Poetry News For March 22, 2008
Poetry News:
- — Detained poet in hospital with hernia —
- — Haikuists are adept at juxtaposing vivid imagery during springtime —
- — For the next four days, the area around U Street and Columbia Heights will be buzzing with the presence of poets —
- — Stray Questions for: Ishmael Reed —
- — Current Finalists for the 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards —
- — “I think poetry is a much larger part of our lives than popular culture indicates” —
I changed my bracket at the last possible minute before lock-down. Final 4 = Tennessee, Memphis, UCLA and Wisconsin. Still going with UT. (I don’t know what I’m doing.)
Some Split This Rock blogging here and here.
Tags: c dale young, Carol Potter, Dawn Lundy Martin, haiku, Henri Cole, Ishmael Reed, Philip Levine, Rachel Zolf, Reginald Shepherd, Saw Wai, Split This Rock Poetry Festival
Erik France responds:
Posted: March 22nd, 2008 at 2:10 pm →
Hmmm, I’m going with the Tar Heels
Jilly Dybka responds:
Posted: March 26th, 2008 at 10:50 am →
I think Memphis will win, actually, but I picked TN because I went to school there hahaha.