Poetry News:

1. — Readers solve ‘lost’ poet mystery —
2. — To the Editor: In his review of Frank O’Hara’s “Selected Poems” (June 29), William Logan … —
3. — Poetry Everywhere? Yes, Everywhere! —
4. — From great landscapes spring fine poetry, but which scenes of inspiration and dedication stick most in the mind? —
5. — Ex-Poet Phelps suits up for Orioles —
6. — Why Africa needs to invest in its own literature —
7. — “Airing out books after the monsoon rains have passed” is a seasonal reference used by haikuists —
8. — WPVM’s Wordplay Podcast with Landon Godfrey [mp3] —

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Poetry News:

1. — Last week two U. S. lady poets, whom repute places high above the ruck of feminine poetasters, smote their lyres in unison —
2. — A doctor and poet in Boston, Campo writes eloquently about his divided loyalties in “How I Learned English: 55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life” —
3. — The attraction of opposites —
4. — Drinking games don’t often involve meter and verse, unless you were composing poetry back in ancient China —
5. — Social Network for Authors Red Room Gets $1.25 Million —
6. — Chapbooks and zines get the personal touch —
7. — Taslima had expected to win her return ticket to Calcutta after expressing regret and deleting the offending portions from her book —
8. — What are You Recommending, Daisy Fried? —
9. — To take a random-sample handful of its subjects, there’s Freud, Duke Ellington, Beatrix Potter, Tony Curtis, Anna Akhmatova, and GK Chesteron —

Poetry News:

1. ‘Isotope’ gets $5,000 grant (yay! I loooove Isotope) —
2. “The Lorca family cannot stand me” —
3. With history as his muse, a poet finds new voices —
4. Decision on Burns museum awaited —
5. The Waste Land: Declassified poetry from Guantanamo Bay —
6. 7 regional writers vying for book critics honors —

My mom is in the hospital so any good wishes / prayers would be appreciated. Friday I drove to Chattanooga and picked up my aunt and we drove to Detroit to see my mom. (My aunt doesn’t like flying.) We drove back to Chattanooga Monday and on Tuesday I drove back to Nashville. Driving and crying — my eyes are like 2 piss-holes in the snow, as they say. I will probably be going back up there soon because I have to do some aftercare research up in Detroit. I need to find out about work and FMLA etc beforehand, though. I’ll post here if I’ll be on hiatus or whatever.

I’m very sad about the whole thing.