Poetry News for July 6, 2007

Poetry News:

— Mashile Scoops Pan African Book Prize —

— Sharing her personal history with a major literary and countercultural movement has been a mixed blessing —

— written poetry among Tibetans remained largely the work of scholars until the exile to India in 1959 —

— ‘Bard of Belltown’ a ‘great poet’ and a man of mystery —

— “I Have Been Given a Baseball … ” By Alan Michael Parker —

— The ‘raging bull’ of Russian poetry —

— Reclusive Nobel laureate publishing latest novel online —

Hands Up! To Hold Your Books.

Curious.

Not sure if I am going to post this weekend. If not, have you a good weekend.

Tags: Alan Michael Parker, baseball, Carolyn Cassady, Elfriede Jelinek, Harvey Goldner, Lebo Mashile, Poems, Poetry, Poetry News, Tsoltim Ngima Shakabpa, Vladimir Mayakovsky
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4 comments

Greg:

Note: Number 7 (Nobel) requires registration with the Chicago Tribune.

July 6th, 2007 at 8:35 am

Jilly Dybka:

I don’t get that prompt. (And I’m not logged in.)

July 6th, 2007 at 9:39 am

Loudon:

Very sorry to hear about Harvey Goldner who was a funny interesting and engaging poet and a kind fellow. I heard him read many times, most recently with Spankstra Press a few months ago.

July 6th, 2007 at 1:37 pm

Tricia:

Bugmenot for the Chicago Tribune.

July 6th, 2007 at 4:10 pm