- — Understanding Haiti’s Catastrophe through a Poet’s Eyes —
- — An octogenarian lensman yesterday unveiled never-before-seen photos of Marilyn Monroe lounging around a New York apartment with poet Carl Sandburg nine months before her death. —
- — Like Larkin, Tony Hoagland seems to draw inspiration and fluency as a poet from his disappointment and frustration as a human being. —
- — There are 15 or 20 better poets in America than Tony Hoagland, but few deliver more pure pleasure. —
- — For the second year running, a poet published by Twin Cities publisher Graywolf Press has won the prestigious (and lucrative) Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. —
- — Cathy Smith Bowers joins Wordplay! —
- — The 5,000 students graduating each year from creative writing programs (not to mention the thousands more who attend literary festivals and conferences) do not include insecurity, rejection and disappointment in their plans. —
- — Butter leads to lower blood fats than olive oil —
- — Fence Seeks Poetry Editor to Fill Open Spot —
- — poetry advice column: what should you learn from rejection letters? —
- — Colum McCann reads “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats at the 2008 Tribute to Chinua Achebe. [mp3] —
- — Language and Listening —
- — Sun Microsystems CEO’s 17-syllable resignation announcement is a useful innovation that could be more widely applied —
- — I wrote this poem at the end of the Fall semester of 2008, so it’s about a year old. I usually begin a poem with one line that I mutter under my breath for days, until I can’t hold it in any longer. —
- — Historically Speaking: Colonial-era female poet born in Lebanon, Conn. —
- — Gil Scott-Heron, survivor —
- — Is it vanity to self-publish? —
- — DOD Identifies Army Casualties —
- — It’s a profound statement, which is why in the 500+ pages of The Pleasure of the Damned you’ll find no sonnets, no sestinas, no haiku. —
- — The Winter of Our Self-Doubt: Writing, Solitude, and Companionship —
- — Minister to order poetry reading sessions in all radio stations —
- — Aberystwyth University in poetry ‘fevered brow’ test —
- — Ignorance as an asset —
- — Selected as the first place winner of qarrtsiluni’s 2009 poetry chapbook contest, Pamela Johnson Parker’s A Walk Through the Memory Palace is a gorgeous little treasure–a glossy chapbook with ten poems that sing as if they are 100. —
- — DOD Identifies Army Casualties —
- — Jack Kerouac’s Literary Estate in Limbo —
- — Defacing books: effluence of engagement —
- — Joe Milford Hosts WF Roby – Feb 07,2010 from Joe Milford Show | Great language poet and bad-ass. [mp3] —
- — DOD Identifies Army Casualty —
- — Poet Langston Hughes was born on 1 February 1902 in Joplin, Missouri.Personal planets in a combination of Aquarius, Pisces and Capricorn can be translated to humanitarian (Aquarius) dreams (Pisces) relating to (what ought to be) reality (Capricorn). —
- — SPD’s Poetry Bestsellers Jan 2010 —
- — “Dizzy in Your Eyes:” El Paso poet and author Pat Mora’s poetry gives voice to teen angst —
- — Joanna Rawson’s collection of poems unrest is one of four books of poetry nominated for this year’s Minnesota Book Awards. —
- — Ex-Iowa Poet Laureate Robert Dana dies —
- — When do you think a writer crosses the line between helping a publisher sell their book and entering into a cycle destructive to their creativity? —
- — … Fifteen Poems from Europe. —
- — This time, a simultaneously hardbitten and tender example of ‘cowboy poetry’ —
- — American Poetry Review, The, Jan/Feb 2010 —
- — With its daintily drawn cover artwork on a purple ground, this selection from the Poet Laureate’s work comes all tricked out like some Valentine’s Day gift. Beware. —
- — Steve Castro’s “Un monstruo oscuro encima de una gente clara” —
- — This program was inspired by an exhibition of photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, “Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans.” Frank’s book first appeared in 1959, and presented an unvarnished view of American life in all its hope, despair, and diversity. Our program includes two stories inspired by pictures in the exhibition; a rollicking poem by Frank’s friend Allen Ginsberg; and stories by two contemporary ?migr?s: Alexsandar Hemon (“Good Living,” read by Boyd Gaines) and Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie (“The Thing Around Your Neck,” read by Condola Rashad.) [mp3] —
