Poetry News for September 7, 2007

Poetry News:

— Pavarotti’s Death Gets Little Attention in Italy —

— The name “troubadour” likely comes from trobar, which means “to invent or compose verse” —

— Changing of the literary guard - UM appoints creative writing director —

— Benedetti worries about small-press publications … —

— Acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni, a visiting professor at Fisk University this semester, will begin a community writers’ workshop Monday, school officials said today. —

— The camera lingers over a pitted surface, haunted by the ghosts of indecipherable letters —

— Blame It on Shakespeare —

Mickey is blogging! He’s posting vignettes & drawings.

See you next week. (Monster ear infection — got some Cipro ear drops. I haven’t had antibiotics in years.)

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3 comments

Chris:

I’m teaching a poetry course on FORMS and I used that link to the Sestina. POETS.org is a treasure trove of resources!

September 7th, 2007 at 11:22 am

Erik France:

As a librarian, I love picking books myself. I’ll take suggestions — even from the publishers — but it’s fun to do. My indulgence is to have the books pre-prepared, so all I have to do is display and shelve them.

I order extra poetry this way