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Poetry News For September 11, 2008

Poetry News:

  1. Reginald Shepherd (1963-2008)
  2. Searching for an Epic’s Origins
  3. A pair of poems about September 11th, written before the planes were even in the air. [mp3] —
  4. Kanaka Maoli has become associated with poets who attempt to honor the use of native Hawaiian language in their work.
  5. Thursday’s Poem: “poetry readings,” by Charles Bukowski from Bone Palace Ballet [mp3] —
  6. BBC Four is to broadcast a six-week series dedicated to poems important to British culture

taking a break again. take care.

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Poetry News For September 5, 2008

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
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Poetry News For August 19, 2008

Poetry News:

  1. In an ideal world the writer would like to say one’s only allegiance is to his/her art or craft
  2. “Bukowski had a story that essentially was saying that it’s the little things that drive men mad”
  3. The poem I’ve chosen, “Come the Revolution” relishes the human comedy - especially when human aspires to be poet
  4. That experience inspired her first collection of poetry, The Adoption Papers (Bloodaxe), about an adopted child’s awareness of being different, and her search for her cultural identity
  5. Bay Area journal is an improbable success story in world of letters

Taking a break again.

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Poetry News For April 25, 2008

Poetry News:

  1. Today’s poem is “An Ode to Drunkenness and Other Criminal Activities” by Rebecca Loudon
  2. U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic contributed original verse for the liner, in an appropriate fit between poet and musician
  3. New Buk on DVD
  4. Online conversation with Stryker brigade poet Brian Turner
  5. Al Young took to writing poetry, as he describes it in one poem, “to make out the sound of my own background music.”
  6. An opportunity to do something good
  7. What’s The Best Writing Tip of All Time?
  8. Argentine poet wins Spain’s highest literary honour
  9. Lifetime achievement ‘double’ for Cynthia Ozick
  10. Bullies, Addicts and Losers: A Poet Loves Them All
  11. A newly discovered cache of poetry video shorts

See you Monday.

ps. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled this week that evidence seized during arrests that are illegal under state law can still be used at trial.

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Poetry News For February 28, 2008

Poetry News:

  1. We’ve published some poetry, even though we both know you may as well be setting fire to hundred-dollar bills
  2. Bradfield delivers her bruised truths through a quiet honesty that stands in ardent defense of mainstream normative expectations
  3. Gov. Pawlenty names Robert Bly Minnesota’s first official poet laureate
  4. So you’d look at the poets who just came before us, folks like Robert Lowell, WS Merwin, and the Beats, and you’d go, `Oh, I see how this works,’ and then apply it to your own poems
  5. Understanding the great scribes’ fondness for alcohol
  6. Cash From Poems Launches Successful Venture
  7. Poet Bukowski’s home now a landmark after Council vote
  8. This was found in a recently acquired book of poetry by Bill Knott
  9. This Is Your Brain On Jazz: Researchers Use MRI To Study Spontaneity, Creativity
  10. I hear it in my ear, and the sound I hear in my ear decides whether it is prose or poetry
  11. Fisher Poets have listeners hooked

Professor Stays Home; Conducts Class With Two-Way Radio

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Poetry News For February 21, 2008

Poetry News:

  1. Written in English, the collection gathers 25 Latino poets from across the country and gives each a hefty eight to 10 pages to showcase their work
  2. Houses at Night: An interview with John Ashbery
  3. Might not be safe for work nor good taste …but I am easily amused —
  4. Ó Searcaigh poems may be taken off curriculum
  5. The home where the late poet Charles Bukowski used to lay his oft-drunken head is on its way to becoming an official Los Angeles city monument
  6. Podcast: “On Writing with Catherine Wagner” [mp3] —
  7. Professor of English Michael Harper is receiving the Poetry Society of America’s Frost Medal for a lifetime of distinguished contribution to American poetry

(I had a family emergency (actually Darryl did) & also my front tooth cracked for no logical reason Wed.) Sheesh. I don’t think I’ll make it to the emergency dentist appt this morning because of some ice that is coming. We’ll see. It is not crazy pain but I would really not have a front tooth with a crack in it, though you can’t really tell because it is near the side. Dentists are expensive. :( And my teeth are an integral part of my face.

