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“Last Looks, Last Books: The Binocular Poetry of Death.” The A. W. Mellon Lectures. National Gallery of Art. 2007.
“Wallace Stevens as an American Poet.” Presidential Lecture. Stanford University Humanities Center. 17 Jan. 2012.
“Teaching Poetry with Helen Vendler.” Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Harvard University. 2007.
Helen Vendler on her scientific training informing her poetry criticism. New York State Writers Institute. 2002.