Centennial Series at...
View ArticleThe theatrical Horatio in 1962 and 2012
Nigel Maister will read selections from Hyam Plutzik’s Horatio on Monday, March 26th, at 5:00pm in the Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester. Free and open to the public....
View Article“A Marvelous Lesson”
Among the full house at Nigel Maister’s reading of Horatio last Monday evening was Al Kremer, a gentleman who introduced himself to me as a former student of Hyam Plutzik. I asked him to write us, to...
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Philip Levine’s world of sound and memory
On April 10, 2012, US Poet Laureate Philip Levine appeared in the Plutzik Reading Series at the University of Rochester. David Krinick, a recent UR graduate, returns to a fistful of words to share his...
View ArticleThree Generations/Three Poets: a literary evening at The Betsy, Apr 29
The Betsy Hotel in South Beach, Florida, one of our partners in the Hyam Plutzik Centennial, has been celebrating this National Poetry Month with aplomb, breaking in its brand new Writers Room with...
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Rosanna Warren and the Poetry of Translation
The poet and scholar Rosanna Warren delivered a lecture on Poetry and Translation at the University of Rochester on April 24th as part the Plutzik Centennial Series–reviewed here by Jenny Boyar....
View ArticleHyam Plutzik in the Paris Review Daily
The Paris Review has posted a new essay on their blog, the Daily, telling the story of American poet Hyam Plutzik and the new attention his work is receiving during this Centennial year. The piece is...
View ArticleHyam Plutzik, American Poet: The Making of a Remarkable Course
This spring, Sidney Shapiro, a professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of Rochester, taught a course on the life and poetry of Hyam Plutzik in Rochester, New York. In the essay...
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UR Library Exhibition Celebrates 50-year Plutzik Series
We’re excited to announce the opening of a very special exhibition at The University of Rochester tomorrow night that has been created with wide ranging participation from the University of Rochester...
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UR and Eastman celebrate poetry and music
In the Plutzik Centennial spirit of interdisciplinary artistic collaboration, we announce an upcoming event celebrating the combinatorial richness of poetry and music: Playing with Words: An Afternoon...
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Two Exciting Hyam Plutzik Centennial Events in April!
We’re sharing two great events this month that bring the formal part of the HP Centennial to a close. It’s been an incredible two years (2011-12, 2012-13)!...
View ArticleReview – Plutzik Reading Series – Ellen Bryant Voigt
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View Article“The Last Fisherman” Published in Best American Poetry Blog to Honor Hyam...
By Edward Moran To mark what would have been Hyam Plutzik’s 102nd birthday on July 13th, poet David Lehman posted Plutzik’s “The Last Fisherman” on that day’s “Best American Poetry” blog. The poem...
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Writers in Residence Reflect
Hyam Plutzik’s desk has found a permanent home in The Writer’s Room at The Betsy South Beach where it is utilized by writers in residence. Two recent visiting writers, Thomas Kennedy and Teo...
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2013 Plutzik Series – Featuring Three Incredible Poets
The Plutzik Memorial Reading Series is one of the most prestigious and longest-running reading series in the country. Over the years, the Series has featured a vast array of poets and fiction writers,...
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