Masters Series Reading: Paul Durcan, "Wild, Wild Erie"

One of the most celebrated voices in contemporary Irish literature, poet Paul Durcan presents an illustrated dramatic reading of work from his new book, "Wild, Wild Erie." The collection of 50 poems is inspired by works he selected from the Toledo Museum of Art’s world-class collection, and marks his first collaboration with an American museum. Unsparingly satirical, Durcan’s strikingly visual poetry often tackles social and political hypocrisies, but also can be intensely personal, mining his own relationships and everyday experiences to paint vivid, unorthodox, even surreal - but always deeply humanist - in scenes. As passionate about art as he is about writing, Durcan has previously composed poetry inspired by the collections of the National Gallery of Ireland (“Crazy About Women,” 1991) and the National Gallery, London (“Give Me Your Hand,” 1994).
The Masters Series is sponsored in part by the TMA Ambassadors; the publication of "Wild, Wild Erie" is sponsored in part by the Stephen D. Taylor Family Foundation.