Ovid’s Creek
In Ovid's Creek Sam Magavern, in paying tribute to the Roman poet Ovid, works out his own ars poetica, one that values plainness over ornament, playfulness over solemnity, and liveliness over propriety and elevation. These virtues are paralleled by the landscapes of Monica Angle, which offer provisional, momentary takes on experience rather than stable images of the permanent. The result is a book of peculiar freshness.
- Carl Dennis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Practical Gods
Films from Ovid’s Creek
Each of these short films (about 40 seconds) features a poem and work of art from Ovid’s Creek. Sam recites the poems sitting in the woods on a balmy April day with the wind making the pine trees murmur.