An Interview with Samuel Hazo

Following the recent series of articles by Samuel Hazo, founder of the International Poetry Forum, here is a rerun of a podcast interview by Beatrice Institute, one of the sponsoring institutions of Genealogies of Modernity.

In this interview, Hazo—a lifelong Pittsburgher, finalist for the National Book Award, and Pennsylvania's first Poet Laureate—describes his earliest memories of Pittsburgh, what it was like growing up in Squirrel Hill and East Liberty (where he was a Cub Scout), and attending Notre Dame in the 1940s. He also shares his memories of running the International Poetry Forum and tells Elise about the people he brought to Pittsburgh for poetry readings, including W.H. Auden, Gwendolyn Brooks, Grace Kelly, and Gregory Peck.

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