Poetry Hut Blog

Poetry News:

1. — Brigit Pegeen Kelly was named recipient of the Academy Fellowship, which provides a $25,000 stipend —
2. — The grassroots movement to preserve the Ameliasburgh, Ontario, home of poet Al Purdy is gaining momentum —
3. — The Poet Who Invented Himself —
4. — First published in the L.A. Free Press on May 19, 1972, this piece is excerpted from Portions From a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990 by Charles Bukowski and edited by David Calonne —
5. — Prizes awarded for 6 emerging female writers —
6. — Within these limits, though, he has written an excellent book — in essence, a series of case histories of anonymous or pseudonymous publication —
7. — The Woman in White from The New York Review of Books by Joyce Carol Oates —

Poetry News:

1. — The ethereal world of radio poetry —
2. — Beowulf Through the Eyes of Women —
3. — The poetry of pain —
4. — Byron, ghost and partisans enlisted to save Tuscan villa in ruins & Lord Byron’s fanmail uncovered —
5. — 100 Near Perfect Books of Poetry —
6. — Spillage from the Riptides of Desire: Poetry Blurbs —
7. — Mr. Alexander fashions from modern English a vivid reincarnation of Anglo-Saxon poetry — its grim pathos studded with brilliant figurations, its morbid griefs sung in an armorial tone of resolve —
8. — Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2008 Results —

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“A researcher argues in Science that a basic tenet of economics — that people always behave selfishly — can be wrong, sometimes badly so. He points to new experimental evidence that people do often act against their own personal self-interest in favor of the common good, and they do so in predictable, understandable ways. Poorly-designed economic institutions fail to take advantage of intrinsic moral behavior and often undermine it.”

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Steel Toe Books has an open reading period in October for formal-type full-length poetry book manuscripts.

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I don’t have any poetry rules. So I was reading Mary Biddinger’s blog post with everyone’s comments & I was going “I ummmmmmmm … errrrrrr … well … gee.” I   tend to need to have  require some sort of constraint to write up against, though. That’s not a rule though, it’s more like a pathology. I do like to see what I can get away with — in fact, I’ll probably use everyone’s rules about “what not to do” as writing prompts hardee har har har har.

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Poetry News:

1. — The actress has been lambasted as old and out of touch for her controversial views on modern verse —
2. — A slap to poetry in Indiana? ow —
3. — Hoftsra researchers dig into times of slave poet —
4. — Poet Kay Ryan On Words, Writing —
5. — This week’s poem is by the greatest poet of all time —
6. — The poet turned war criminal enjoyed the protection of loyal Bosnian Serbs during his years on the run —
7. — Poetry about absence reflects mature growth —

“What happened Tuesday night was definitely a rare occurrence and one we should not expect to see again in our lifetimes”