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Poetry News:

1. — Local bookstore brings poetry to the shelves —
2. — Poet Zagajewski receives the 2008 Milosz Prize —
3. — The LGBT Literati —
4. — A 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award gold medal has been awarded to Ninebark Press for its inaugural publication, “Deep Travel: Contemporary American Poets Abroad.” —
5. — W H Auden struggles for the conch —
6. — Classics - Old English Poems and Riddles and The First Poems in English —
7. — Show to honor Edna St. Vincent Millay —
8. — IT failure haiku poems —

Poetry News:

1. — We are each a bundle of nervous impulses: to fidget, to gossip, to be distracted, to inquire, and especially to satisfy our scalding curiosity by looking at anything we’re told not to look at —
2. — Big is still best but not everything Americans do is supersized - a rich tradition of shorter verse percolates through to us today —
3. — Palestinian-American doctor turns suffering into song, wins top U.S. prize and a book review —
4. — Listen again: BBC censors Auden quip —
5. — The Economics Of Self-Publishing —
6. — National Poetry Award to go to VT and UVA professors —
7. — The author of three collections, Brock-Broido has been praised for poems that are “gorgeous and mournful, ornate and deeply felt” —

And the hits keep coming … hubby laid off from his 5 night a week gig at the swanky place. I guess people aren’t being swanky as much these days.

Poetry News:

1. — The need for warmth is more important than people who have never been truly cold know —
2. — This great poets list has only one woman. About right, too —
3. — The poetry journal as mixtape —
4. — Two things often said about great poets are that they create the taste by which they are appreciated, and that they have the capacity to constantly reinvent themselves —
5. — Math lovers, teachers and families around the world are gearing up to celebrate Pi Day on March 14, or more precisely to the pi second, 3/14 (the American date format) at 1:59:26 p.m —
6. — The Resurrection Trade, Miller’s fifth book of poems, delves into the mysteries of early women’s anatomical studies and medical illustrations —
7. — New Vancouver opera focuses on poet Pauline Johnson - Margaret Atwood writes libretto, Christos Hatzis composes —

Poetry News:

1. — Post-apocalypse, Poetry, and Robots —
2. — Changing Hands Bookstore hosts a handful of acclaimed poets (all female) who contributed to Letters to the World: The Wom-Po Anthology —
3. — People find what they lack in themselves in this object of adoration —
4. — Iranian poet Simin Behbahani is the first recipient of Stanford’s Bita Prize for Literature and Freedom —
5. — 2 editors’ online journal gives new life to literature —
6. — Auden was roundly criticized for leaving England when he did; after all, the1930s had been dubbed “The Age of Auden,” and even admirers of his poetry saw his departure as an unpardonable —

Go With Your Gut — Intuition Is More Than Just A Hunch, Says New Research —

Poetry News:

1. — Their elders will not be quick to applaud either their language or their sentiments: both grate harshly on a pre-War ear —
2. — Poetry workshop: This month Peter Bennet invites you to enter the moonlit world of Walter de la Mare —
3. — The poisoned wedding dress —
4. — Military junta bans 19 writers and performers; poet questioned by authorities —
5. — The Russian poet Marina Tsvetayeva endured and indulged in a life of high drama —
6. — Forty years after her death, Iran’s most rebellious poet is back in English-language translation —

Poetry News:

1. — Thank you very much for inviting me to speak about Poetry and Power —
2. — the latest wrangle in the US reflects a wider problem in deciding what’s good poetry and what’s not —
3. — VA Tech professor writes poems about shooting —
4. — Poets are good at discerning life within what otherwise might seem lifeless [congrats]—
5. — Business of Words with Collin Kelley, Month of October, Guest: Reb Livingston —
6. — Sean O’Brien has become the first person to win the prestigious Forward Prize for Poetry three times. —
7. — For years, Baltimore has laid claim to one of our greatest writers. Nevermore! —
8. — Old and, though no-one knew it then, close to death, Auden’s behaviour in Ilkley can best be described as eccentric —
9. — The court cited the lower court‘ findings of fact questioning the validity of the certificate‘ facts, such as … the publication of the poems without a copyright notice —
10. — ACLU “˜Howls”™ Against FCC Destroying the Best Poems of a Generation —
11. — Burma: Act Now! —

Congrats to Eclectica on its 54th issue. That’s quite an achievement, as online lit mags seem to come and go. In the latest issue, Scott Malby did a review of this site. Thanks, that is kind.

3 most popular links for last month (as far as Feedburner is concerned):

“This country’‘ best-selling contemporary poetry book, according to the most recent list on poetryfoundation.com”

All about the latest Best American Poetry

The announcement that Paul Muldoon will be the next poetry editor of The New Yorker provoked Ted Genoways, editor of VQR, to to call out American poets

Attn Nashville word nerds: this program (New PBS Series Probes the Origin, Technology and Art of Writing) begins tonight at 7pm on Nashville Public TV.

Poetry News:

1. The timid male would be advised to stand well back when a female threatened is on the rampage —
2. Milan has begun preparations for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Futurism —
3. Cardiff poem is too tiny to be seen —
4. Salter and Leithauser are acclaimed poets, with over a dozen volumes and many honors between them —
5. The scourge of a sick England —

I don’t have any kids but I would assume the poet-mom equation fits into this discussion.

Poetry News:

1. Penn online poetry project rooted in culture of accessibility —
2. ‘Every essay is like an adventure’ —
3. Lauded poet stays positive —
4. the current obsession with plagiarism stands at the precise intersection of the cult of celebrity and what he calls “the cult of originality” —
5. What the Romans did for Julie Andrews —
6. In praise of a guilty genius —

Well I was close Peyton Manning had 247 passing yards. hahaha