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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

Poetry News:

1. — Legendary songstress Joni Mitchell returns with new music, art, ballet —
2. — For Yankees, Squirrel‘ Visit May Be Omen (a Bad One) —
3. — An innovative programme at a pioneering prison helps long-stayers to write - and perform - their own poems —
4. — Members of the artists’ collective “Voina” set the table for a funeral feast for Russian poet Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov in a … —
5. — Philomene Long has left this world, and with her goes the heart of a community —

Poetry News:

1. — MtvU, the subsidiary of MTV Networks that is broadcast only on college campuses, will announce today that it has selected its first poet laureate —
2. — a poem that considers explicitly the relation between old ways and new generations —
3. — Meet the many famous poets of modern America —
4. — The area is best known, of course, because of “Spoon River Anthology” —
5. — The poems touch on the ideas of confusion and remembering, as well as anecdotes about the past —
6. — Verse flowed from dying poet —
7. — The distinctive voices of Gilbert, Gregg retain their strength —
8. — Hillman’s poetry: Think jazz —
9. — Poetry magazine’s editor rediscovers his spirituality and his voice —
10. — Hopkins and the dark night —
11. — How an Englishman in Somerville is becoming the most feared man in American letters —
12. — “here’s a [Grace Paley] poem I’ve had up for years on my bulletin board” —
13. — A father reflects on his Pulitzer-winning daughter [may require bug me not] —

Total Lunar Eclipse to Occur on Tuesday and the astrological implications if you are so inclined.

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Poetry News:

1. — A parting of the ways in poetry —
2. — On March 2, 1952, Guest was named Michigan’s first poet laureate —
3. — Waldman is pleased that Walter Salles will direct the movie version —
4. — Millay was a national celebrity, and her readings would outdraw Robert Frost‘ —
5. — The Wounded Angel, 1903, by Amanda Auchter (congrats Amanda) —
6. — Poem of the Week: A Pact with Sudden Death, by John Ashbery —
7. — He told us that good poetry was “stored magic” —
8. — The reactions of contemporary poets to Russia’s new railroad were uniformly ecstatic —
9. — A proposed tourism trail that would guide tourists to homes of [Southern] writers across three states —
10. — “I feel like a cat in a rat storm” —
11. — New Poet Laureate Faces Plagiarism Charges [satire] —

Brain cells work differently than previously thought

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Poetry News:

1. — Let’s do it, let’s fall in luff [link via Avoiding the Muse thank you] —
2. — Here’s a tortoise shell that reminds the poet of a soldier’s helmet and which leads me to a pet hate: computer games —
3. — A two-century jinx on a potential literary goldmine held true today —
4. — Galway Kinnell has recently turned 80, making him - with Richard Wilbur and John Ashbery - one of the grand old men of American poetry —
5. — “At eighteen … [Obama] was already a much better poet than our former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, who keeps publishing terrible poetry” —
6. — Jurek told BlackAmericaWeb.com that Scott-Heron was released by the New York State Department of Corrections about a month ago —
7. — Baghdad suicide blast kills Iraqi poet who urged national unity —
8. — Moazzam Begg, a former Guantanamo detainee whose poetry is featured in the collection, talks with Anthony Brooks —