Poetry News For Aprille 22, 2009

• — The Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens caused a furor in the world of Shakespeare scholarship over the weekend —
• — Frederick Seidel reads poems from his collected works. [audio] —
• — Edgar Allan Poe and the economy of horror. —
• — How a local poet publishes, from zines to the Internet —
• — Power Of Imagination Is More Than Just A Metaphor —
• — Judith Krug, Who Fought Ban on Books, Dies at 69 —
• — PEN condemns publication of Karadzic poems —
• — Effortless Clotted Cream —
• — Slash Pine Press is pleased to announce our first call for chapbook-length manuscripts of poetry or mixed-genre. —
• — Photo from garfield minus garfield —
• — And the Winner Is… Anonymous —
• — Poetry slam is Friday at Tennessee State University —
• — Finishing Line Press is going to publish my chapbook, Love and Other Four-Letter Words —
• — Good Poems for Hard Times is a top seller nationally, and with good reason —
• — NPR: 04-21-2009 Fresh Air: 1) W. S. Merwin: The ‘Sirius’ Side Of Poetry 2) Neil Young Faces A ‘Fork In The Road’ 3) J.G. Ballard And ‘The Psychology Of The Future’ 4) Gordon Ramsay: Television’s Gourmet Guru [mp3] —
• — Poet Linda Gregg wins $50,000 prize —
• — Ballard proves you should live a bit before writing —
• — Arielle Greenberg —
• — Review: Trouble And Honey by Jilly Dybka [pdf] thanks Main Street Rag and Heather Collings. —
• — and Collin Kelley had a review in that issue as well —
• — So you think you might have Ehlers-Danlos synrome? [PDF] —
• — A new look at Thoreau: from nature preacher to wisecracking, entrepreneurial party boy. —
• — For poet Brenda Hillman, it’s all about the mystery —
• — Murfreesboro residents who might have lost valuable items in the recent tornadoes can go to the local library to see if they have been recovered. and also Over the past decade, Tennessee ranks 1st in the U.S. in tornado fatalities. —
• — On Language: Baseball Lingo —
• — Troubled R ‘n’ B star Amy Winehouse is writing a book of poems. —
• — Viking Legacy On English: What Language Tells Us About Immigration And Integration —
• — The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday. Author Annette Gordon-Reed won the history prize for “The Hemingses of Monticello” and poet W.S. Merwin was honored for “The Shadow of Sirius.” Watch NewsHour conversations with Gordon-Reed and Merwin here. —
• — print vs online —
• — Laughter Remains Good Medicine —
• — Book Returned to Washington and Lee Library Only 52,858 Days Late —
• — Bloodaxe Editor Neil Astley advises what to do once you’ve finished your poem(s) —
• — Here are the 10 most common titles of submissions they’ve received in the past two years —
• — Why do some poems play it cool and simple while others are all timpany and cacaphony? —
• — Don’t Like Poetry? Too Bad. You’re Reading It Anyway. —
• — Project Censored Top 25 Censored Stories For 2009 —
• — Futurist covers: full audio from Charles Bernstein Web Log with Thomas Sayers Ellis, Joshua Mehigan, Alicia Stallings, & Charles Bernstein —
• — Female Birds ‘Jam’ Their Mates’ Flirtatious Songs —
• — Tate recreates Blake’s ‘wretched’ solo show —
• — why couldn’t u just have kids? —
• — speaking of the above, my friend Jessica’s essay in Newsweek —
• — and review of her book —
• — Poets.org has partnered with TextTelevision to offer TextFlows, an alternative approach to reading and experiencing poetry. —
• — Get well wishes to Brent Goodman —
• — Plath as a Major Poet by Annie Finch —

We have a surprise house guest coming for a month. Tomorrow. Just found out about it haha. Let me tell you, only a good friend can get away with that haha. Have a safe flight across the pond Mr Vyv.