Poetry News For June 16, 2009
- — Dharma Poetry: Stephen Dunn —
- — Robert Polito on Kenneth Fearing’s media-saturated poetry as vernacular collage [mp3] —
- — The Annual Return of Sunny the Turtle —
- — Barn Owl Review 3 Call for Submissions —
- — Artists Find Inspiration In Genetic Research —
- — People with a family history of genetic disease are often discriminated against by insurance companies and their relatives and friends, according to new research. —
- — Who Buys Poetry Books? —
- — playlist 11 june from Wordsalad by paul —
- — R.I.P. Shaman Drum —
- — What Really Prompts The Dog’s ‘Guilty Look’
— - — “A lot of people have already pointed out Louis Menand’s (that’s him at right) article on MFA programs in The New Yorker, but I just finally read it, so I’m joing in with a passage I liked” —
- — Poetry of Rumi Spans Across Centuries, Cultures from Poetry | NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS [mp3] —
- — “Tim Green has some interesting thoughts on print vs online publication and on poetry publishing in general.” —
- — Hucksters, mavericks and visionaries: Ian Sansom savours the detail in a mammoth celebration of early 20th century avant-garde poets —
- — NP Books Podcast: Summer Books preview, The Griffin Prize and introducing The Gentlemen’s Reading Society [mp3] —
- — An Invitation into the Wilderness with Kim Stafford [mp3] —
- — ‘Frog And Toad’ Leap Off The Page Again —
- — Ten Questions for Poetry Editors – Justin Evans —
- — The Poetry Show: Michael and Mathew Dickman [mp3] —
- — Werd is a book review show this Week Veronica reviews King By Rebecca Wolff , B.H. Fairchilds, Usher, & Brendan Constantine’s Letters to guns [mp3] —
- — Poet’s Choice by Carl Phillips: ‘Now in Our Most Ordinary Voices’ by Carl Phillips —
- — The general assumption seems to be that poetry is a good thing and we should all have more of it in our lives. But what if poetry is not a thing at all? —
- — Maxine Kumin: “Seven Caveats in May” —
- — “Hat tip to Max Boot. Here’s Harlan Ellison in a very memorable rant about why you should pay writers if you want them to write something for you.” —
- — WS Merwin’s “The Shadow of Sirius” deserved to win the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in poetry, and not just because the book is one of his strongest in years. —
- — An Oulipo Mini-Anthology: When members of the Oulipo convened in New York, Bookworm was there to record this mini-anthology of the transcendentally witty, sometimes hilarious goings-on. [mp3] —
- — “But a new release would reconcile the division “between the experimental and the conventional,” we were promised, and this year Norton released its hybrid (as if all serious poems didn’t arise from a mixture of styles and influences) anthology.” —
- — Behind the recent scandal at Oxford lies a more intractable conflict between the myths of poetry and the realities of the modern university. —
- — George Oppen: New Poems, Audio, and Biography —
- — “I’m wondering why we hate poetry. I don’t mean people who don’t write it. I mean people who do.” —
- — Poet’s Choice by Jeanne Larsen: ‘Wrong All These Years — It Isn’t’ by Jeanne Larsen —
- — Canadian university welcomes Derek Walcott to teaching post —
- — Possible sound recording of Walt Whitman reading from “America” —
- — Dan Albergotti from Jane Crown’s Poetry Radio [mp3] —
- — “We are all delighted to announce the release of the 12th issue of Galatea Resurrects, with a record number of 87 new reviews! “ —
- — Modernist minotaurs —
- — A.F. Moritz and C.D. Wright are the winners of the 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize —
- — The Surprising Advantages of Being a Poet —
- — Elvis inhabits the psyche of poet CaConrad, author of Advanced Elvis Course, an odd compendium of poems, dialogues, quotations, dreams and anecdotes. The first half describes the poet’s pilgrimage to Graceland, Mecca for Elvis fans, consisting of a gauche plantation-style mansion and museum complex. —
- — Lost Ted Hughes children’s poem discovered —
- — “10 or 15 years ago a large state press like Shanghai Literature Press would not have gone near these poets. Things are opening up. But…the in-house censor chopped out a few of my favorites.” —
- — Weekly Poem: ‘Luminous Great Mass’
from Poetry | NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS — - — Judge Orders Former Bristol-Myers Executive to Write Book —
- — Poster poems: Fame —
- — Linklog: How the web changes readers, lit-Twitters and more —
- — How to Sleep, by Dorianne Laux from Poetry Daily —
- — Israel’s oldest newspaper surprised 50,000 readers this week, giving the paper’s journalists a vacation–turning over the newspaper to writers and poets. —
- — Tim Martin explores the mad humour of nursery rhymes in foreign tongues —
- — Beat poet Harold Norse dies at 92 —
- — Articles in May/Jun 2009 issue of American Poetry Review, The —
- — Locating Narrative In Medicine’s Moral Domain: Notes (Musical And Otherwise) From A Recent Presentation —
- — Bloomsday around the world —
- — Poet’s Choice By Edward Hirsch: Claribel Alegría trans. by Carolyn Forché —
- — photo —
- — Poetic Form: Found Poem —
I’m just posting poetry news every Bloomsday from now on. 
Since I last posted I lost my job (I need ADA Accommodations), I had to have Betty “put to sleep” (our 18-year old cat who slept on my feet each night), I’m dealing with being broke (being sick and out of work for months will do that), I’m dealing with my husband being on the road all year (I don’t mind saying that online because I believe in all the Amendments of the Constitution and I can still lift things haha) and I got my job back (I think).
More tomorrow.
Sorry to hear about your kitty and your job, Jilly. Hope you are feeling a little better and that things start going your way! Jeannine
Wow. A lot happens. Sending you good thoughts…
Thanks.