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Poetry News For February 3, 2008

Poetry News:

  1. The second part of this post is about my impression of the role that some phantasmatic nightmare image of AWP plays in the imaginations of many participants in the various online poetry worlds
  2. The poet laureate talks about how he’s not enamored of nature, his vote in the New Hampshire primary and the American preoccupation with happiness
  3. Robert Pinsky’s work speaks to us in our common language and relates that language to our hopes as citizens
  4. LOC Guide to Poetry & Literature Webcasts: Individual Poets, Novelists, and Writers
  5. McGrath’s audacity has a genial, sociable quality, often with a flippancy that he directs back at himself, in the American tradition of kidding
  6. Bukowski’s typewriter and night lair in daylight. Does this seem at all familiar to you?
  7. Drunk poet climbs over cliff, seeking inspiration

This song is being beamed to the “North Star” tomorrow. Hint: John Lennon wrote it. link. Happy 40th birthday, cool song.

Solving The Mystery Of The Metallic Sheen Of Fish

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Poetry News For January 5, 2008

Poetry News:

  1. ‘Birmingham, 1963′ captures the heartbreak of Alabama church bombing [also see this] —
  2. The Index Kings
  3. In the cycle of new and old, fresh and familiar, there’s something exciting, but also a little grotesque
  4. Homeless, blind and dressed like a Viking, Moondog was one of New York’s most famous eccentrics - and renowned musicians
  5. A trove of the best poems from a prolific poet
  6. Oxford Poets 2007 showcases some excellent up-and-coming talent

I’m starting tai chi today. I’m  kind of  a dork when it comes to following “body” commands. Do what with my arm? Left? Right? Huh? We’ll see how it works out hahaha. But one good thing is that my orthopedic Dr. figured out my shoulder problem (which has returned). My joints are hyperflexible. I just figured everyone could touch their thumb to their wrist, etc. LOL. So I need more physical therapy and also I have to get in shape and become muscular. Which I am totally not. :) My Dr. was pretty shocked that this hasn’t been an issue before. But I haven’t had any orthopedic problems until now.

BRING IT ON, 2008!!!! hahahahaha

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Poetry News For November 30, 2007

Poetry News:

  1. Shackled Magazine Editors Harm Literature; Says Tom Masson, Who Deplores the Ownership of Magazines by Brokers and Soap-Makers Who Make “Hired Men” Editors - By Joyce Kilmer.
  2. Nazi Claim May Thwart Bukowski Landmark
  3. Argentine poet Juan Gelman wins Spain’s prestigious Cervantes Prize
  4. Visual artist Ann Hamilton and poet Henri Cole, both from Columbus, Ohio, received the USA Fellowships
  5. Poem Headstone Uncovered at Courthouse
  6. Everson came of age as a poet with his friends Jack Spicer, Robin Blaser and Robert Duncan, the core members of the Berkeley Renaissance poets
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Poetry News For November 27, 2007

Poetry News:

  1. How Does the New Poetry Differ from the Old?; Amy Lowell Laments the Lack of Authoritative Criticism in America — Says No One Should Make a Living by Writing — By Joyce Kilmer
  2. it’s impossible not to ask some hard questions about his status and whether it is deserved
  3. In a poem of this sort one is trying to record the precise instant when a thing outward and objective transforms itself, or darts into a thing inward and subjective
  4. BJP seeks political refugee status for Taslima
  5. Havana-born, Chicago-based writer Achy Obejas first won a NEA grant for her poetry in 1986
  6. As good as life gets
  7. Love, Ted
  8. Many thought that Ivor Gurney’s claim to be ‘England’s first war poet’ was a symptom of his insanity

My mom is intensive care again, so I may stop blogging (without much notice).

