Dybek, Stuart 1994; 2015
with Mark Doty
Daylight perforates siding despite
the battered armor of license plates–
corroded colors, same state: decay,
their dates the only history
of whoever tilled the soil
– Stuart Dybek, “Scythe”
Listen to Stuart Dybek’s 1994 Poetry Center reading with Mark Doty:
Stuart Dybek begins at 33:37 minutes.
On a brick street slicked
by a reddish, spiritual neon,
I thought I saw you again,
bareheaded in damp weather.
I recognized the shape
of your breath in the cold.
– Stuart Dybek, “Vigil”
Read this interview with Stuart Dybek by Poetry Center of Chicago’s own Danielle Susi:
Stuart Dybek Interview
Interview with Stuart Dybek curated by Danielle Susi
The garments worn in flying dreams
were fashioned there–
overcoats that swooped like kites,
scarves streaming like vapor trails,
gowns ballooning into spinnakers.
– Stuart Dybek, “Windy City”
Listen to Stuart Dybek read his work with Sandy Marchetti at the Poetry Center of Chicago’s 2015 Six Points Reading Series:
Stuart Dybek begins at 16:42 minutes.
Stuart Dybek reading for the March installment of the Poetry Center of Chicago’s Six Points Reading Series.
It’s the metallic hour
when birds lose perfect pitch.
On a porch, three stories up,
against a copper window
facing the El,
a woman in a satin slip,
and the geraniums she waters,
turn to gold.
– Stuart Dybek, “Angelus”
Check out this On the Fly interview with Stuart Dybek:
Writers On the Fly: Stuart Dybek
Stuart Dybek is the author of three books of fiction: “I Sailed With Magellan”, “The Coast of Chicago”, and “Childhood and Other Neighborhoods”. Both “I Sailed With Magellan” and “The Coast of Chicago” were New York Times Notable Books, and “The Coast of Chicago” was a One Book One Chicago selection.
