Poetry News For March 22, 2008

Poetry News:

— Detained poet in hospital with hernia —

— Haikuists are adept at juxtaposing vivid imagery during springtime —

— For the next four days, the area around U Street and Columbia Heights will be buzzing with the presence of poets —

— Stray Questions for: Ishmael Reed —

— Current Finalists for the 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards —

— “I think poetry is a much larger part of our lives than popular culture indicates” —

I changed my bracket at the last possible minute before lock-down. Final 4 = Tennessee, Memphis, UCLA and Wisconsin. Still going with UT. (I don’t know what I’m doing.)

Some Split This Rock blogging here and here.

Tags: c dale young, Carol Potter, Dawn Lundy Martin, haiku, Henri Cole, Ishmael Reed, Philip Levine, Rachel Zolf, Reginald Shepherd, Saw Wai, Split This Rock Poetry Festival
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