- — The shortlist for the TS Eliot award, the UK’s most prestigious prize in poetry, has been announced. more here —
- — Sappho: the great poet of the personal —
- — English professor Leslie Brisman described Bloom as “gravely ill” in a Jan. 7 e-mail to students in Bloom’s fall seminar, “Shakespeare and the Canon: Histories, Comedies and Poems.” Bloom has been in the hospital since December. —
- — Tate acquires eight new works by William Blake —
- — Poem of the week: Waiting by WE Henley —
- — Barnes & Noble announces textbook rental service for college campuses nationwide —
- — This selection of poetry shows how Engonopoulos took Surrealism furthest, largely because he practiced both writing and painting (devoting himself primarily to painting after 1948) —
- — Morbid warnings on cigarette packs could encourage some people to smoke —
- — new Susan Howe at PennSound —
- — Microsoft Word and Office ‘sales ban’ begins —
- — It is rare to find a book of poetry that makes a reader remember why one reads poetry, but Allison Benis White has written one. —
- — Poetry in Education: Literacy on the march —
- — Weekly Poem: ‘Our Valley’ from Poetry | NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS – Philip Levine is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently “News of the World” (2009). The poem above, “Our Valley,” originally appeared in the November 2008 issue of Poetry. [mp3] —
- — Is it her best poem ever? Clearly not but it was one I didn’t realize existed until I started preparing for the trip. —
- — new post on my afflictions blog —
- — The reclusive poet Philip Larkin is to become the subject of an interactive tourist trail in Hull as part of events to mark the 25th anniversary of his death —
- — Poet Halima Abadi was given 46 points out of 50 by the jury panel that described here poem as powerful, deals with sensitive issue in a smart way and passes a positive massage on Arab unity. —
- — In the age of e-mail, it has become easy — perhaps too easy — for readers to get in touch with authors. —
- — Former Fugitive, ‘Killer Poet,’ Denied Parole —
- — Copies of his book “Gary Burghoff: To M*A*S*H and Back: My Life in Poems and Songs” will be available for sale and autographing —
Thank God 2009 is over! I think it even surpassed 1983 as the worst year ever, for me. So it is 2010 & 7th year of poetry news here on the blog. A couple questions:
1. At year’s end, again, my question: Where’s my flying car?
2. Have you downloaded my poetry book? It’s free to download, which over 800 folks have done, thus far. (Little sales and never did make it to any year end lists.) But I still like it and am proud of it and if you like it, too, you can buy it.
I hope you all have a good 2010 & have a solid foundation. xoxo
- — Rifts have surfaced at Chicago’s Poetry magazine since… —
- — A poetic clash over millions in cash —
- — 2010: Poetry Collections to Come… —
- — poet Annie Finch’s blog link from here, thanks
- — Methuen preserving Frost artifact —
- — Indianapolis philantropist Ruth Lilly dies at age 94 and In 1939, The New York Times published four poems by “R. Lyly.” Ruth Lilly’s lawyer, Thomas Ewbank, is “95 percent sure” the name was a pseudonym for Ruth Lilly. and Ruth Lilly, RIP Willy Lilly Nilly—venture capital for poets. —
- — AbeBooks’ Most Expensive Sales of 2009 —
- — Right-handers sit to the right of the movie screen to optimise neural processing of the film —
- — photo —
- — Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo’s 11-year prison sentence —
- — SPD Poetry Bestsellers 2000-2009 (The ‘OO’s!) —
- — Where Are the Nurse Writers? —
- — A poet considers the lasting influence of Eleanor Ross Taylor —
- — When a young writer from Massachusetts named Eileen Myles, above, was still new to the East Village, she went St. Mark’s Church for what would become her New Year’s Day ritual: a poetry marathon. —
- — In Memoriam: Activist Poet Dennis Brutus —
- — Learning Lab: Anne Bradstreet: “To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Emily Warn —
- — Learning Lab: Philip Larkin: “An Arundel Tomb” by Jeremy Axelrod —
- — Orwell’s birthplace to be saved from decay —
- — From the UNDERLIFE book launch party on December 16, 2009. congrats —
- — Don Paterson awarded Queen’s Medal for Poetry —
- — Reginald Gibbons finds poetry in Chicago —
- — Missouri’s first poet laureate found the job engaging, consuming —
