- — I’ve suggested, on a Read Write Poem discussion forum, that we have Feedback for presses and journals with contests, like Ebay. —
- — Henri Matisse A Celebration of French Poets & Poetry —
- — Sisters In Opium: Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Louisa May Alcott —
- — Cormorant Books is launching a new line of poetry books, it was announced on Thursday. —
- — An uncannily accurate show about WB Yeats brings the great poet’s work to life —
- — WHEN he had stopped crying, Tsutomu Yamaguchi would tell you why he called his book of poems “The Human Raft”. —
- — The verses of the Orihuela poet, Miguel Hernández, are to be sent to the moon as part of the celebrations which are taking place this year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth —
- — Today International PEN reported that PEN Haiti president Georges Anglade and his wife Mireille Neptune died in the earthquake that rocked the country Tuesday. —
- — Edwidge Danticat and Simon Winchester appeal for help to Haiti. —
- — Poems composed by Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako and other members of the Imperial Family as well as 10 selected works by members of the general public were recited during the ceremony known in Japanese as “Utakai Hajime —
- — if you write poems about fairy tales, science fiction, or science, you owe it to yourself to check out the world o’ speculative poetry —
- — Scientists find a burst of neural activity at the transition between not seeing and seeing, revealing a clear threshold that must be crossed for perception to occur. —
- — Objects we want are seen as closer: If we really want something, that desire may influence how we view our surroundings. —
- — The Mary Karr reading last night @ the Hobby Center was nothing short of amazing! —
- — The Hartford Club will host a boxing exhibition Friday night as part of The Connecticut Young Writers Trust Triple Knockout event that includes writing workshops, music and poetry. —
- — Canseco reacts to McGwire: “There’s no crying in baseball” hahaha thanks —
- — Alan Lightman—scientist, essayist, novelist, and poet—takes on the big questions —
- — Still more of the Best Poetry Books of 2009 —
- — What is a Witch? What is a Poet? What is a Poetess? —
- — American grad student works to bring late double A-bomb survivor’s poetry to U.S. —
- — Book art is a treat for the eyes at Oakland University gallery —
Have a good weekend, poets.
