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Archive for July, 2010
The Maui Poetry Body Slam July 23, 2010: Here’s a suggestion to lift the spirits of all those poets rejected by the Paris Review: hop a plane to Maui for the annual Poetry Body Slam (don't forget to pack 3-D glasses, body paint, drugs): With this literary equivalent to a mosh pit, Shakespeare may roll over in his sonnet-strewn grave, but for Mauians living in the 21st [...]
The Mad Men reading list featuring Frank O’Hara July 22, 2010: If your life has simply become a question of what to do when the popular TV show Mad Men isn’t on, then Flavorpill has just done you an enormous favor, providing you with the means to emulate the likes of Don, Betty, and Joy by following their 1960’s reading lists (including, significantly,
Orson Scott Card and Rod McKuen and poetry July 22, 2010: Most well-known as the mastermind behind science fiction hit Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card is also a columnist and conservative activist (yikes!) who has some ideas on how to crack the puzzling codes of writing and reading poetry. In this article for the Mormon Times, Card returns to his college days to reflect upon the training he received [...]
How Amazon hurts book publishers July 22, 2010: We’ve all done it: walked into a bookstore, found a book we want, glanced at the price tag, and left empty-handed with plans to get it cheaper on Amazon. On the surface, this seems like a good thing – at least for the consumer, Jeff Bezoz, and Amazon: In 2008, Amazon sold more than all U.S. Bookstores combined, making it the largest bookseller [...]
Joe Pernice opens balloon delivery service July 22, 2010: Songwriter, novelist, and poet Joe Pernice has become a puppet with plans. (More about puppets and poetry (with less swears!) here).
The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics administration responds to protests July 22, 2010: As the students and alumni of Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics continue to blog and tweet their concerns over the school’s recent changes (23 members of the staff were laid off last month), Newwest.net reports that the school’s administration has finally entered the conversation. Responding to a list of demands [...]
The horror of poetry (and vice versa) July 22, 2010: In this month’s American Poet, cultural critic Robert Polito illuminates the secret passageways that connect horror films with poetry. Polito begins with the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe (who was the subject of a D.W. Griffith short), before examining the work of less obvious horror shows, Frank Bidart and Edward Field: Over recent [...]
Poetry best sellers for the week of July 11, 2010 July 22, 2010: Nick Lantz, a Wisconsin poet who has been posting a “micropoem” a day on Twitter for the past few months, has two books on the contemporary best seller list this week. His first book, We Don’t Know We Don’t Know, returns to the list at number 22, while his second book, The Lightning that Strikes the Neighbor’s House, debuts at [...]
Dancing with Anne Carson July 22, 2010: Photo: Liza Voll at the New York Times The collaboration between poet and critic Anne Carson and dancer-choreographer Rashaun Mitchell has resulted in a multi-layered mash-up of poetry and dance. Carson’s Nox, her most recent book, and Mitchell’s Bracko, her most recent dance composition, were presented by Summer Stages Dance and the [...]
Surely the last word(s) on the Paris Review’s Unacceptance? July 22, 2010: @We Who Are About to Die, a Part 4 in which another rejected poet explains why he's sad. @Nothing to Say and Saying It, John Gallaher gives us the new theme song for the Paris Review. @Pansy Poetics a forlorn poet left hanging in his finest tuxedo. @Seinfeld, well, this is just a funny episode.