[New-Poetry] Becker goes ekphrastic

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Poet intertwines language, art

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2009/03/05/poet_intertwines_language_art.aspx


Robin Becker, professor of English and women's studies, speaks in front of a painting by Kate Javens. She used the work as a reference to Rosa Bonheur's "The Horse Fair," a similar painting that influenced her poetry.

By Matthew D’Ippolito  
Collegian Staff Writer

With a voice that echoed in the back of the room in the Palmer Museum of Art, professor Robin Becker recited her ekphrastic poetry -- poems that center on other art forms.


An audience of 26 people gathered -- sitting on chairs, benches and the floor -- to listen to a poetry reading that focused on various paintings.


"I wanted to bring together two worlds we inhabit, the world of language and the world that apprehends beauty through the eyes," Becker, who teaches English and women's studies, said in an interview after the reading. "The ekphrastic tradition showed me a path to that end."


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