- — The best medal a poet could wish for is a wider readership —
- — Whoopee! Author Daniel Nester is most inappropriate —
- — The Dream Poet Anthology 2009 The only poets I can remember dreaming about are Akhmatova and Tsvetsaeva. I have Sadge in the 12th house so yeah it’s be foreigners haha. —
- — But apparently, since she wrote about housewives and domestic issues, there’s nothing to admire about what she did. And if you want to mock a woman writer these days, why, you just link her to Erma Bombeck and call it at day. —
- — So, for the i-ROBOT adaptation (the play based on Jason Christie’s I-ROBOT) when I started to think about how to write dialogue for robots I looked up some chatbots on the Internet and had conversations with them about poetry. —
- — Ten Ways to Send Your Work Into the World —
- — Collections by Katha Pollitt, Philip Levine, Mary Jo Bang and Patty Seyburn. —
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May 282009
- — A Crowthorne man has written a poem dedicated to a member of his wife’s family who survived the sinking of the Titanic. —
- — Thursday’s Poem: “Lyrical” by Joseph Millar, from Fortune. [mp3] —
- — Poet Ruth Padel, who stepped down earlier this week from the post of Oxford professor of poetry after just nine days in the job, reads ‘Survival of the Fittest’ from her latest book, Darwin: A Life in Poems —
- — Part-time Traverse City resident Mort Gallagher won a Florida contest for the best new poem about colonoscopies —
- — Ruth Padel’s resignation: poetry has always been a rotten business —
- — Fanny Howe, winner of the 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, reads from her work. —
- — How did his lonely experience in the Pacific Northwest shape his career as a poet? What did he learn about himself, and the wilderness around him? Gary Snyder is our guest, on “Weekday.” [mp3] and Poet Gary Snyder returns to Seattle for reading —
- — FANS of Coventry poet Philip Larkin can now go on a literary safari of the places that were important to the genius wordsmith as he grew up in the city. —
- — American poet Jane Hirshfield gulped down a cup of liquor that floated toward her on a lotus-shaped wooden plate, and improvised a lyric in line with a centuries-old Chinese tradition.
— - — Poetry, because the screen is so narrow, sometimes looks bad, and so do plays in verse. —
- — Who cares about poetry, anyway? —
- — Despite some profanity and graphic artwork, a local high school’s literary magazine is now for sale under one condition: students must present parents’ signatures to buy it. —
- — Espresso Book Machine, born in St. Louis, is “ATM of books” —
- — The glories of the Griffin: The trust and its annual prize continue to extend poetry’s reach —
- — Ex-Tiger Mark ‘The Bird’ Fidrych found dead —
- — “Blondes, Box Scores, and Elizabeth Bishop” —
- — Batter up! This very special baseball program of SELECTED SHORTS includes stories, memoirs, and poems that celebrate the national game, and an interview with radio sports commentator Bill Littlefield, host of NPR’s “Only A Game.” [mp3] —
- — The neglected war poet Francis Ledwidge’s pastoral work reflects on Irish nationalism after the Easter Rising —
- — I didn’t really expect my book to be reviewed in The Times (‘The London Times’ to those of you outside the UK), but there you go. Who knows how these things happen? —
- — Slash Pine Press is pleased to announce the first annual Slash Pine Poetry Festival, to be held in five distinct locations in the greater Tuscaloosa, AL area on April 24th and 25th —
- — Arts Friday: Commemorating 50 years of The Elements of Style [mp3] —
- — Recent winner of The Fence Modern Poets Series, it is easy to understand why this one was chosen among its stealthy competition. —
- — Any poet of such longevity faces a choice between reinvention and repetition. Splitting the difference, Simpson’s work is repetitious, but in the mode of a narrowing spiral. —
- — As he did in his youthful work, the poet strictly limits the length of his poems, in this case to six lines each. Yet these 70 poems feel spacious rather than condensed. —
- — Poet’s Muse: A Footnote to Beethoven —
- — Interview With Poet Denise Duhamel —
- — Poetry dies in latest U.S. culture —
- — Photo from garfield minus garfield —
- — Poetry and Subsidies: Is Materialism Ruining Creativity? —
