"Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts"
Stella Adler Theatre
Hollywood, CA
6/6/2011
Valley Contemporary Poets
Tarzana, CA
6/10/2007
Beat Poets Unpacked
Episode 1 - The Origins
2/16/2024
Beat Poets Unpacked
Episode 2 - Core Beat Poets
4/18/2024
In Conversation with Iris Berry
Poetry.LA Studio
Santa Monica, CA
3/8/2023
Richard Modiano was a member of the literary community connected to the Poetry Project in New York City where he came to know Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, William S. Burroughs and Ted Berrigan. His collection, The Forbidden Lunch Box, was published by Punk Hostage Press in 2022. In 2019, he was elected Vice President of the California State Poetry Society. From 2010 to 2019, he served as Executive Director of the Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center in Venice, CA, where he produced and curated hundreds of literary events. The Huffington Post named him as one of 200 people doing the most to promote American poetry.