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Archive for May, 2010
The poetry pamphlet shortlist May 13, 2010: Ali Smith, Jo Shapcott and Richard Price have selected the finalists for one of the highest honors in the UK for a poetry pamphlet (aka chapbook): The British Library, in partnership with the Poetry Book Society and with the generous support of the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, is pleased to present the second year of The Michael Marks [...]
Poetry App tracks literary geography May 13, 2010: Longtime Guardian editor Victor Keegan attempts to marry poetry and technology with his Geo Poems iPhone app: To talk about poetry and technology in the same breath is enough to send most traditionalists running for a cold shower. Poetry, after all, is about romanticism and nostalgia while technology is, well, strictly for the geeks. Or [...]
Hull to Honor Philip Larkin with giant toads May 12, 2010: The 25th anniversary of Philip Larkin's death has inspired the city of Hull to erect a series of fiberglass toads (pictured above). The Guardian reports: Larkin's work will be celebrated in Hull this summer with a 10-week public art event. Giant toad sculptures will be placed on a trail around the city in an attempt to "brighten up [...]
In praise of lousy writing May 12, 2010: Salon's Laura Miller wants us to learn from bad writing, from Sir William Topaz MacGonagall's "poetic gems" to Steve Almond's "Bad Poetry Corner": One of the less trumpeted features of the Internet is the unprecedented access it provides to really, really bad writing. Of course, awful books have always been with us, but nowadays a specimen of [...]
Poet’s “Word Shop” open to the public May 12, 2010: New York poet Robert Fitterman has opened a word shop for the month of May. From his website: Rob's Word Shop is a storefront shop where individual letters and words can be purchased. Single letters are 50 cents and single words are 1 dollar. As the sole proprietor of the store, I invite you personally to stop by for a chat and buy a letter [...]
Does a good poet pick up after herself? May 12, 2010: In this week's feature story, Stephen Burt discusses things beyond all this fiddle: More and more, this year—especially since our second child was born—I’ve come to feel that poetry just can’t be as important as most people who write about it now make it seem: that, as Elizabeth Bishop put it in another connection, “Art just [...]
Palfest 2010 May 12, 2010: Video footage from the closing celebration of Palfest 2010, a literary festival showcasing writers and artists from around the world for Palestinian audiences:
60 Writers/60 Places May 12, 2010: Creative Loafing in Atlanta previews 60 Writers/60 Places, a film by Luca Dipierro and Michael Kimball: When poets Zachary Schomburg and Ann Stephenson read at Eyedrum on Friday, they’ll be followed by a screening of 60 Writers/60 Places, a film with an unambiguous title if there ever was one. In less than an hour, the documentary [...]
The New York Times asks, “Does Poetry Matter?” May 12, 2010: In response to David Biespiel's essay in this month's Poetry Magazine, Gregory Cowles investigates whether or not poets have a place in civic life: I had some fun substituting “pipe fitter” for “poet” throughout Biespiel’s essay (“As go America’s pipe fitters, so goes American democracy”), because, really, shouldn’t everyone [...]
Why are university presses home to such good poetry? May 12, 2010: The newsletter of the association of American university presses asks around to find out: 2010 has been a banner year for poetry published by university presses. Rae Armantrout’s Versed, published by Wesleyan University Press, was awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Published by [...]