Poetry News:

1. — The most important American love poet in living memory, and certainly one of the most important American poets —
2. — Vet Post Honors PTSD Victim, a Suicide [his poems are here] —
3. — Sylvia Plath’s art of the visual —
4. — New York poet and Toledo’s Zin String Quartet to perform multimedia tribute to geniuses —
5. — “Poesía diaria” rinde honor a desaparecidos en Argentina [English translation at this link]—
6. — Jean Sprackland, of Southport, took the title in the poetry category of the Costa Book awards, formerly known as the Whitbread Prize —

So what online archive can I pillage for poetry news now? I already did the free NYT and Time Magazine archives. What I learned from those articles:

a. the public has never supported poetry
b. poets have never made any $ from poetry
c. women poets have always been marginalized but at least some aren’t called “spinsters” anymore
d. poetry has never sold
hahaha

Poetry News:

1. — SERIAL SYSTEM HURTS OUR NOVELS; And Too Many American Writers Want to Own Automobiles, Says George Barr McCutcheon By Joyce Kilmer —
2. — Song of Herself —
3. — Robert Hass — Winner 2007 National Book Awards — Poetry —
4. — How to Win a National Book Award in Five Easy Steps —
5. — Leading Neuroscientist Seeks Neural And Biological Basis For Creativity, Beauty And Love —
6. — creativity has become a feelgood term intended to make us all feel a bit better about what we do —
7. — Kate Light gave a reading on Nov. 13, 2007, in Buttrick Hall as part of the Gertrude Vanderbilt and Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Program. This podcast includes selections from her three books - Gravity’s Dream, Open Slowly and Falling Bodies. [links to MP3] —
8. — when the sisters were 17 and 20 years old, they were sent to Nazi forced labor camps … where they wrote these poems —
9. — since somebody published a poem I wrote when I was 19, which has been mocked, thoroughly, I don’t think those are going to be appearing anytime soon —
10. — Scoop: Viggo Mortensen Is Edgar Allan Poe —
11. — Lee Ranaldo Pens Poetry Book Based on E-mail Spam —
12. — Mark Jarman’s newest collection continues to confound a secular critical world —

Have a good weekend — see you next week.

Poetry News:

1. — Five years after Ruth Lilly’s $100 million gift to the Poetry Foundation, a mixed verdict —
2. — Singer gives Dickinson’s verse a new voice —
3. — Big brother is reading your poetry —
4. — University of Arkansas Press Poetry Book Wins Virginia Literary Award —
5. — Long-lost Blake watercolours shown for 1st time —
6. — William Matthews Birthday podcast with Sebastian Matthews too [links to MP3 at WPVM] —
7. — Jessica Smith podcast [links to MP3 at WPVM] —

Kate Light is reading tonight at Vanderbilt, Nashvillians.

Hedy Lamarr has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists, as an historical honorary member.

Yay! A bass poem! I’m still trying for the definitive Bootsy Collins poem. Someday.

Gertrude Vanderbilt and Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Program
Fall 2007

Monday, October 1, 2007, 8 p.m., Buttrick 102, poet Robin Becker, author of Domain of Perfect Affection.

Friday, October 12, 3 p.m., Buttrick 101, Faculty Reading, Alumni Reunion Weekend: poets Beth Bachmann, Kate Daniels, and Mark Jarman, and novelists Tony Earley, Lorraine Lopez, and Alice Randall.

Wednesday, October 31, 8 p.m., Wilson 126, novelist Robin Lippincott, author of In the Meantime.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007, poet Kate Light, author of Gravity‘ Dream. (A performance of Ms. Light‘ “Einstein‘ Mozart” by the Blair String Quarter will be performed at The Blair School of Music‘ Turner Recital Hall, Monday, November 12, at 8 p.m.)

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I’ll totally be at both of those Kate Light events. Her poetry is great. Plus Einstein & Mozart and my favorite meter, dactyls. Whoo.

Poetry News:

1. In an age when writing that isn’t downright naive tends to have been plunged in the acid bath of irony… —
2. Can visual poetry appeal to connoisseurs of art as well as the masses and thereby create a market for itself? —
3. Vietnam recognises jailed poets —
4. Poets & Writers Magazine selected Blue-Tail Fly as one of 12 notable first books published in 2006 —
5. A new reason for rhyming —
6. How to Read a Poem: Part Five Ambiguity —

PDF of Adam Mickiewicz’s poetry translated from Polish by Leonard Kress.