I heard Lynne Sachs read for the KGB Monday Night Poetry Series on Zoom a few weeks ago. She read from her new book, Year By Year Poems (2019), which is a beautifully put together publication by Tender Buttons Press. In it she chronicles every year of her life from her birth to 2011, the year she turned 50.
In reading Year By Year Poems everyone brings their own experiences remembering that year and what it meant. Lynne Sachs is a filmmaker. Filmmakers give the gift of cherished time because every film has to do with capturing it, not just a still photo, but a long or a short span of a year or a day or a few moments of that day.
In the Vimeo below Lynne Sachs reads from Year By Year Poems. Enjoy.
https://vimeo.com/473199076
Year by Year Poems by Lynne Sachs at Small Press Distribution:
https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780927920209/year- by-year-poems.aspx
And you can check out Tender Buttons Press here:
https://www.tenderbuttonspress.com/
https://vimeo.com/194980606
Lynne Sachs’ website is where you can check out her films and find dates for current screenings.
https://www.lynnesachs.com/
What follows are a few short films I’ve embedded from the website. Enjoy.
https://vimeo.com/170861432
https://vimeo.com/158996334
https://vimeo.com/124461098
https://vimeo.com/440075830
KGB reading with Lynne Sachs and Paolo Javier, September 28, 2020
https://vimeo.com/463572829