- Rukeyser’s Difficulty–ALA Conference Session, Chicago, Illinois, May 26, 2022 Posted in: Ruke Blog - Thursday, May 26, 2022, 4:30--5:50pm, American Literature Association Conference, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois Organized by: Jacqueline Campbell, Princeton University Chair: Vivian Pollak, Washington University “The Promise of the Night-Flowering Worlds,” Trudi Witonsky, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater“‘Not even the bones of what I want to say’: On Muriel Rukeyser and Frances Wickes,” Casey Miller, Eastern Michigan… ...Continue Reading
- “What are all his escapes for?”: Making Sense of Muriel Rukeyser’s Houdini Posted in: Ruke Blog - Dear Reader, In what follows, I have tried to offer a careful reading of Muriel Rukeyser’s 1973 version of Houdini: A Musical, published by Paris Press in 2002. This is the version new audiences will soon encounter together during the four public Houdini events sponsored by the Eastern Michigan University Center for Jewish Studies and… ...Continue Reading
- A Conversation about Muriel Rukeyser and Harry Houdini Posted in: Ruke Blog - A conversation between Clinical Psychologist Carolyn Stroebe and Muriel Rukeyser Archive Administrator Elisabeth Daumer on Muriel Rukeyser's interest in Harry Houdini. ...Continue Reading
- Celebrating Muriel Rukeyser’s 108th Birthday: A Collection of Readings Posted in: Ruke Blog - Enjoy hearing--and viewing--various Muriel Rukeyser poems read, and in one case performed, in the 21st century to celebrate her 108th birthday on December 15, 2021. Submitted readings are from friends, scholars, and admirers of Rukeyser. Thank you to everyone who submitted a reading. https://youtu.be/jAw1MIG9QXk Dennis Bernstein reads and explains the opening of "The Gates." https://youtu.be/r8VUkTbttNI… ...Continue Reading
- Bill Rukeyser, Interviewed by Dennis Bernstein, February 16, 2021, KPFA Flashpoints Posted in: Ruke Blog - Dennis: It’s a pleasure and an honor to welcome William L. Rukeyser, son of the late poet and biographer, Muriel Rukeyser, who we are honoring, studying, remembering, during this extended two-day webinar at Eastern Michigan University. Eastern Michigan University is creating an archive for the great work of the biographer and poetry of Muriel Rukeyser. … ...Continue Reading
- “Every elegy is the present”: Listening to Muriel Rukeyser Posted in: Ruke Blog - Posted by Katherine McLeod on February 12, 2021 On the night of January 24, 1969, Muriel Rukeyser read from Elegies at a reading that took place in Montreal, Canada. But she didn’t read all of Elegies. She only read “Elegy in Joy” and, before reading it, she commented on the fact that she had never… ...Continue Reading
- Trudi Witonsky and Elisabeth Daumer: A Visit with Louise Kertesz–Pioneer of Rukeyser Studies Posted in: Ruke Blog - When we told Louise she was a pioneer of Rukeyser Studies, she didn’t quite believe us. It took some time to convey to her just how influential her book, The Poetic Vision of Muriel Rukeyser, has been. Published in 1980, it has served as a touchstone for those of us who’d stumbled onto Rukeyser during… ...Continue Reading
- The Power of Suicide: Muriel Rukeyser’s Poetic Responses to Sylvia Plath Posted in: Ruke Blog - Posted on December 15, 2016 by Arica Frisbey When it comes to Sylvia Plath and her death, the creative response from fellow poets is so very different. Ted Hughes, her estranged husband, wrote an entire book of poems in regards to her (Birthday Letters). Meanwhile, her friend/rival, Anne Sexton, composed a two paged elegy in… ...Continue Reading
- Discovering Muriel Rukeyser as a Young Writer Posted in: Ruke Blog - Posted on September 8, 2014 by Laura Passin On her 16th birthday, my best friend Jess received a copy of Out of Silence: Selected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser from her mother. Jess and I didn’t live in the same state, so we were avid letter writers; after that birthday, her letters always included at least… ...Continue Reading
- Muriel Rukeyser and Other Writers Posted in: Ruke Blog - Posted on May 19, 2014 by Catherine Gander In just a few days, I will have the pleasure of chairing a panel at the American Literature Association’s annual conference at Washington, DC. The panel, organised by Elisabeth Däumer (herself a force of intellectual connectivity of the sort Rukeyser celebrated) will bring together five established and… ...Continue Reading
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