The Art of Ekphrastic with Ray McManus

Derek Berry is an award-winning writer (and recent Write Around Series featured poet), but did you also know he hosts a podcast? In this recent episode, Berry sits down with CMA Writer-in-Residence Ray McManus to discuss ekphrastic poetry, the SC literary community, and more.

Episode Info
In this episode, we sit down with Ray McManus, poet, teacher, & writer-in-residence at the Columbia Museum of Art. Ray is the author of three books of poetry, most recently “Punch” (Hub City Press, 2014). We discuss approaches to ekphrastic poetry & his series at the Columbia Museum of Art Write Around, in which poets are asked to respond to the artwork in galleries and read those pieces aloud. We also discussed the challenges and joys of literary programming, as well as the evolution of the literary community in South Carolina. We also talked book publishing and Ray’s future projects. To learn more, visit https://www.raymcmanuspoetry.com/