- — Talking Generosity-Based Publishing with Gregory Maguire —
- — Formula to Detect an Author’s Literary ‘fingerprint’ —
- — According to the researchers, structures such as these were quite common in the Roman era and were intended for poetry-reading performances and musical recitals for an elect audience —
- — “Inspiration,” in my experience, is a reward for persistent work when one is not in the least inspired. The “paragraph,” despite a name that makes it sound like a prose poem, is a fairly complex form. As Hayden Carruth used and described it, it is a fifteen-line poem, which, like a sonnet, can either stand alone or work in sequence. —
- — War is declared in the world of ebooks —
- — This time, a distinctly ‘cubist’ attempt to reclaim one of Picasso’s muses as her own woman —
- — Weekly Poem: ‘From Here to There’ from Poetry | NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS Brad Leithauser [mp3] —
- — Emily Dickinson Birthday Radio Show now available —
- — When you pick a fight with a poet, you expect to win. You are likely to be outmatched, however, if the poet you are up against is Alice Quinn —
- — The end of that relationship prompted her discovery of St. Vincent Millay and was the turning point in her jewelry-making —
- — A survey of 2009′s notable new nonfiction, fiction, and poetry —
- — On Poetry: Gilbran’s ‘The Prophet’ resonates with readers today —
- — Walcott finally wins his poetry professorship —
- — Christmas roundup: poetry books —
- — Women of the Avant-Garde —
- — Podcast: Charles Wright Reads Selected Sestets and Other Poems from The New York Review of Books —
- — With Rolling Stone going into the restaurant business, Slate imagines the possibilities for other magazine/restaurant hybrids. —
- — He scanned it — Staggered — —
- — This woman was one of my initial inspirations for the chapbook–originally I planned to tell the story from her perspective. [as a radio geek I've heard that story before and I am apt to believe it. and that is a good chapbook.] —
- — At the Baryshnikov Arts Center, the works of T. S. Eliot and Beethoven come together in an arresting, profound and a theatrically stunning piece titled “Four Quartets.” —
- — Poetry so bad it’s good, plus other verse tragedies. [mp3] —
- — Canadian sci-fi author beaten, imprisoned at US border crossing —
- — Sometimes, I work my poems hard, running them through several stress tests and changing lots of little things or some big things. —
- — Best American Poetry 2009: Statistical Overview —
- — Carl Sandburg from Poetry Lectures Archival recording of Carl Sandburg from 1956. [mp3] —
- — torqued enjambment —
- — Dharma Poetry: Hafiz —
- — Teri Garr: Wake Up Call from The Moth Podcast by marianne —
- — Music and the arts fight depression, promote health —
- — KUSP The Poetry Show: Dennis Morton and Leslie Anne Taylor read several holiday poems and more [mp3] —
- — Sapphire, Brian Turner, and Ai Among United States Artist Fellows —
- — Rare Tsvetayeva Production Struggles to Succeed —
- — To sum up: Sestina + apparently obscure references to Roseanne and Seinfeld = —
- — For Rumi, the reality accessible to our senses often obscures the true meaning that lies beneath —
- — Three-minute poetry? It’s all the rage —
- — What effect has being the editor of a poetry journal had on your own poetry? Is that another kind of feast? Or do you risk losing your appetite? —
- — The Bestselling Contemporary Poetry of 2009 —
- — Mad Girls’ Love Songs: Two Women Poets-a Professor and Graduate Student-Discuss Sylvia Plath, Angst, and the Poetics of Female Adolescence-College Literature, Fall 2009 by Greenberg, Arielle, Klaver, Becca —
- — Articles in Nov/Dec 2009 issue of American Poetry Review, The —
- — Tom Waits to star in The Hobbit? —
- — Sarah Palin and William Shatner do beat poetry on “Tonight Show” —
- — Letters to a Young Poet: “The Delicacy and Strength of Lace” The collected correspondence between Leslie Marmon Silko and the poet James Wright —
- — University Teams with Kundiman, Inc., to Support Poets —
Poetry News For December 16, 2009
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Dec 162009
- — Poem of the week: The Waste Land by TS Eliot —
- — The trick was trusting that impulse again when I went to finish the poem, picking it up from where I’d left it and catching that same vibe, like a wave, and riding it out. —
- — something is fishy here — possibly the same phenomenon MJ Rose points to in her continuing tally of male vs. female representation in Oprah’s Book Club (current tally: of the 19 book club titles Oprah has chosen since 2003, 17 are by men) —
- — Dylan Down the Ups will be a series of street parties to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the birth of the poet in the front bedroom of his parents’ home —
- — Though now regarded as a forefather of modern American poetry, Whitman was once reviled by the New England literati. —
- — Reviews of New Fiction, Poetry, Mystery, Science Fiction and Comics — Publishers Weekly, 10/19/2009 —
- — Poets gathered for a discussion on the nature of abstract poetry last week. —
- — As the number of newly-minted MFAs in creative writing continues to climb, it’s not unreasonable to ponder why the degree exerts a pull on writers. —
- — Clarissa Pinkola Estés: Diamonds in the Dark [mp3] —
- — Adult content warning: beware fairy stories —
