Poetry News: Matthew Dickman’s Super Bowl Ad February 6, 2012: Still wowed be Madge's halftime performance? We are. But, did you happen to catch that spot featuring Clint Eastwood? You know, the one about Chrysler? Well, poet Matthew Dickman is credited as a Copywriter. For reals. Check out the spot itself, and the credits if you scroll down, here. by Harriet Staff

More Poetry News Posts: The Claudia Rankine Bandits | “Exile’s Letter” is stuck in Edmund White’s head

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The Claudia Rankine Bandits February 6, 2012: These folks drove 708 miles in one day to hear Claudia Rankine read. Along the way they wrote out passages from Rankine's The End of the Alphabet, rolled them up into little scrolls, and left them in random places for strangers to find and engage with. How cool would it be to stop at a gas station for a Drumstick and find some Rankine tucked into [...] by Harriet Staff

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“Exile’s Letter” is stuck in Edmund White’s head February 6, 2012: We've written about the Paris Review's "The Poem Stuck in My Head" series before (here and here). But that's because we like it so much. In the latest installment, Edmund White reflects on "Exile's Letter," a poem by Li Po, translated by Ezra Pound: Ezra Pound’s beautiful translation of a poem by Li Po, from Pound’s great early book Cathay, [...] by Harriet Staff

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Ashbery and Padgett Talk O’Hara February 6, 2012: From Silliman's Blog: Ron Padgett and John Ashbery in conversation about Frank O'Hara and others from their wild and fruitful New York days. The conversation takes place at Harvard. Here's the description from the YouTube page: In conjunction with the Woodberry Poetry Room's 80th Anniversary, the Poetry Room presented an oral history of the [...] by Harriet Staff