Poetry News For November 14, 2009
- — “I don’t normally just post random stuff here, but this is more than worth it. It’s a rendering of the famed Dock Ellis LSD-no hitter, with narration by Dock himself. The killer animation is by James Blagden.” —
- — Weekly Poems: a Double From the ‘Mets Poet’ from NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS | Frank Messina —
- — The Blood-Jet Writing Hour” Radio Show with Rachelle Cruz – Join Rachelle as she talks to cece peri Cece’s poetry has appeared in literary journals and anthologies including Speechless the Magazine, San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly, Untangled: Stories & Poetry from the Women and Girls of WriteGirl, Gift of Words: Poems for the Iraqi People and is forthcoming in The Poetry Mystique: Inside the Contemporary Poetry Workshop from Duende Books. In 2006, she was the recipient of the first Anne Silver Poetry Award. In 2008, she was chosen to read at the prestigious Newer Poets / ALOUD Series at the Los Angeles Public Library. In September, 2009, one of her poems was selected as “Poem of the Month” by Writers at Work and is online at WritersatWork.com. In Los Angeles, she co-hosts the Light the Sky Poetry Series in the Metro Café at Eagle Rock Plaza on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. In October, 2009, The Light the Sky series was selected to be part of the NEA’s “The Big Read: Robinson Jeffers and the Ecologies of Poetry.” Cece holds a doctorate in social psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and consults on research design. She was born and raised in New York City. [mp3] —
- — Archival recordings of poet James Tate, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded at the Library of Congress in 1976. [mp3] —
- — Joe Milford Hosts Ander Monson – Ander Monson is the author of a bunch of media, including a decoder wheel, broadsides, a website, a couple chapbooks, and five books, including two forthcoming in 2010: a nonfiction project, Vanishing Point (Graywolf), and a poetry collection, The Available World (Sarabande). He edits the journal DIAGRAM and the New Michigan Press. He teaches at the University of Arizona but dreams in Michigan. [mp3]—
- — Watch video of the Harry C. Howard Lecture with renowned poet and critic Rosanna Warren. —
- — George Singleton Reading from Meacham Writers’ Workshop [mp3] —
- — Sebastian Matthews Reading from Meacham Writers’ Workshop [mp3] —
- — Marvin Bell Reading (& singing) from Meacham Writers’ Workshop [mp3] —
- — Gaylord Brewer Reading from Meacham Writers’ Workshop [mp3] —
- — William Pitt Root Reading from Meacham Writers’ Workshop [mp3] —
- — Pamela Uschuk Reading from Meacham Writers’ Workshop [mp3] —
- — On Point with Tom Ashbrook Podcast – On today’s podcast — a look at U.S. Army response to its findings about Fort Hood shooter Major Nadil Hasan; controversy over a 9/11 memorial in Kent, CT; fading support among the British public for the war in Afghanistan; veteran and poet Brian Turner; and a commentary from former Army sergant Matthew McCue. [mp3] —
- — playlist 12 november from Wordsalad by paul [mp3] —
- — The MoE Green Poetry Dissicusion with Rafael F.J Alvarado – Join Rafael as he talks to Charles Potts author of Inside Idaho Charles Potts has been a sheepherder, a real estate agent, and a student of Eastern language. One of the radical poets of the Berkeley Renaissance in 1968, Potts has written nearly thirty books and published the work of other writers under the imprints Litmus and Tsunami Books. Known for his avant-garde work within the American Projectivist school, Potts studied under Ed Dorn of Black Mountain College; he went on to found the Temple Bookstore, a poetry school, The Temple Magazine, and the radical music journal Arthur. Potts grew up on a ranch in Mackay, Idaho, and now lives in Walla Walla, Washington, with his third daughter Natalie. Potts is the recipient of a Distinguished Professional Achievement Award from Idaho State University and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Washington Poet’s Association. Inside Idaho is available at bookstores or via phone at 800-249-7737. [mp3] —
- — Joe Milford Hosts Susan Settlemyre Williams – Susan Settlemyre Williams is the author of a chapbook, Possession (Finishing Line Press, 2007). Her poetry has appeared in Mississippi Review, 42opus, Shenandoah, Sycamore Review, the Marlboro Review, and diode, among other journals. Her poem “Lighter” won the 2006 Diner Poetry Contest and was selected for Best New Poets 2006. She holds an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and a JD from the University of Richmond and is book review editor and associate literary editor of Blackbird. She lives in Richmond, Virginia. [mp3] —
- — “Where Verse Becomes a Learning Lesson” Join Hip Hop Jazz Poet A. K. Toney as he reads and reviews selections from “You Sensitive Bastard” by Rob “Rat Pack Slim” Sturma on independent press Culture Lab Books 2008 [mp3] —
- — Tales from the Great Epics from NPR: Selected Shorts This program features powerful narratives drawn from Homer’s Iliad and the “Inferno” section of Dante Aleghieri’s Divine Comedy. [mp3] —
- — The Poetry Show: Morton Marcus remembered. Susan Freedman hosts. [mp3] —
- — Rare it is that John Ashbery explains one of his poems. But, in a radio interview in 1966, he did that just.—
