Hymn for the Living Poet is a very special edition of Verse of April dedicated to poets of our time, in pieces made by artists of our time.
This year's anthology shares the work of Sarah Ghazal Ali, Sara Elkamel, S. Fey, Patrycja Humienik, Rodger Kamenetz, Bayan Kiwan, Alison Grace Koehler, Maya Lowy, Andrea Panzeca, Dia Roth, Kristin Sanders, Andy Young, and Nina Zivancevic, as they respond in thanks, intrigue, and awe to the living poetry of Etel Adnan, Gabrielle Bates, Olivier Baez Bendorf, Marianne Boruch, Leila Chatti, Sara Elkamel, Ross Gay, Sabine Huynh, Bill Lavender, Gretchen Marquette, Laura Mullen, Tommy Pico, Gaia Rajan, Kit Robinson, Stephanette Vander, and Ivana Vujic.
This trailer is designed to celebrate this year's special theme and the participation of our contributors.
Enormous thanks to Baptiste de Chabaneix for making this video and for sharing this accompaniment, an excerpt from a song in his Suites Ultradiennes.