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Poetry News For November 26, 2007

Poetry News:

  1. Our Rich Authors Make Cheap Literature; Ida M. Tarbell Laments Tendency of Some of Our Modern Writers to Sacrifice Their Independence and Self-Respect for the Sake of High Prices By Joyce Kilmer
  2. Controversial Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen has been flown out of the Indian city of Calcutta after violent protests by Muslims
  3. Nor was it a simple matter to find a poem that would serve as the essential illustration of Ashbery’s quality
  4. It is not poetry that lasts but good poems, a critical difference.
  5. The Chilean Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), one of the world’s most popular writers, found his gift early in his prolific career
  6. NYT’s 100 Notable Books of the Year
  7. Facebook is removing profiles of small Canadian publishers
  8. Prize rewards younger poet’s technique, vision
  9. Matthew Higgs … explores language as a visual-art medium that is also directly linked to poetry
  10. Think Global, Read Local
  11. Keats’s Secret: Exploring the Real Power of the Imagination
  12. Paul Roche, Poet in Bloomsbury Group, Is Dead at 91
  13. Here are three of the five nominees for this year’s Governor General’s Award for poetry, each a many-layered reading experience
  14. Later this month the winner of the annual Literary Review Bad Sex awards will be announced, and this year’s contenders are just as bad at sex as all the rest
  15. The City of Cambridge’s Poet Populist contest is marred by ballot and voting irregularities

Hope you had a good Thanksgiving. We went to our friend Erma’s and it was fun and delicious. After dinner, there was a many-hour jam session & I even played bass on one song — “Killer Joe” because it is really easy and I don’t really play anymore, LOL.

Public service announcement:

Seeking poets who might have an extra copy of their chapbook or book they’d be willing to donate to a lucky student. Each week, during my 8-week undergraduate poetry class, there will be a drawing to see who wins the book a poet has been generous enough to donate. The winner will be responsible for reading your book, reviewing it, and selecting a favorite poem to read to the class the following week. If you like, contact information and book price should be included so that others in the class can buy your book. Students will be STRONGLY encouraged to buy the books of poets who, after all, were kind enough to contribute a book to their education. If you’re willing, please send your book (autographed would be nice) and contact and price details to:

Jeff Winke
Upper Iowa University - Milwaukee Center
620 S 76th St.
Milwaukee, WI 53214

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Poetry News for September 20, 2007

Poetry News:

  1. I think that is a hilarious ad campaign
  2. Saving Bukowski’s Bungalow
  3. Local artist’s Jarrell portrait finds famed venue
  4. Books on tools, trains and ranching are among the most sought after titles in the US, a new report reveals
  5. Tess Gallagher: living proof of the power of poetry
  6. For me, what started as an over-earnest graduate thesis (”Transparent Spring: Problems Translating Osip Mandelshtam‘ Tristia into English”) quickly graduated from a pet project to an obsession
  7. Poetcast: September 18th, 2007 A poem by James McMichael, winner of the 2007 Academy Fellowship [links to MP3] —
  8. All about the latest Best American Poetry Wow —
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Poetry News for September 6, 2007

Poetry News:

  1. “When women stop reading, the novel will be dead”
  2. G. C. Waldrep Blood Ruminant [link found here thank you] —
  3. Woman visits her own heart at exhibition
  4. Don’t blame Bukowski for bad poetry
  5. A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow by Noah Eli Gordon
  6. John Walsh reports on an extraordinary literary discovery that reveals the troubled adolescence of a poetic genius
  7. Gibbon could not have chosen a more appropriate opening for this collection which is, at times, painfully visceral

So I think: what kind of bizarro world have we stepped into? And the next day I think what kind of bizarro world have we stepped into? Tomorrow I will think: what kind of bizarro world have we stepped into?

My dad’s mother, Theresa Korte, her dad’s ancestors came to the USA from Schönholthausen, Prussia in the 1800s. So I looked in WikiPedia and got that translation. Very funny.