- — The fairytale of Snow White by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Joyce Crick —
- — Wicked parents in fairytales Hilary Mantel looks at fairytale step-parenting and sees its echoes today —
- — The fairytale of Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm —
- — The fairytale of Cinderella by Charles Perrault, translated by Angela Carter —
- — The fairytale of the Tinderbox by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Naomi Lewis —
- — The fairytale of Mossycoat, an English folk tale, retold by Philip Pullman —
- — Rags to Riches in fairytales Philip Pullman looks at the power of symbolism in fairytales —
- — The fairytale of the Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Naomi Lewis —
- — The fairytale of the Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Naomi Lewis —
- — The fairytale of Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Joyce Crick —
- — Love in fairytales AS Byatt looks at the abstract world in Fairytales
— - — The fairytale of the boy who set out to learn fear by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Joyce Crick —
- — The fairytale of Rumpelstiltskin by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Joyce Crick —
- — The fairytale of the Sleeping Prince retold by Alison Lurie —
- — The fairytale of the Lion and the Hare retold from Sanskrit by Ramsay Wood —
- — Adam Phillips looks at the concept of quests in fairytales —
- — The fairytale of Jack and the Beanstalk by Joseph Jacobs —
- — The fairytale of the Black Geese retold by Alison Lurie —
- — The fairytale of clever Gretchen retold by Alison Lurie —
- — The fairytale of the Mixed-Up Feet and the Silly Bridgegroom, by Isaac Bashevis Singer, retold by Elizabeth Shub —
- — Alison Lurie looks at wisdom and folly in fairytales —
- — The fairytale of the Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Naomi Lewis —
- — The fairytale of the Fisherman and Ifrit from the Arabian Nights, translated by Malcom C Lyons —
- — The fairytale of Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault, translated by AE Johnson —
- — The fairytale of the one-handed murderer by Italo Calvino, translated by George Martin —
- — Justice and punishment in fairytales. Sarah Churchwell looks at the consequences of fairytale sins —
- — John Harris: I can’t lament the demise of nursery rhymes when my three-year-old sings rock’n'roll classics instead —
- — The fairytale of Hans My Hedgehog by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Jack Zipes —
- — The fairytale of the Heart of a Monkey retold by Andrew Lang —
- — The fairytale of Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont —
- — Marina Warner looks at the role animals play in fairytales —
Jul 172009
- — 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 012009
- — A Talk with Sir Rabindranath Tagore; Bengali Poet, Nobel Prize Winner, Now in This Country, Gives His Poetic Creed and Explains Oriental Attitude Toward Literature By Joyce Kilmer. October 29, 1916, Sunday —
- — Frieda Hughes: why I love motorcycle racing —
- — The Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, Mr. Carroll’s hometown, has agreed to install a marker that commemorates a moment on Nov. 27, 1925, when the poet Vachel Lindsay was timidly approached at dinner by a busboy who placed three poems he had written next to Lindsay’s plate. —
- — This month’s Across the Page features four noteworthy poetry collections, including: Mary Oliver’s new release, Evidence; Audre Lorde’s The Black Unicorn; Marilyn Hacker’s Desesperanto, and British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s Rapture. —
- — As you can see, at least two letters at the start of every word are the same as the ending letters of the previous word. Can you make such word-chain sentences that make sense? —
- — 5 Awe-Inspiring Poetry Reads, by Katha Pollitt —
- — Denton woman selected as 2010 Texas poet laureate —
- — D’oh! on a Grecian Urn —
- — Miss Conduct’s 2nd Annual Clerihew Contest! —
- — Like the Levi’s(R) brand, Walt Whitman stands for the democratic power of real people – the self-reliant young men and women who make this country a better place. —
- — “Over the coming weeks, we’ll also be posting a second set of poems by the contributors to the issue. These poems will be ‘made’ using the texts from other contributors’ poems.” —
- — Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2009 Results —
- — “…about the experience of putting together the Multiformalisms anthology I recently edited with Susan Schultz and how the formalism/language poetry are not at all the opposed forces people imagine they are but are practically in cahoots” —
- — Marianne Moore’s five-decade struggle with “Poetry.” —
- — An Era of Détente for Creative-Writing Programs <-- updated link to free access to full article thank you ---
- — Santa Clara County unveiled its first-ever word collage – a collection of lines from county residents organized by county Poet Laureate Nils Peterson. —
- — Poetry presses, getting published & the delightful ampersand
— - — In her collection, “Honeybee” (Greenwillow, 2008), writer Naomi Shihab Nye finds a metaphor for our constant busy–ness in the phenomenon of colony collapse disorder — the unexplained demise of thousands of honeybees. [mp3] —
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