Poetry News:
- — The great poet William Carlos Williams called [her] “one of the major phenomena of history” —
- — Copper Canyon is the leading U.S. independent publisher of poetry —
- — As these four collections show, the field’s “outsider” status lets poets pursue art for its own sake —
- — Too many movies, poems, songs, TV shows deal in the familiar, offering the comfort of the predictable —
- — Rowling has already expressed an interest in covering the classics after her studies in Greek and Roman mythology at Exeter University in the 1980s —
- — Bold words: A poet pushes forward —
- — Home of poet Langston Hughes experiences its own Harlem renaissance —
- — Printers Ball shut down by police [wow, weird. link found here thanks] —
- — when she evokes an environment, she does not efface herself from it, nor (despite the clarity of her eye) stand apart from it —
- — Poet finds an unsentimental harbor for her love of life —
I picked up the new Harry Potter book when it went on sale at midnight and I have to say that was one of the strangest scenes I’ve encountered. 100s and 100s and 100s of kids going berserk over a BOOK going on sale. 