- — 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 —
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Poetry News For October 20, 2009
Poetry News For June 29, 2009
- — chicago poetry calendar —
- — Summertime Poetry Picks —
- — Tony Hoagland on Dean Young —
- — Iran’s National Poet Speaks Out —
- — Four Virginia poets — two well-known, two not so, offer anthologies that make summer a time to savor the poetic as well as lighter reading. —
- — Darth times indeed: The Give Dick Cheney’s Memoir A Title contest —
- — bill moyers’ in-depth interview with w.s.merwin —
- — Four Ears: the Curse of the Metrical Code —
- — ron slate on stacie cassarino —
- — The Waste Land, according to Ezra Pound, is “the longest poem in the English langwidge”. As his spelling suggests, he was not being entirely serious. —
- — “Those good folks, The Joiners, are offering up their latest song as a free download this weekend. Hurry and listen to their wonderful “Tennessee.” It’s really, really good.” —
- — How David Trinidad’s collection of vintage dolls plays into his poetry. [mp3] —
- — PICTURES: Hand Stencils Through Time —
- — “fire” – lou pinella as bukowski poem —
- — Spanish Poet Victoriano Cremer Dies at 102 —
- — New tartan commemorates Burns’s 250th anniversary —
- — Arty Party Food —
- — no wonder print media is “dying” —
- — Psychjourney Podcast & “Invisible Sisters.” —
- — “Never Land” Yusef Kumunyakaa —
- — Kate Tufts Discovery Award-winner Matthew Dickman writes emotional and accessible poetry… [mp3] —
- — A recent search through the vast holdings of the Vrzhu Research Bureau archives uncovered the draft of a previously unknown poem by John Keats. —
- — Weird book of the week: Poems About Horses —
- — Book Review: The Bloodless Stigmata by Dee Kite —
- — An array of poems printed on heavy stock hang above elegantly carved wooden Japanese-style prayer sticks —
- — Best documentary award was taken by Aliona Van der Horst of The Netherlands with a lament for cult Russian poet Boris Ryzhy, who committed suicide in 2001 —
- — Gordon Brown turns to former poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion for advice —
- — It was not unitl later, when I was readling through Tupelo Press’s free downloadable Reader’s Companion [PDF] for Calendars that I realized the poem is written in dactylic tetrameter. The dactyl is one of the most scorned metric feet in English prosody. —
- — “He probably wrote some poems for some of you bimbos out there…” —
- — On this edition of The Poets Weave, Jenny Kander reads poems by Maxine Kumin from the book Say This of Horses: a collection of poems, edited by C.E. Greer and Jenny Kander. —
- — Back to the Futurists: Italy’s First Avant-Garde Turns 100 —
I felt bloggy for this post of Poetry Hut Blog. Lotsa good links out there.
I think I linked to this cartoon a long time ago, but I’m easily amused:
I like Shakespeare’s cartoon-panel-exasperation-sweat-drops in that last panel. Have a nice Monday.
Poetry News For June 25, 2009
- — Snagged by Bishop—Hook, Line & Sinker —
- — Saba’s achievement overflows the boundaries of any single poem, and now with this new translation, and the help of Joseph Cary’s Three Modern Italian Poets and Cary’s translations of a few key poems in his A Ghost in Trieste, English-speaking readers can at last begin to take the measure of, and perhaps to learn from, this deeply haunting poet. —
- — Athens Museum Opening Reprises Debate on Elgin Marbles —
- — Can’t Get Enough of Ryan Raburn’s Walk-Off Homer? —
- — Seeking truth in case of poem theft —
- — “I dreamed last night that I won a consolation prize after being in a contest of a bat whom I named Freddy. “ —
- — Mouse With ‘Humanized Version’ Of Human Language Gene Provides Clues To Language Development —
- — Another exciting type of poem is the CONCRETE POEM: I know you know this has nothing to do with sand, cement and construction. Some writers know it as pattern or shape poems because of its ocular appearance. —
- — Can Flarf Ever Be Taken Seriously? —
- — Simon & Schuster gives architect of American pro-torture policy a platform and a huge advance (and John Yoo is a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer now. Blah.) —
- — I’m not going to link to the neocon-laden Washington Post anymore. So no more Poet’s Choice links from me. —
- — Turing believed that computers would eventually be able to model creativity. Now, 60 years later, we know that they can. —
- — Poetry’s life of grime: Why young rappers are the natural successors to Tennyson —
- — R.T. Smith Named Writer-In-Residence —
- — Though neither poet came away with a Minnesota Book Award, finalists Tim Nolan and Todd Boss have produced solid books of poetry unmistakably tinged with Midwestern sensibility and Minnesotan landscape —
- — On the heels of winning this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, W.S. Merwin joins Moyers for a wide-ranging talk about language, his writing process, the natural world, and the insights gleaned from a much-lauded career that’s spanned more than 50 years and 21 volumes of poetry. —
- — “Not infrequently, we get letters or blog-responses to individual poems published in Poetry that cite particular phrases or lines in order to prove somehow that a poem or poet (and, by implication, our taste) is lousy.” —
- — “I think my success as a writer comes from the fact that I don’t think that anything I write is much good—and so I’m always trying to make it better.” —
- — Permanent Bedtime: poetry, sedative, or just a weather report? —
They just showed up one day. I hose off the porch and they come back haha. I’ll have to put something over the window glass so they aren’t as fascinated.
