- — A poet, Tran Duc Thach, was also jailed for three years followed by three years’ house arrest after a trial on Wednesday in Hanoi —
- — Kenneth Rexroth: Songs of Love, Moon & Wind, and a Bashô Haiku Challenge Update —
- — Herta Müller takes the Nobel prize for literature —
- — Critics have linked Walden to George Moses Horton (about whom I wrote briefly here), not only because both were born into slavery — in the same state — but also because both became poets before literate. —
- — Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart Now, Rilke —
- — And speaking of Mark Young (and as the allegrezza ficcione also attests), he’s one of those erudite poets whose repute is actually based on his poems, rather than his erudition. I mean, I do notice how many poets out there get up-status due to their scholarship — I respect scholarship but that doesn’t necessarily translate to poetic prowess. —
- — For real, all one has to do is read Arc & Hue to know that Betts is a REAL poet. —
- — Poetry corner – One Night – Carol Ann Duffy’s Poetry Corner —
- — What is your poetry supposed to do? —
- — Does Herta Müller’s victory at today’s Nobel ceremony reveal a European bias among the committee? —
- — Poetry Prescription Forms, Only for Licensed Poets —
- — Poetry workshop: heroes and heroines – Glyn Maxwell is impressed by the praise poems submitted for his National Poetry Day-themed workshop —
- — 20th century modernist famed for The Waste Land tops poll. —
- — In Times Square, poets multiply —
- — Why Don’t Aspiring Writers Read More Literary Magazines? —
My friend Jessica Handler will be at the Southern Festival of Books tomorrow, Saturday, at 1pm in the Senate Chambers. She’ll be with Neil White, author of “In the Sanctuary of Outcasts” and they’ll be talking about “The Watershed Moment” in memoir.
