While Myles described the pandemic as awful, since people died and many got sick (including themself), they acknowledged that the pandemic was also an “alternate time period” that served as an “incredible workspace.”Īfter their performance of their poetry, Myles took a seat next to Yeh. Much of A Working Life was written during the pandemic. These poems included: For My Friend, regarding a friend of Myles who came to them for love advice First Poem, Lucky Kittens, Park, inspired by their activism for East River Park Put My House, about a long-distance relationship Myles had during the pandemic and Even, After Getting Off the Boat. Myles started their discussion by sharing some of their newest poems from their poetry collection, A Working Life. This was part of the Art + Life series hosted by Columbia’s Undergraduate Creative Writing Program. “The animal part of the writer is the most important part in the same way the childhood is the most important part of the life,” said poet Eileen Myles.Īdjunct Assistant Professor and Nonfiction Advisor of Undergraduate Creative Writing James Yeh interviewed Eileen Myles, known for their work including Chelsea Girls, Cool for You, Inferno, and Afterglow, on April 14 at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. On April 14th, Staff Writer Monisha Gunasekera attended a conversation hosted by Art + Life with Eileen Myles, poet, novelist, and art journalist.
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