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Poetry News For April 22, 2008

Poetry News:

— We are each a bundle of nervous impulses: to fidget, to gossip, to be distracted, to inquire, and especially to satisfy our scalding curiosity by looking at anything we’re told not to look at —

— Big is still best but not everything Americans do is supersized - a rich tradition of shorter verse percolates through to us today —

— Palestinian-American doctor turns suffering into song, wins top U.S. prize and a book review —

— Listen again: BBC censors Auden quip —

— The Economics Of Self-Publishing —

— National Poetry Award to go to VT and UVA professors —

— The author of three collections, Brock-Broido has been praised for poems that are “gorgeous and mournful, ornate and deeply felt” —

And the hits keep coming … hubby laid off from his 5 night a week gig at the swanky place. I guess people aren’t being swanky as much these days.

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Tags: Anna Akhmatova, Bob Hicok, books, Charles Wright, diy publishing, Fady Joudah, Lucie Brock Broido, poet, Poetry, Poetry News, poets, WH Auden

Poetry News For January 21, 2008

Poetry News:

— Wonder Woman’s creator, Dr William Moulton Marston, a Harvard-educated psychologist, might have appreciated this new self-awareness of an ambivalent superhero —

— Among the writers he published are Ed Dorn, Kenneth Irby, Alice Notley, Paul Metcalf, Joanne Kyger and Robin Blaser. —

— Poetess murder accused seeks jail perks —

— Quirky Poetry Collection a Salute to Silly Stanzas —

— With his delicate, virtuoso rhythms and his brooding but good-humored poise, Charles Wright is well equipped to evoke nostalgia while holding it up to a cool light with gentle amusement —

— Crisis, what crisis? asks Robert Burns quango —

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Tags: Burton Watson, Calef Brown, Charles Wright, Denise Low, John Moritz, Madhumita Shukla, poet, Poetry, Poetry News, Robert Burns, Su Tung Po

Poetry News for June 7, 2007

Poetry News:

— How the Y Chromosome Resulted in the Worst Reviews of Lucinda Williams’ Career —

— War poet’s last love letter sent from Gallipoli —

— Who’s who of Canadian literary scene turn out for poetry’s biggest night —

— On a Corner, a Shutter Clicks as Poets and Punks Pass in Review —

— Publishers Warm to Google’s Book Search —

— Birds That Sing Together Scare off Invaders —

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Tags: Charles Wright, creative writing, Don McKay, Lucinda Williams, Poetry, Poetry News, poets, Rupert Brooke

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