Poetry News For October 15, 2008
Poetry News:
- — Poem of the week: To a Louse —
- — British Library acquires Ted Hughes archive for nation —
- — Podcast: Children’s Author and Poet Carole Boston Weatherford —
- — Giovanni Finds Funky Beats To Teach Poetry To Kids – NPR —
- — When Boston-based playwright, poet and Simmons College English professor Afaa Michael Weaver returns home to Baltimore, he often can be found doing tai chi under the trees at Lake Montebello. —
- — Published last month by Coffee House Press, Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith is a searing portrait of the horrors wrought by Hurricane Katrina —
- — The distant enchantress who stole a poet’s heart —
Blood Dazzler is a brilliant collection of poetry. I heard Patricia read some of the poems from this collection a couple of years ago and they just blew me away.