Poetry Hut Blog

Poetry News:

Bukowski would be proud, largely because “Dead” is not a Saturday morning cartoon [link via chez bez thanks] —

Now, 30 years after his death, his work is being published in a new collection —

To Speak of Woe That Is in Marriage —

Illinois professor wins $100,000 poetry prize —

All in a [...]

Continue reading “Poetry News For February 15, 2007” »

Tuesday; An Art Project
PO Box 1074
Arlington, MA 02474-0020
www.tuesdayjournal.org
In a time when most new publishing is transpiring in cyberspace, a new Arlington based literary journal is working to put the paper back into the print. Tuesday; An Art Project, an unbound journal of letterpress printed poems, photographs and prints, highlights established and unpublished poets and artists.
The [...]

Continue reading “new lit mag: Tuesday; An Art Project” »

Poetry News:

He first made his mark selling love poems to students, which they passed on to their sweethearts —

As the box is unfolded the verse and proposal becomes clear to reveal a space inside for a love token —

Do you remember when you fell in love with poetry? —

Literature buffs bond over [...]

Continue reading “Poetry News For February 14, 2007” »

Poetry News:

Re-enactors put Victorian twist on poetry slam —

What can two hundred million dollars do for poetry? —

Steve Swallow: The Poetry Of Music —

well that’s one way to produce an online poetry litmag —

New literary twist added to laundry cycle —

Lambda Lit Awards sees record number of entries —

OK [...]

Continue reading “Poetry News For February 13, 2007” »

Poetry News:

English professor Veronica Schuder’s freshmen have taken a unique approach to the concept of service learning by displaying poetry in a major traffic zone —

Berkeley event celebrates the book as a work of visual, as well as literary, art —

‘Who charted / this anxious mappemonde,” asks John Ashbery —

Is it something [...]

Continue reading “Poetry News For February 12, 2007” »

“Please drop by with your best cake, bread, cookie or any other oven friendly recipe, and your favorite Sylvia Plath poem, story or journal snippet”
No tag for this post.

Continue reading “2/11/63” »

Poetry News:

Literary history is full of famous partnerships … but what happens when friendship turns to jealousy —

To a Friend who wished to give me half her sleep by Sara Coleridge —

Since there is a suspicion of poets who write strictly in rhyme, as opposed to Poets-with-a-Capital-P free versers, the bar is set [...]

Continue reading “Poetry News For February 11, 2007” »

Poetry News:

Banned in Akron —

Midpoint by Charles Simic —

Reading Wright‘ poetry, it‘ easy to understand the poet‘ sympathy with Stevens —

Speculator snaps up poets”™ house —

Poet peppers readings with blues harmonica wailings —

The Hemingway Effect, From Recent Battlefields —

Ginger has a very generous offer for those of you who [...]

Continue reading “Poetry News For February 10, 2007” »

Poetry News:

Copper Nickel: a literary showcase —

Distributor’s folding hurts indie mags —

A new Aeneid for the 21st century —

there is a fine line between poetry art and porn —

But if the form was familiar, the language and subject matter marked a revolution in American poetry —

How to Read a [...]

Continue reading “Poetry News For February 9, 2007” »

Poetry News:

Can a great writer be blind to the world around him? —

Valid prose poems are exceedingly rare in our day —

a new wave of publishers and writers are harnessing the power of MySpace and print on demand to bypass their bricks-and-mortar competitors —

Julia Copus offers detailed advice to the poets who [...]

Continue reading “Poetry News For February 8, 2007” »

Poetry News:

Asahi Haikuist Network —

45 Writers from 22 Countries Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants —

The Poets.org Poetcast: a retrospective on the life and work of Muriel Rukeyser, including historical recordings and reflections from her former student, Sharon Olds [link goes to MP3 file & it is not safe for work] —

‘Othello’ off the British [...]

Continue reading “Poetry News For February 7, 2007” »

Poetry News:

Subverting violent computer games with religious poetry —

the relationship between coffee, literature and commerce —

Report after report testifies to declining literacy in America [link good for 5 days] —

The Major Poet is a continuation of all the other Major Poets who have read here —

Reading Akhmatova’s essays, one is soon [...]

Continue reading “Poetry News For February 6, 2007” »

Poetry News:

Penn online poetry project rooted in culture of accessibility —

‘Every essay is like an adventure’ —

Lauded poet stays positive —

the current obsession with plagiarism stands at the precise intersection of the cult of celebrity and what he calls “the cult of originality” —

What the Romans did for Julie Andrews — [...]

Continue reading “Poetry News For February 5, 2007” »

Poetry News:

Trucker-poet finds inspiration on the road —

Jimmy Santiago Baca disinvited for university reading program —

… it also explains why certain factions in the poetry world loathe each other nearly as much as “Star Wars” fanatics despise people who have a working knowledge of Klingon —

What does it mean to “hear” a [...]

Continue reading “Poetry News For February 4, 2007” »