November 10, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 7:00pm
Linsly-Chittenden Hall (LC), LC 211
63 High St.
New Haven, CT 06511
J.D. McClatchy’s poetry is marked by formal adeptness, lyrical control and a wide range of influences—including classical literature, music, and opera. Praised for their polished, erudite surfaces as well as the depths of thought, philosophy, and feeling beneath the facade, McClatchy treats subjects as diverse as Japanese history, the body, and his own autobiography. Often depicting the unsettling and disturbing realities that exist below the surfaces of our lives, McClatchy’s poems are sensitive and intelligent explorations of the moral and aesthetic scope of human experience.