Poetry News For October 11, 2008
Poetry News:
- — American poets, beloved by critics, have never passed muster with the Swedes —
- — 50 of your favourite words —
- — One would have to be a genius oneself to grasp the full significance of Arthur Rimbaud, or at least have the ability to hold many opposed ideas in one’s mind at the same time and still function fully —
- — Boston Orchestra Makes Typewriters Sing —
- — Nick Flynn at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival —
- — The TLS’s poetry editor wins the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2008 —
- — Emily Dickinson, Immoral Hussy?! —
- — Chicago-based writer Brandi Homan’s first full length collection of poems, Hard Reds, is a fun read chock full of all those things hard red might suggest —
- — Back in high school, I fell in love with Bill Knott’s visionary poems, some only a few lines long —
- — And despite the narrative and emotional tilt of the passage, this is a collage —
- — I’m sure that most of my neighbors don’t know I’m a poet —
Hey I’m back. That was an interesting experience. If anyone has any questions about the Vanderbilt Autonomic Dysfunction Center (like if you got here through a Google search) you can email me. I have to eat 10 GRAMS of salt per day. hahaha. I might try a pair of these too. More tests next month. What a weird life.
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