Richard Tillinghast is the author of twelve books of poetry including, most recently, Selected Poems (2008) and Wayfaring Stranger (2012), as well as five non-fiction books: Finding Ireland (2008); An Armchair Traveller’s History of Istanbul (2012); Poetry and What Is Real (2004), and most recently, Journeys into the Mind of the World: A Book of Places (2017). Damaged Grandeur (1995), is a critical memoir of Robert Lowell, with whom he studied as a graduate student at Harvard in the mid-sixties. He divides his time between Sewanee, Tennessee, and Hawaii.
Revaluation: Early Poems of Robert Lowell
Robert Lowell’s poems that appeared in The Kenyon Review from its first number to its eighth provide a work-in-progress view of his early development. John Crowe Ransom showed high confidence […]
Celebration of Robert Lowell
Winter 2000
Panel: Lowell on the Page
Introduction by James Kimbrell This morning our discussion is “Lowell on the Page.” We will have Mr. Bidart., Mr. Prunty, and Mr. Tillinghast and after that we will have a […]
Celebration of Robert Lowell
Winter 2000
Quincy House and the White House
Introduction by Jessica Dolce Good afternoon. My name is Jessica Dolce, and I serve as intern for The Kenyon Review. It is my pleasure to introduce Richard Tillinghast. Born in […]
Kenyon Review Classics
Summer 1998
Revaluation: Early Poems of Robert Lowell
Robert Lowell’s poems that appeared in The Kenyon Review from its first number to its eighth provide a work-in-progress view of his early development. John Crowe Ransom showed high confidence […]
Poetry
Summer/ Autumn 1997
Tea
Erase a statue of Buddha, eyes lidded on nonexistence. Erase topiary. Take away red paint and gilding. This is a place to sit for a while, the mats fresh, smell […]