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Poetry News For July 21, 2008

Poetry News:

— Why do his poems so often feature husbands who kill or resent their wives? —

— On The Gurlesque Part 3 —

— Poet keeps win close to chest —

— USC Pigskin Poets Get Kids Reading —

— Time, reconfigured by poetry, allows connection —

— Library of Congress Organizes Eighth Annual National Book Festival Hosted by Mrs. Laura Bush on the National Mall; Famed Authors To Participate —

— Southeast publishes 1921 poem by William Carlos Williams —

— Poet Hart Crane was born on this day in 1899 —

— Exactly why we take personal poems so, well, personally remains a mystery and a muddle. —

— Yeats Meets the Digital Age, Full of Passionate Intensity —

— a poem whose logic is a mockery of logic —

— Quantum poetics —

‘Frequency Hopping’ Showcases Screen Siren’s Smarts

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This is the idea I agree with the most:

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So do you think this poem is racist, as has been interpreted here? I can think of a few poems with the P word — Plath, Bukowski … Macbeth. Philip Levine I bet.

I am sooo getting sick of political-correctness groupthink. Die Gedanken sind frei.

Tags: Arielle Greenberg, Ballet Mécanique, Charles Simic, Danielle Pafunda, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Frances Richey, George Antheil, Gurlesque, Hart Crane, Hedy Lamarr, Janet Charman, Lara Glenum, Madge McKeithen, poet, Poetry, Poetry News, poets, Robert Browning, William Butler Yeats

Poetry News For May 13, 2008

Poetry News:

— The prose poem in California —

— In which I answer questions like: “How do you see lady death?” —

— Trying to get to the core of Dylan Thomas’ Big Apple – and see through the booze —

— What counts as a “personal rejection”? —

— “The Warrior” by Frances Richey is composed of 28 poems written by the poet to her son, Ben, a Green Beret who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Richey and her son about the collection and their unique perspectives on the war. [MP3] —

— Most of Thomas Hardy’s poems were written after his celebrated novels. But in poetry, his first love, his talent shines just as strongly —

— Trust your reader. Leave space for his or her imagination and knowledge. —

Tags: Dylan Thomas, Frances Richey, Gary Young, Gillian Clarke, Kate Evans, poet, Poetry, Poetry News, poets, Thomas Hardy

Poetry News For March 4, 2008

Poetry News:

— Initially championed by TS Eliot, the poetry of Lynette Roberts has long since fallen out of fashion, but her voice remains fresh and challenging —

— MLB Poetry Previews —

— Inventory By Frances Richey —

— Frances Wilson’s The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth reveals a passionate, talented woman whose love for her brother defined her and finally destroyed her —

— Allen Grossman writes the poems that inspire poets —

— At home with Mary Jo Bang —

— How the complete works of four 20th-century poets with complicated publishing histories found their homes —

— 50 arts secrets revealed —

— Though it remains to be seen what will become of the new position, it augers well that the city has recognized a need to help foster the burgeoning literary scene. —

Tags: Allen Grossman, Barbara Guest, baseball poems, books, Dorothy Wordsworth, Frances Richey, Jack Spicer, Lynette Roberts, Mary Jo Bang, Poems, poet, Poetry, Poetry News, poets, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan

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