On this page the following entries were made in the “February, 2007” time-frame.
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Poetry News For February 28, 2007
Poetry News:
“Otto Frisch Discovers Fission, 1938″ By John Canaday —
Pope pointed out that Shakespeare, Homer and other pre-19th-century writers show numerous characters suffering from other psychiatric disorders —
A Scottish poet imagines the loss of a childhood tongue —
A series of reports from Jeffrey Brown, who travels to the Middle East to provide [...]
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Poetry News For February 27, 2007
Poetry News:
He devised a tone, a feeling of wry, informed and doom-ridden attentiveness —
Letters: Hart Crane —
The pressures of confinement in Guantanamo Bay have led many in the controversial detention camp to turn to poetry —
We want more people to know who she was and what she achieved —
Robinson’s reputation did [...]
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Poetry News For February 26, 2007
Poetry News:
Frontlines of poetry war nasty —
Appalachian poets come together in new book ‘Coal, A Poetry Anthology’ —
Montana House rejects compensating poet laureate —
After eight books, Rebecca McClanahan hopes that she still has a lot to learn —
Ellen Bryant Voigt’s poems take on the world from a fixed rural place — [...]
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Poetry News For February 25, 2007
Poetry News:
‘Collected Poems’ by Zbigniew Herbert —
it is rare for a debut poet to find himself the subject of media buzz is to test the boundaries of understatement —
CBC awards worth a read [congrats on being shortlisted, Brian] —
Poised with a poet in the spotlight —
Hindsight being 20/20, would he recite [...]
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Poetry News For February 24, 2007
Poetry News:
Who Keeps Killing Poetry? —
Principal’s poetry prompts meeting —
The biggest little magazine in history —
Lines from a lost city —
Quickie Interview # 15: Tracy K. Smith —
State poet laureate? Finally it’s a pretty good bet —
wow great job on that PeeWee Herman tattoo
Some links from my blogroll:
Land Mammal
Largehearted [...]
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Poetry News For February 23, 2007
Poetry News:
Cold Mountain Review releases fall issue —
The Poetry Foundation is smarting over “The Moneyed Muse,” a 6,000-word profile by Dana Goodyear —
Three People Reportedly Jailed for Organizing Literary Event —
Modigliani’s languid Anna Akhmatova —
Write Porn, Forge Art, Buy $1,200 Wine: Money Tips From Authors —
A sign of spring: baseball [...]
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Poetry News For February 21, 2007
Poetry News:
Top Tools for Creative (and Working) Writers —
Conference Writers To Visit Chattanooga Schools —
Brooklyn teacher wins Fresno State’s Levine poetry prize —
from now on this aw-shucks style will come with a major stamp of literary approval —
Press Watchdog: Eritrean Government Caused Playwright’s Death —
Peter Markus, Wayne State’s newest writer-in [...]
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Poetry News For February 20, 2007
Poetry News:
Poets gather to help a colleague in need —
Jeffrey Levine’s Dorset Prize Dustup —
W. H. Auden‘ poem about casino gamblers is as relevant now as the day he wrote it —
Gov. Jim Douglas and the Vermont Arts Council invite the public to submit nominations for the appointment of a new [...]
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Poetry News For February 19, 2007
Poetry News:
Poems and Lectures by Paul Muldoon —
Fragments must be honored as fragments —
Listen as Auden reads his 1957 poem “The More Loving One” —
Poets are extraordinary persons: Minister —
The Penn professor and poetry critic is still exploring various modes of the satirical, political and philosophical —
When it comes to [...]
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Poetry News For February 18, 2007
Poetry News:
Mary Oliver‘ first book of poems, “No Voyage” (1965), was reviewed in this publication by James Dickey, who dumped all over it [scroll down] —
Let’s start with the concept of non-separation —
Derek Walcott’s Selected Poems confirm him as a master of form —
Wordsmiths share tools —
Annette Allen and the poetry [...]
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Poetry News For February 17, 2007
Poetry News:
Wick poetry winners reflect on clouds, apples, everything —
Area lawmaker pushes for state poet —
Lost Tennessee Williams poem published —
So says former New Jersey poet laureate and eminent jazz critic Amiri Baraka —
Did Mary Shelley Keep Her Dead Husband’s Heart in Her Desk? —
Diane Burns, Native American Lower East [...]
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Poetry News For February 16, 2007
Poetry News:
The timid male would be advised to stand well back when a female threatened is on the rampage —
Milan has begun preparations for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Futurism —
Cardiff poem is too tiny to be seen —
Salter and Leithauser are acclaimed poets, with over a dozen volumes and [...]
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