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Robert Glück

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In the late 70’s, Robert Glück and Bruce Boone founded New Narrative, a movement of self-reflexive storytelling that combines essay, lyric, and autobiography in one work. Glück is the author of two story collections, Elements and Denny Smith, and three novels, Jack the Modernist, Margery Kempe, and About Ed, which was published by NYRB in 2023. His collected essays, Communal Nude, was published by Semiotex(e) in 2016. His books of poetry include ReaderLa Fontaine with Bruce Boone, In Commemoration of the Visit with Kathleen Fraser, and I, Boombox, published by Roof Books in 2023. With Camille Roy, Mary Berger and Gail Scott, he edited the anthology Biting The Error: Writers Explore Narrative. Glück served as director of The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University, where he is a professor emeritus. He was co-director of Small Press Traffic Literary Center and associate editor at Lapis Press. He lives “high on a hill” in San Francisco.

Writers on Writing, Fall 2023

Full Reading | Recorded: 11/30/23 | Run time: 35:57