Poetry News:
- — Liam O’Gallagher, 90, a Beat Avant-Gardist and Teacher, Dies —
- — The question of whether literary writing can be taught seems to have been decided, at least in North America, by the sheer number of creative writing grads
- — Borges and the Foreseeable Future —
- — A founding co-editor of the journal L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, he is the author of over 30 books of poetry and a collection of innovative critical essays, … —
- — The “Iliad” and “Odyssey” of medieval Persia is presented in a hefty new English translation —
- — Must we admire the poet to honor his work? —
- — Here then is a justification of the humanities that is neither strained (reading poetry contributes to the state’s bottom line) nor crassly careerist —
- — ‘Our World’ by Mary Oliver —
- — Charles Simic sets scenes, probes inner realm in new collection ‘Sixty Poems’ —
- — Shel Silverstein, 1930-1999: Poet, Writer, Composer, Singer, Musician and Artist —
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