I was a Grand Prize winner in last year’s contest at Chronogram. They sent this email regarding this year’s contest:

Perhaps the true test of the enduring power of a great literary work is whether it can survive its incarnation”complete with pom-poms, falling chandeliers, and aggressively perky singers in spandex”as a Broadway musical. When last we looked, Big River had not dislodged The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from its pedestal; on the other hand, most of our friends and neighbors can more readily mangle a tune from Man of La Mancha than provide a cogent exegesis of the Cervantes novel on which it was based. As for Cats, well.

For this year‘ HUMOR CONTEST, we invite you to create titles for the Broadway musical versions of classic works of literature that Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, et al have heretofore overlooked. Please provide a title and, for extra credit, a few representative songs,
e.g.:

Crack Your Cheeks!
King Lear, the musical
(”Oh Fool, Who‘ Fooling Who Now?” “Poor Tom‘ A”™Cool”)

The Ring and I
Lord of the Rings, the musical
(”These Are a Few of My Favorite Rings,” “They Call the Mines Moria”)

Bye-Bye Bertie
Jeeves and Wooster, the musical
(”Springtime for Butler,” “Gussie Fink-Nottle Keeps Newts in a Bottle”)

Contest judges are Mikhail Horowitz and Nina Shengold, and winning entries will appear in the Literary Supplement of the November issue. Winners receive a Chronogram tee-shirt, suitable for wearing or framing. Contest deadline is October 1. Please send entries (no more than three per person, please!) to fiction@chronogram.com or Humor Contest, Chronogram, 314 Wall Street, Kingston NY 12401.

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Poetry News for August 6, 2007

Poetry News:

  1. Shakespeare in Dogpatch - Of sonnets and comic strips [link courtesy afitf thank you] —
  2. Apartment Complex Where Charles Bukowski Wrote “Post Office” For Sale, Could Be Leveled [link found here thank you] —
  3. Southern book festival announces authors for this year’s event [we have room for 1 guest if you plan to attend and are not an axe-murderer] —
  4. Emotional poem fills screen
  5. The Gotham Book Mart (it was originally Gotham Book and Art) became known for embracing avant-garde and, occasionally, controversial writers and challenging censorship
  6. Is Southern literature exhausted?
  7. SUNY Brockport seeks to restore paintings of E.E. Cummings
  8. Simic Interview at NPR
  9. X-Ray of a Van Gogh Reveals 2nd Painting
  10. To make the top reaches of this list, I was told by Brent Cunningham, S.P.D.‘ operations director, you need to sell roughly 100 copies a month

I enjoyed “Masters of Science Fiction” & am looking forward to the next episodes. Stephen Hawking narrates it. Speaking of alternate universes: China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate

Awww. More niece. She kinda looks like she got all of our modicum of Native American genes.

And some deep-linking to the NY Times:

:)

  1. Featured Author: Ishmael Reed With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  2. Featured Author: Allen Ginsberg With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  3. Featured Author: Jack Kerouac With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  4. Featured Author: Langston Hughes With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  5. Featured Author: Randall Jarrell With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  6. Featured Author: Seamus Heaney With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  7. Featured Author: James Merrill With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  8. Featured Author: Joseph Brodsky With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  9. Featured Author: Robert Frost With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  10. Featured Author: James Dickey With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  11. Featured Author: James Joyce With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  12. Featured Author: Margaret Atwood With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  13. Featured Author: Sylvia Plath With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  14. [More] Featured Author: Sylvia Plath With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  15. Featured Author: Ted Hughes With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  16. More on Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath From the Archives of The NYT
  17. Featured Author: Hart Crane With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  18. Featured Author: Maxine Kumin With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  19. Featured Author: Federico García Lorca With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  20. Featured Author: William S. Burroughs With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  21. Featured Subject: Cole Porter With News and Reviews From the Archives of The New York Times
  22. Featured Author: Charles Bukowski With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  23. Featured Author: W. S. Merwin With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  24. [More] Featured Author: W. S. Merwin With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
  25. Featured Author: Kenneth Koch With News and Reviews From the Archives of The NYT
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