Poetry News For February 9, 2010
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Jul 312009
- — POET CANNOT KEEP LOOT.; War Stores Seized at Allied Bases Will Be Returned, Rome Warns. Copyright, 1920, by The New York Times Company. Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. January 1, 1920, Thursday —
- — Olivet College (MI) Humanities Department 2011 Sandburg-Auden-Stein Residency. Intensive Learning Term poet-in-residence program, late April to mid May 15, 2011. Submissions are due on September 10, 2009. —
- — In a Book of the week poetry special, Claire Armitstead talks to Ledbury festival winner Mick Wood and discusses this week’s Forward prize shortlists with Sarah Crown and Nicholas Wroe —
- — Do collected poems provide a complete account of an author? —
- — Listen To Genius —
- — Philip Levine with Kate Daniels from Lannan Podcasts by Lannan Foundation [mp3] —
- — As we prepare for the funeral of Harry Patch, the last British soldier to fight in the First World War, new Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has marked the occasion with a sombre yet supremely uplifting poem. —
- — Carol Ann Duffy is already reviving public verse —
- — As storm-tossed and shock-filled as the times that bred it, Marina Tsvetaeva’s ruggedly spectacular poetry traces the path of one smouldering genius through Russia’s revolution —
- — Cures for the Common Cold War: Postwar Polish Poetry —
I hope this doesn’t suck:
Jul 132009
- — SOUTHERN LITERATURE.; Facts about Southern Authors. November 12, 1865, Wednesday —
- — For the first time in its ten-year history, Drunken Boat is offering the chance to get email-delivered updates. —
- — Like dangerous toys or perilous amusement park rides, Matthea Harvey’s poems careen into the unknown… [mp3] —
- — Thom Gunn’s “Selected Poems” shows his development was steadier than often thought. —
- — The handful of his poems in the anthology stuck with me over the years since, poems of gritty working-class grappling with life, an unsentimental warmth, and at times nightmare visions of the political events of the larger world. —
- — The poetry of Fred Marchant explores literal battles as well as those of the mind and spirit. —
- — This gives some suggestion of the scale on which Stone has been working for the past 50 years: at one end, something as tangible as a spider’s web; at the other, the entire cosmos. —
- — Mass. lawmakers weigh creating poet laureate post —
- — ‘Deep in my heart I see poetry as a branch of the entertainment industry. I’m trying to do a song and dance act’ —
- — Dolly Parton poems @ Project Verse —
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- — The afternoon before Michael Jackson died, David Blair told BTL how his poetry collection would unite life in Detroit and the Jackson family. —
- — St. Clair Shores poet and Wayne State University professor M.L. Liebler has received double literary honors for his 2008 book —
- — Poet, 80, has first book published —
- — Writer, Poet Jim Harrison Is a Determined ‘Outsider’ from Poetry | NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS [mp3] —
- — The poems of Grand Rapids poet Robert VanderMolen are sly, ingeniously crafted and indebted to film as well as to 20th century poets. —
- — Campaign to protect Margate shelter where TS Eliot wrote The Waste Land —
- — Daniel Radcliffe revealed as a budding poet —
- — The Poetry of Dick Cheney —
- — Remixed Messages —
- — Stop for a sonnet before catching bus —
- — Nashville poetry calendar new
— - — Paul Hemphill, whose 1970 nonfiction work The Nashville Sound was one of the first serious popular studies of country music and stands among the most important books ever written on the subject, died Saturday in hospice care in Georgia. —
- — Tennyson was ideally suited to radio, argues Michael Symmons Roberts, who has adapted his epic Arthurian cycle for broadcast —
- — Hundreds memorialize James Baker Hall —
- — Does God Hate Women? —
