From the American Cycle

<p>This is "American Cycle," a podcast featuring Larry Beckett’s live performances of his poetry. Beckett’s poems have been collected in the book <em>American Cycle</em>, which Jonah Raskin says “takes readers into the past and rewrites our national epic for the twenty-first century.” Inspired by our folklore and past, <strong><em><a href="https://runningwildpress.com/RunningWildCatalog/product/american-cycle-by-larry-beckett-hardback/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">American Cycle</a></em><a href="https://runningwildpress.com/RunningWildCatalog/product/american-cycle-by-larry-beckett-hardback/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> is available now</a></strong> from Running Wild Press. This episode features Beckett performing excerpts from each of the ten long poems that comprise <em>American Cycle</em>. He performed these pieces March 5, 2021, as part of the online event "Walking with Whitman," hosted by the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association. The episode is introduced by poet, critic, and longtime journalist Paul Wilner.</p>