What does it mean to be American? That's the question poet David Roderick explores in his new collection called "The Americans." "It's a series of meditations, I think, on the big, messy, beautiful ...

David Roderick spent a year traveling abroad, in search of poetic inspiration. In Japan, he wrote prose poems, a form he hadn’t previously explored. In Ireland, he became “enamored” with composing ...

Listen to David Roderick read “Dear Suburb,” the first poem from his new collection, “The Americans.” In October, Roderick told Art Beat that he had a whole new take on suburban life after a year of ...

David Michael Roderick was born in Rotterdam, NY in 1936 to Ernest Joseph Roderick and Lucille Faith Carrigan. Soon after his birth, the family moved to Maine, and David always considered the state ...

What does it mean to be American? That’s the question poet David Roderick explores in his new collection called “The Americans.” “It’s a series of meditations, I think, on the big, messy, beautiful ...

Award-winning poet David Roderick joins us on this Thanksgiving to discuss his second book, "The Americans." Poet David Roderick Explores What It Means to Be American What does it mean to be American?