- — Piercy’s latest collection, The Crooked Inheritance, features poems on the U.S. occupation of Iraq , health care, “the poet as a young nerd”, hospital hallways, and mangoes at the beginning of a new love affair. [mp3] —
- — Carol Ann Duffy : ‘I was told to get a proper job’ —
Jul 012009
- — A Talk with Sir Rabindranath Tagore; Bengali Poet, Nobel Prize Winner, Now in This Country, Gives His Poetic Creed and Explains Oriental Attitude Toward Literature By Joyce Kilmer. October 29, 1916, Sunday —
- — Frieda Hughes: why I love motorcycle racing —
- — The Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, Mr. Carroll’s hometown, has agreed to install a marker that commemorates a moment on Nov. 27, 1925, when the poet Vachel Lindsay was timidly approached at dinner by a busboy who placed three poems he had written next to Lindsay’s plate. —
- — This month’s Across the Page features four noteworthy poetry collections, including: Mary Oliver’s new release, Evidence; Audre Lorde’s The Black Unicorn; Marilyn Hacker’s Desesperanto, and British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s Rapture. —
- — As you can see, at least two letters at the start of every word are the same as the ending letters of the previous word. Can you make such word-chain sentences that make sense? —
- — 5 Awe-Inspiring Poetry Reads, by Katha Pollitt —
- — Denton woman selected as 2010 Texas poet laureate —
- — D’oh! on a Grecian Urn —
- — Miss Conduct’s 2nd Annual Clerihew Contest! —
- — Like the Levi’s(R) brand, Walt Whitman stands for the democratic power of real people – the self-reliant young men and women who make this country a better place. —
- — “Over the coming weeks, we’ll also be posting a second set of poems by the contributors to the issue. These poems will be ‘made’ using the texts from other contributors’ poems.” —
- — Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2009 Results —
- — “…about the experience of putting together the Multiformalisms anthology I recently edited with Susan Schultz and how the formalism/language poetry are not at all the opposed forces people imagine they are but are practically in cahoots” —
- — Marianne Moore’s five-decade struggle with “Poetry.” —
- — An Era of Détente for Creative-Writing Programs <-- updated link to free access to full article thank you ---
- — Santa Clara County unveiled its first-ever word collage – a collection of lines from county residents organized by county Poet Laureate Nils Peterson. —
- — Poetry presses, getting published & the delightful ampersand
— - — In her collection, “Honeybee” (Greenwillow, 2008), writer Naomi Shihab Nye finds a metaphor for our constant busy–ness in the phenomenon of colony collapse disorder — the unexplained demise of thousands of honeybees. [mp3] —
Hey, happy Canada Day!
Jun 272009
- — I thought I’d hop into a recent discussion begun here which proposed to consider the prose poem as a medium, a la Marshall McLuhan, rather than as a poetic form and was based on a quote to that effect made… —
- — All that remains of Denver’s once- vital Beat scene are the memories of those who took part as well as the literary and visual artworks and scattered residue from that creatively fertile, topsy-turvy time from around 1965 through 1987 —
- — “He touched my life. His influence was profound. He will always be part of me, down where the deep-feeders lie.” —
- — Dharma Poetry: Gary Synder’s “Riprap” —
- — “I’m at the point where I don’t really know what’s going on–I really haven’t been in touch for 10 years.” —
- — Cambridge University launched a campaign on Thursday to buy an important collection of personal papers belonging to Siegfried Sassoon, the British anti-war poet noted for his bravery in battle. —
- — But there is one element in the story of the fall of Palmyra and of Queen Zenobia that is not usually mentioned in the history books: namely, the fact that there was also a “poet” in this story, who played a central role in the unfolding drama by proffering “advice.” —
- — Hassett vs. Hasselbeck: What A Plagiarism Lawsuit Reveals About Writers’ Fear of Theft —
- — Women in science —
- — However, she is keeping the 600 bottles of complimentary sherry written into the ancient terms and conditions. —
- — Two words on love —
- — The Library of Congress posted a photo: —
