- — DEATH OF OSCAR WILDE; He Expires at an Obscure Hotel in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Is Said to Have Died from Meningitis, but There Is a Rumor that He Committed Suicide. Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. December 1, 1900, Wednesday —
- — As for the last line that “Man has created death”, it’s often quoted out of context from the poem. There are two thoughts I have for this. —
- — Mill Valley couple embraces literary vanguard with experimental poetry —
- — And so, this month’s challenge is to write a poem on the theme of history. —
- — Adam Zagajewski with Edward Hirsch from Lannan Podcasts by Lannan Foundation [mp3]—
- — Canadian sci-fi pioneer Phyllis Gotlieb passes away —
- — Poetry Tips: Title Up At The Used Book Store —
- — Brooks, H. D., and Rukeyser: Three Women Poets in the First Century of World Wars —
- — “The cover image was created by Zach Kleyn (that is Earhart’s Electra, and my hand)” —
- — Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) is scrubbing its name from a Seattle location in favor of the store’s street address in a test that could sprout more stores that seem more like the corner coffee shop rather than the global coffee giant. —
- — “I am fascinated by these photos from State Fairs.” —
- — It’s not uncommon to come across a feverish poetry enthusiasts who will turn a blacker tone of rage when they discover that a poet they’ve taken a liking to turns out not base everything that comes from their typing fingers on real experience. —
Jul 172009
- — Snagged by Bishop—Hook, Line & Sinker —
- — Saba’s achievement overflows the boundaries of any single poem, and now with this new translation, and the help of Joseph Cary’s Three Modern Italian Poets and Cary’s translations of a few key poems in his A Ghost in Trieste, English-speaking readers can at last begin to take the measure of, and perhaps to learn from, this deeply haunting poet. —
- — Athens Museum Opening Reprises Debate on Elgin Marbles —
- — Can’t Get Enough of Ryan Raburn’s Walk-Off Homer? —
- — Seeking truth in case of poem theft —
- — “I dreamed last night that I won a consolation prize after being in a contest of a bat whom I named Freddy. “ —
- — Mouse With ‘Humanized Version’ Of Human Language Gene Provides Clues To Language Development —
- — Another exciting type of poem is the CONCRETE POEM: I know you know this has nothing to do with sand, cement and construction. Some writers know it as pattern or shape poems because of its ocular appearance. —
- — Can Flarf Ever Be Taken Seriously? —
- — Simon & Schuster gives architect of American pro-torture policy a platform and a huge advance (and John Yoo is a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer now. Blah.) —
- — I’m not going to link to the neocon-laden Washington Post anymore. So no more Poet’s Choice links from me. —
- — Turing believed that computers would eventually be able to model creativity. Now, 60 years later, we know that they can. —
- — Poetry’s life of grime: Why young rappers are the natural successors to Tennyson —
- — R.T. Smith Named Writer-In-Residence —
- — Though neither poet came away with a Minnesota Book Award, finalists Tim Nolan and Todd Boss have produced solid books of poetry unmistakably tinged with Midwestern sensibility and Minnesotan landscape —
- — On the heels of winning this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, W.S. Merwin joins Moyers for a wide-ranging talk about language, his writing process, the natural world, and the insights gleaned from a much-lauded career that’s spanned more than 50 years and 21 volumes of poetry. —
- — “Not infrequently, we get letters or blog-responses to individual poems published in Poetry that cite particular phrases or lines in order to prove somehow that a poem or poet (and, by implication, our taste) is lousy.” —
- — “I think my success as a writer comes from the fact that I don’t think that anything I write is much good—and so I’m always trying to make it better.” —
- — Permanent Bedtime: poetry, sedative, or just a weather report? —
They just showed up one day. I hose off the porch and they come back haha. I’ll have to put something over the window glass so they aren’t as fascinated.
Poetry News For May 15, 2009
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May 152009
- — Poetry Spoken Out Loud Gaining Popularity in US —
- — I am appalled and saddened by the anonymous smear campaign against my former mentor Derek Walcott. Everyone has a right to face his or her accusers. That’s why I sued Boston University. I wanted to discover if Professor Walcott was actually harassing me. —
- — In the second episode of the podcast, Justin Harvey and Joe Pagetta discuss Harvey’s expertise with firearms, all the while highlighting encore broadcasts of the NPT original documentary The Fugitives and …. [mp3] —
- — A recording of the Flarf vs. Conceptual Writing event last month at the Whitney Museum of American Art (with introductory comments by Kenny Goldsmith and brief interviews at the end by Pejk Malinovski) on WNYC’s Talk to Me lecture series. —
- — Forest fire set by Henry David Thoreau sparks illuminating novel —
- — Broadway producer Rocco Landesman has been nominated to head the National Endowment for the Arts. —
- — Michael Murphy, poet and critic, born 14 December 1965; died 8 May 2009 —
- — I’m delighted to announce the recipients of the Second Galatea Resurrects Poetry Publisher Prize —
- — Blog-terview —
- — Join Rachelle as she talks to Barbara Jane Reyes [mp3] —
- — Listen to the April 30 Edition of Wordsalad —
- — Tenn. Unknowingly Marries Transgender Couple —
- — That Too from Poem of the Day By Lawrence Joseph [mp3] —
- — Poetry and sex smears —
- — A statuette of Robert Burns’ muse created by the Queen’s sculptor is to be used to raise funds for the new museum in honour of the Bard —
- — How do you feel about the poem Neil Gaiman wrote for Natashya, “Blueberry Girl,” becoming a book? And more important, how does she feel about it? —
- — Kentucky’s new poet laureate is devoted to nurturing Appalachian literature —
- — But experts on literary magazines are nonetheless surprised — and worried — by the announcement this week out of Middlebury College that it will cease sponsorship of The New England Review by 2011 if the publication doesn’t become self-supporting —
- — Short Interview with Rod McKuen —
- — Dancing Emily Dickinson —
