Poetry News for August 2, 2007
Poetry News:
- — Poets of the magnitude and agility of Tsvetaeva and Pasternak are, in all senses, hard to follow —
- — Instead of love ballads sung by scantily clad singers, the contestants offered the rhyme and rhythm of a flowery style of Bedouin poetry known as Nabati —
- — Local writer wins poetry prize —
- — Rowling said in an online chat the Hallows were in part inspired by The Pardoner’s Tale, one of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales [spoilers in this article!] —
- — Sussex hotel linked to poet Shelley is sold —
- — for the first time since 1912, you too [americans] can legally partake of absinthe —
- — Try your hand at his workshop on dramatic poetry —
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Tags: absinthe, Boris Pasternak, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ingmar Bergman, jt marshall, Marina Tsvetaeva, Matthew Sweeney, Poetry, Poetry News, poets, Zilka Joseph
Collin Kelley responds:
Posted: August 2nd, 2007 at 9:54 am →
I’ve had absinthe in Europe. It’s a different kind of intoxication. I’d happily try it again in the name of research.