- — The Poetry Media Service offers free content about poetry to newspapers and online publications. Its book reviews, profiles, interviews, and poetry columnists will engage a general readership in poetry. —
- — Emily Dickinson & Walt Whitman enter the blogosphere, with a whole age in train. ( —
- — “I’ve gotten a healthy amount of queries asking for clarification on a couple points surrounding our first reading period, so I figured it’s better late than never to clarify” —
- — William Carlos Williams reads his poems in New York City in 1942 and at the Library of Congress in 1945. [mp3] —
- — On Poetry: Contemporary American poetry needs a literary revival —
- — A former poet laureate on haiku and the responsibilities of writers. —
- — Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing —
Poetry News For June 17, 2009
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- — While there are many female poets in Korea, her lyrical poems from a woman’s perspective on life and things show boldness and beauty, and have made her a favorite of Korean poetry lovers —
- — Cirque founder will take poetry into orbit —
- — Malla, Dodds take home Trillium Book Awards —
- — Ask a Poet —
- — Catherine Carter, an assistant professor of English at Western Carolina University, has won the 2009 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition, —
- — Poem of the week: The Parable of the Old Man and the Young, by Wilfred Owen —
- — Poem of the week: From A Midsummer Night’s Dream —
- — Exclusive: Patti Smith interview —
- — Obama Picks G.O.P. Ex-Congressman to Lead National Endowment for the Humanities —
- — The 13th annual Mainichi Haiku Contest is now open! For information on the contest and how to apply, please click here. —
- — Happy the poet whose life and work remain so well-remembered that his name becomes an adjective. —
- — ‘Poets for Palestine’ negotiates an imagined better future, harsh reality —
- — Based on the turbulent life of the celebrated Russian poet, The Ships Pass Quietly was originally produced at The Blue Room to acclaim with Vivienne Glance as Akhmatova. —
- — Spirit bear captured on camera —
- — Juan Felipe Herrera’s “Half of the World in Light” collection wins the International Latino Book Award. —
- — The new poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, has chosen to attack politicians in her first composition in the post —
- — Poets reveal the strangest places they’ve ‘done it’ —
- — Nonfiction/Poetry Reviews: Publishers Weekly, 6/15/2009 —
- — Women of the futurists —
- — Paul Muldoon reads and discusses his own work. [mp3] —
- — Happy Birthday, Gwendolyn Brooks! —
- — Higher-ed pinching pushes college presses to brink —
- — Happy Birthday, William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet and Dramatist —
My brother is looking for someone to translate a passage in Dutch – helpful if you know some trigonometry. $.
Poetry News For May 29, 2009
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May 292009
- — The Urdd Eisteddfod, Wales’ largest youth festival, has failed to award the main poetry prize for the first time in 25 years. —
- — “Part of a poet’s job, I think, is to be receptive, and that isn’t something you can or should turn off.” —
- — Another Damn Fine Wordsalad Show! —
- — Photo —
- — Things have been a bit hectic around here what with the Bee-In and all, but we have finally made a decision in our Poem-In-Which-Every-Word-Is-Spelled-Wrong Bee. —
- — Love poetry is hardest to write, says new poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy —
- — Already Poor, Poets Don’t Much Mind The Recession —
- — Eva Touster, a poet and emerita professor of English at Peabody College, died May 26, 2009, at St. Thomas Hospital at the age of 94. —
- — Science v Art: Nobel Prize winners take on the big question
— - — Poetry plasters New Zealand and Nashville —
- — Funding cuts threaten Louisiana State University Press, the Southern Review, and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities —
- — Maine gallery to auction off two Emerson works —
- — As you’ve probably heard, PLR is no longer in print. However, we will contine to run online issues, beginning with the Health & Illness issue that is slated to go live on June 1 —
