Sunflower Reading Series – 12/7/2015

Sunflower Reading Series -12/7/2015

This week: basketball poetry, the best books of the year, and poetry from two fantastic undergraduate poets.
Intro

The Reading Series hosts discuss Kobe Bryant’s poetic retirement announcement and The New York Times best books of 2015.

 

Emily Guerin

KU undergraduate poet, Emily Guerin, reads and discusses some of her poems, which cover subject matter ranging from Sylvia Plath’s journals to Korea to empathy.

 

Brendan Higginbottom

Another KU undergrad, Brendan Higginbottom, reads some of his poems and then sticks around to talk about his influences and the challenges of translating Chinese poetry.