Poetry News:
- — Unfortunately, poetry in general has a bad reputation —
- — new lit mag alert —
- — The Griffin Poetry Prize Announces the 2008 Canadian and International Shortlist —
- — She did say, though, that her interest in cryptography, the study of coded writing, influenced her poems, along with her love of puzzles —
- — Never has so much genius,” he wrote, “been combined with so little talent.” I never heard that one before, hahaha.—
- — Taking the Pain Out of Poetry —
- — Tracking Olympic Torch Relay, PEN Poem Relay lands in North America —
- — Next on American Experience - Walt Whitman, Airing April 14, 2008 —
If you are doing NaPoWriMo, there are some writing prompts here
Geez you guys are stingy with the ad clicks, LOL:
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I’ve tried to promote poetry as best I know how, but I need to close for a while. (It hasn’t anything to do with adverti$ing pittances.) Have a good remainder of the National Poetry Month. I love you, poets!
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Poetry News:
- — Psychologists Nathan DeWall of the University of Kentucky and Roy Baumeister of Florida State University ran three experiments to study existential dread in the laboratory —
- — Three Reasons Why We Don’t Read Poetry —
- — I guess this collection is about the shadowy presences and outlaw characters who haunt the margins of American, particularly Southern, history —
- — He is, we are constantly told, a great poet and a big wind-bag, a profound seer and a boisterous humbug —
- — Jennifer Grotz once wrote poetry like a drunken Patsy Cline, sick on love —
- — Akron poet Thomas Dukes wins prestigious national book prize; and some thoughts on poetry for profit —
There are a lot of sleep / dream articles up at the NY Times. “Once seen as a blank screen, a metaphor for death, it has emerged as an active, purposeful machine, a secretive intelligence that comes out at night to play and to work during periods of dreaming and during the netherworld chasms known as deep sleep”
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Poetry News:
- — We knew he was a genius all along [and more here]—
- — Abu Dhabi TV crowns ‘Prince of Poets’ —
- — his work draws parallels between the depiction of the war heroes in the Iliad and the Odyssey and the experiences of his patients —
- — It was damned rot — rot of the worst sort — not insincere, perhaps, but rot, nevertheless —
- — “Good God, I can”™t publish this,” his publisher told him. “We”™d both be in jail.” —
- — What Did Shakespeare Look Like As a Kid? hahaha thanks Chad —
“The Anti-Muses
Like the Muses, they are attracted to talent and promising projects, and the presence of several at once probably means you are on to something big. Still, they can frustrate or even destroy the most inspired tender new poem, and send the poet into despair, alcoholism, or flash fiction. The more we know about them, the better.
Their mother is Amnesia, “Forgetfulness.”
They are goddesses, 13 in number….” [read the rest]
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Poetry News:
- — Didi Menendez is reviewing online lit mags —
- — Poets Walk Across Bridge; Read Whitman, Hart Crane —
- — Biggest literary prize goes to little-known Norwegian —
- — Poet William Meredith will be announced as a finalist for the National Book Awards —
- — Court says Strauss heirs must pay “Rosenkavalier” royalties to heirs of librettist —
- — Nidhi Shukla the sister of slain poetess Madhumita Shukla today expressed her apprehension that she might be attacked or even murdered —
- — Acclaimed Nashville performance poet Minton Sparks’ first book is not quite what it seems —
- — Stars pay homage to Yeats —
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The Creation Museum looks like another wonderful roadside attraction. Yay weirdo America! [and they have a blog]
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“In a survey of 1,700 women with ovarian cancer, Dr. Goff and other researchers found that 36 percent had initially been given a wrong diagnosis, with conditions like depression or irritable bowel syndrome.”
“‘Twelve percent were told there was nothing wrong with them, and it was all in their heads,’” Dr. Goff said.”
Gawd.
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Poetry News:
- — Poets Speak Out —
- — We want to believe the omission was related to space and not because city leaders thought it was too gay —
- — In 1923, Alfred A. Knopf published the first book of poems by Wallace Stevens —
- — Take 20-minute trip to poet’s birthplace —
- — The great Russian poet Anna Akhmatova once said her country silences poets by sending them to a gulag, while America silences poets by ignoring them —
Pals with work up now at storysouth:
J Lynn Laughlin’s story at StorySouth
3 poems by Susan Meyers at storysouth
Also do you guys know about the dead mule? (It was [really] dead for a while but has been back for a long time I guess and I didn’t know that.)
Cliff nominated me as a thinking blogger. That is kind, thanks.
Passing it on:
Radish King
Emperor of Ice-Cream Cakes: Poems Are Jokes
Erik’s Choice
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