East End Ink

We present poet Mark Doty talking about his book   What is the Grass - Walt Whitman in my life. The program is one of the on-line series produced by Canios Cultural Cafe.     Listen here   The book was published by W.W.Norton in April 2020. Other works by Mark Doty include Art of Description from Graywolf Press in 2010 and Fire to Fire from Harper Collins in 2009.          

East End Ink presents a portion of a reading of Herman Melville's Moby Dick recorded at Sag Harbor's Old Whalers' Church in April 2019. It is part of a complete reading of the classic American novel produced by Canios Cultural Café on Melville's 200th Anniversary. Chapter 9, The Sermon , is narrated by Southampton Press editor Joseph Shaw. Actor Harris Yulin reads Father Mapple’s sermon.   Members of the Choral Society of the Hamptons sing a hymn. The organist is Walter Klauss.    Listen here