- — Fresh Air from WHYY – Mary Karr, Remembering The Years She Spent ‘Lit’ [mp3] —
- — Poems In Song: Turning Words Into Jazz. Each of the five songs featured here was originally written as a poem to be read, not as lyrics to be sung. The jazz artists here transformed the poems into lyrics that fit their particular style and phrasing, and then composed music to round out the interpretations. You won’t find any examples of “jazz poetry,” or poetry spoken over a jazz-music accompaniment — those are entirely different subjects and styles. —
- — Democracy at 10th & A: A Discussion of Alice Notley’s poem “I the People” Alice Notley, Al Filreis, Erica Kaufman, Joe Milutis, Zack Pieper. [mp3] —
- — The Tuskegee Airmen made history during World War II as the country’s first black military pilots. Their performance paved the way for the end of racial segregation in the military forces. Poet Marilyn Nelson talks about the struggles and the legacy of these legendary pilots. —
- — Jane Crown’s Poetry Radio – Andrena Zawinski, born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA,lives and teaches writing in Oakland, CA. Her collections include Traveling in Reflected Light, a Kenneth Patchen Prize from Pig Iron Press, 1995- Greatest Hits 1991-2001 from Pudding House Publications- Taking the Road Where It Leads, honors from Poets Corner Press; Something About (Blue Light Press). Her work has appeared in Pacific Review, Quarterly West, Nimrod, Slipstream, Gulf Coast, Rattle, and other fine print journals and has been widely anthologized. Her work has appeared online at Adirondak Review, On the Page, Kritya, Poemeleon, Ginosko, Switched on Gutenberg and elsewhere. Zawinski is also Features Editor at Poetry Magazine [mp3] —
- — The MoE Green Poetry Dissicusion with Rafael F.J Alvarado – Join Rafael as he talks toRay Gonzalez & Sy Hoahwah Ray Gonzalez is the author of Memory Fever (University of Arizona Press, 1999), a memoir about growing up in the Southwest, Turtle Pictures (Arizona, 2000), which received the 2001 Minnesota Book Award for Poetry, and a collection of essays, The Underground Heart: A Return to a Hidden Landscape (Arizona, 2002), which received the 2003 Carr P. Collins/ Texas Institute of Letters Award for Best Book of Non-fiction, was named one of ten Best Southwest Books of the Year by the Arizona Humanities Commission, named one of the Best Non-fiction Books of the Year by the Rocky Mountain News, named a Minnesota Book Award Finalist in Memoir, and selected as a Book of the Month by the El Paso Public Library. He is the author of six other books of poetry, including three from BOA Editions–The Heat of Arrivals (1997 PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Book Award), Cabato Sentora (2000 Minnesota Book Award Finalist), and The Hawk Temple at Tierra Grande (winner of a 2003 Minnesota Book Award for Poetry, Sy Hoahwah, a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma. His family derives from the Yapaituka (Root Eater) band as well as the Bad Faces Band of the Southern Arapaho. In 2007, Hoahwah received an MFA from the Creative Writing Program at University of Arkansas. He has two published chapbooks, Black Knife (2005, Sequoyah Research Center) and Split (2001, Inverted Press). His poetry has appeared in publications such as the Indiana Review, Shenandoah, Yellow Medicine Review, and SAIL: Studies in American Indian Literature as well as winning an award from the Academy of American Poets. His forthcoming book of poetry, Velroy and The Madischie Mafia is due out late August 2009 by West End Press. He currently resides with his family near St. Louis, MO. [mp3] —
- — Joe MIlford Hosts Robyn Schiff – Robyn Schiff’s books are Worth (Kuhl House Poets Series, University of Iowa, 2002) and Revolver (Kuhl House, 2008). Her poems have been published in A Public Space, Chicago Review, Fence, Volt, and elsewhere, and anthologized in Legitimate Dangers, Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts & Affections, and other anthologies. She is an associate professor at the University of Iowa, where she directs the undergraduate creative writing program. [mp3] —
- — Exclusive podcast: Margaret Atwood at the IFOA from The Globe and Mail [mp3] —
- — Weekly Poem: ‘The Golden Window’ from Poetry | NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS Jim Harrison has published more than 30 collections of poetry and prose. “In Search of Small Gods” is his twelfth book of poems. [mp3] —
- — The Blood-Jet Writing Hour” Radio Show with Rachelle Cruz – Join Rachelle as she talks to Kate Durbin. Kate Durbin is the author of a poetry collection, The Ravenous Audience (Black Goat/Akashic 2009), as well as a chapbook, Fragments Found in a 1937 Aviator’s Boot (Dancing Girl Press 2009). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in various journals and anthologies, including Drunken Boat, Action Yes, diode, and Boxcar Poetry Review, among others. She lives in Whittier, CA.. [mp3] —
- — Joe Milford Hosts Nick Twemlow – Nick Twemlow’s poems have been published in A Public Space, Boston Review, Fence, Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009, and elsewhere. He coedits Canarium Books, and is the new poetry editor of The Iowa Review. He is currently an MFA student in film production at the University of Iowa [mp3] —
