On May 29th Danusha Lameris was in conversation with Zack Rogow about Bonfire Opera her new collection of poetry. Listen to the poetry reading and discussion.
Bonfire Opera by Danusha Lameris
“Bonfire Opera, Danusha Lameris’ ravishing second collection of poems, lives up to its title and then some. In melodic and sumptuous lines, she considers desire, sorrow, beauty and death. This is a collection you will want to keep close, ‘a reminder to begin, again, by listening carefully with the body’s rapt attention.’”
—Ellen Bass
About Danusha Lameris
Danusha Laméris' first book, The Moons of August(2014), was chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Autumn House Press poetry prize and was a finalist for the Milt Kessler Book Award. Some of her poems have been published, or are forthcoming in: The Best American Poetry, The New York Times, The American Poetry Review, The Gettysburg Review, Tin House, Ploughshares, and The Sun Magazine. She's the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Prize and The Atlanta Review's International Poetry award. Her second book, Bonfire Opera, is due out from the University of Pittsburgh Press in spring 2020. She lives in Santa Cruz, California where she teaches poetry independently, and is the current Poet Laureate.
About Zack Rogow
Zack Rogow is the author, editor, or translator of twenty books or plays. His most recent book of poems, Irreverent Litanies, was published by Regal House. Rogow’s other books of poetry include Talking with the Radio: poems inspired by jazz and popular music. His play Colette Uncensored (coauthored with Lorri Holt) had its first public reading at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC; was performed at The Marsh in San Francisco/Berkeley, and in London at the Canal Café Theatre. His most recent book of translations is Bérénice 1934–44: An Actress in Occupied Paris, by Isabelle Stibbe. Rogow is the editor of an anthology of poetry of the U.S.A., The Face of Poetry, from University of California Press. His song lyrics include “A Love for Just Part” coauthored and sung by Carrie Wicks. He has taught in several MFA creative writing programs, and serves as a contributing editor of Catamaran Literary Reader.