The Cosmic Purr

The Cosmic Purr

— Poems by Aaron Poochigian
(with a Foreword by Charles Martin)

First full-length collection of original poetry from Aaron Poochigian now available from Able Muse Press, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Foyles, and other online and offline bookstores worldwide.

Biography

AARON POOCHIGIAN was born in 1973. He attended Moorhead State University from 1991 to 1996 where he studied under the poets Tim Murphy, Dave Mason and Alan Sullivan. He entered graduate school for Classics in 1997 at the University of Minnesota. After traveling and doing research in Greece on fellowship from 2003—4, he earned his Phd in Classics in 2006. He was a visiting professor of Classics at the University of Utah in 2007—8 and D.L. Jordon Fellow at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia from 2008—2009. He now lives and writes in New York City. . . .

 

 

"The Cosmic Purr" on KMSU's "Weekly Reader"

By Aaron Poochigian on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 17:03

I did a radio interview with KMSU's "Weekly Reader" yesterday. Here's a link to the podcast: http://kmsuweeklyreader.libsyn.com/webpage/aaron-poochigian . The show will air tomorrow. I love that the interviewer asked me to read a number my poems for him. "The Cosmic Purr" is rockin' the airwaves--resonance with resonance.

Here are some upcoming readings:

Wednesday, June 6th, for the West Chester Poetry Conference (West Chester, PA)
Friday, June 29th, 7pm at the KGB Bar (NY, NY)
 

Poochigian Sappho in Ian's Bookpile (Blog)

By Aaron Poochigian on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 21:02

I took no offense that this British author and blogger claims Poochigian sounds “like a superhero poodle.” And I was proud that someone who is “not normally a poetry guy” would write: “it’s nice to find some poetry I actually quite enjoy. Like I said, we’ve lost a lot of Sappho, and if what we’ve got left of her is any indication, it’s a pretty tragic loss.”
 
Here's a link to the post I include below: http://iansbookpile.wordpress.com/tag/sappho/
 

Letter from Richard Wilbur

By Aaron Poochigian on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 23:05

I received a letter today from Richard Wilbur, the greatest living poet in the English language. I was flattered straight off because he took the time to send one (when I am 93, will I respond to mail?  Will I be alive to respond to mail?).  I was even more flattered that he found my beloved "The Cosmic Purr" "classy and full of life" and took "a non-proprietary delight in the stanzas of 'Kudzu,'" which is, among many things, an homage to his "Thyme flowering among rocks."
 
Here, my friends, is
 
Kudzu: An Immigrant's Tale:
 

Poochigian interview in The Grand Forks Herald

By Aaron Poochigian on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 11:01

Ms. Paulette Tobin asked me great questions about my Aratus and my work in general:
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/233023/group/homepage/
Published March 25, 2012, 11:22 PM 
Grand Forks native, Writers Conference author writes poetry, translates from ancient Greek and Latin

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