- — How Philip Larkin rewrote the first, indiscreet article about him to appear in the British press —
- — New site captures authors’ identities and won’t let go —
- — Too close for comfort: aphasia and mediocre poetry —
- — Every Friday, bloggers in the kidlitosphere enthusiastically offer up their favorite poems for kids. Susan Thomsen takes a tour through this billowing online community. —
- — We are writing about GREGOR SAMSA’s claim for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. Based on a review of his/her medical condition, he/she does not qualify for SSI payments on this claim. This is because he/she is not disabled or blind under our rules. and related: Prague’s Franz Kafka International Named World’s Most Alienating Airport —
- — “The Nut Lady” Reconsidered —
- — I think an eBook is a book, but in a Supreme Court case argued today (Tuesday), a brief discussion about guarantees given to books included a reference to whether or not there is a difference between a physical and digital version of a book — and what is likely the first mention of the brand name “Kindle” in the Supreme Court. —
- — Norton anthologies are among the most respected in the country, but respectability can suggest stodgy, predictable. “American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry” is neither, proving that much contemporary American verse is daring and original. —
- — Mathematics and love coupled in professor’s book of poetry —
- — A major conference on the long career of Robert Bly will include poets, translators, academics, editors and Bly himself. —
- — Forty-three years later, the International Poetry Forum is shutting its doors. —
- — The new class will also include the poets Jorie Graham and Yusef Komunyakaa, the visual artist Judy Pfaff, the architect Tod Williams and the composers … —
- — SIRIUS XM Radio Beefs Up Book Radio Programming —
- — Deborah Digges, poet and Tufts English professor, dies at 59 —
- — All good poets find strains and paradoxes within the language they learn to wield, but Thom Gunn (1929-2004) found more than most —
- — In the context of this, the contemporary poet is often left with the choice of following the example of the hard-nosed L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets, or seeming like a fluffy, nostalgic Longfellow. —
- — It features centuries of creative work by mathematicians, poets, and artists, including Fibonacci, Albrecht Dürer, M. C. Escher, David Hilbert, Benoit Mandelbrot, William Shakespeare, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Langston Hughes, E.E. Cummings, and many contemporary experimental poets. Original illustrations include digital photographs, mathematical and poetic models, and fractal imagery. —
- — Seven steps to becoming a poet [LOL there seems to be an important step missing] —
- — Octopus Books will hold an open reading period for full-length poetry manuscripts in April of 2009. Manuscripts must be submitted between April Fools day and April 30, 2009. —
- — In addition to the “regular” Tattoosday features, every day in April will feature a different poet’s tattoo(s). —
- — Muriel Rukeyser Goes to War: Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the Politics of Ekphrasis —
- — Living POET LARGE: An Interview with Reb Livingston on the Future of Poetry Publishing —
- — To read this book is not to behold a completed work but to stand onstage with a writer who finds herself in the middle of a story in which she has been reluctantly cast. —
- — Frederick Seidel has been called crass, disturbing, a name-dropping, upmarket sinner. And that’s what may make him America’s greatest living poet —
- — THE BEATS A Graphic History Text by Harvey Pekar and others. —
- — Articles in the Mar/Apr 2009 issue of American Poetry Review, The —
- — A New Chapter of Grief in Plath-Hughes Legacy —
- — Shellie Braeuner, a Nashville nanny, is the winner of the first Cheerios Spoonful of Stories New Author Contest. Her book will be put inside 1.5 million boxes of Cheerios. —
- — I, Too, Am a Vegetable: The Whitman Parodies —
- — Amazonfail & The Cost of Freedom —
data dump – cleaning out my rss feed
There’s a review of my book in the spring issue of Main Street Rag. I haven’t gotten my copy in the mail though. I don’t know if my subscription expired.
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