Poetry News For February 21, 2008
Poetry News:
- — Written in English, the collection gathers 25 Latino poets from across the country and gives each a hefty eight to 10 pages to showcase their work —
- — Houses at Night: An interview with John Ashbery —
- — Might not be safe for work nor good taste …but I am easily amused —
- — Ó Searcaigh poems may be taken off curriculum —
- — The home where the late poet Charles Bukowski used to lay his oft-drunken head is on its way to becoming an official Los Angeles city monument —
- — Podcast: “On Writing with Catherine Wagner” [mp3] —
- — Professor of English Michael Harper is receiving the Poetry Society of America’s Frost Medal for a lifetime of distinguished contribution to American poetry —
(I had a family emergency (actually Darryl did) & also my front tooth cracked for no logical reason Wed.) Sheesh. I don’t think I’ll make it to the emergency dentist appt this morning because of some ice that is coming. We’ll see. It is not crazy pain but I would really not have a front tooth with a crack in it, though you can’t really tell because it is near the side. Dentists are expensive. 
And my teeth are an integral part of my face.
And In Heaven the Frozen Shall Be Thawed, Comments Welcome « Windows Toward the World responds:
Posted: February 21st, 2008 at 12:22 pm →
[...] Thanks to Jilly Dybka (scroll to bottom of [...]
Helen Losse responds:
Posted: February 21st, 2008 at 12:26 pm →
Hi Jilly, I just wanted to let you know I used a phrase from your comment at the bottom of this entry in a poem, posted on my blog http://helenl.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/and-in-heaven-the-frozen-shall-be-thawed-comments-welcome/
Russell Ragsdale responds:
Posted: February 22nd, 2008 at 8:27 am →
What Ashberry says about political poetry is so true of poetry on the internet!
Erik France responds:
Posted: February 22nd, 2008 at 11:20 pm →
Good luck with the cracked tooth. Had the same thing fixed on Monday — asked how much with insurance vs. sans? A difference of about $650 — and the dentist knew the system exactly. Creeped me out, but glad to have it fixed regardless.
p.s. hope the family emergency turned out ok.
Jilly Dybka responds:
Posted: February 23rd, 2008 at 7:31 pm →
Glad you got your tooth fixed. I’m changing dentists so I can’t get anything done until April.
Cool Helen. That poem has some positivity to it, which I need right now haha.
Russell - if you explain a bit more what you mean I’ll tell you if I agree with you or not.
Russell Ragsdale responds:
Posted: February 23rd, 2008 at 9:16 pm →
In the interview, Ashberry refers to it as “preaching to the choir.” It is a fabulous image about an empty church and the preacher needing to deliver his sermon to someone (the choir have to be there to sing, they can’t just get up and leave). Sometimes it feels like blog poets are in a very similar circumstance.