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Archive for August, 2010
James Dickey, “deep-fried Norman Mailer” August 24, 2010: Though poet and novelist James Dickey is best remembered for his novel Deliverance, he wished for his poetry to define his legacy. Dickey won a National Book Award for Buckdancer’s Choice and served as a consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, but it was his disturbingly powerful novel (and the movie by the same name) which earned him [...]
What’s a poet laureate to do? August 24, 2010: Two months into his four-year tenure as the state poet laureate of Colorado, Dave Mason is turning to the public for ideas. The Colorado College professor and author of the acclaimed verse-novel Ludlow wants to bring poetry to every corner of the state, but the question is how. Mason wrote an open letter to the public fishing for suggestions about [...]
Mary-Louise Parker is a poetry geek August 24, 2010: The “Weeds” star has a brief cameo in the upcoming Ginsberg biopic Howl (have you been keeping score of how many times references to the film pop up on Harriet? Hint: A lot.) and Parker explains to the Wall Street Journal why she took the teeny-tiny role. No, it wasn’t the money. It was for the love of poetry: “I’m a huge poetry geek [...]
Poetry, copyright, and Hurricane Katrina August 24, 2010: Keith S. Wilson from We Who Are About to Die can recall the first time he read the word “appropriation”—with all of its class and race implications— in a ‘zine when he was a wayward teen. Years later, "The Voices from Katrina" articles currently featured on our site have prompted Wilson to take a closer look at the concepts of art, [...]
The secret of youth is poetry August 24, 2010: Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko has traveled the world over to share his poetry. A former Russian dissident and "rock star" poet in the ‘50s and ‘60s, Yevtushenko can still draw a crowd: 42,000 people attended his reading in Russia just last week. This week, he’s slated to recite his poetry in Russian along with esteemed writers and [...]
Canadians out the king of cliché and the queen of cryptic August 24, 2010: Know what's hard? Workin' in a coal mine. Know what else is hard? Writing a whole book review. Sheesh. There's the reading of the book—maybe even books (!)—the thoughtful analysis of technique, tradition, and style. The paragraphs. Ugh. And no one even cares! Know what's easier? Writing a listicle! Like in Self! Yep, they're [...]
Ray Bradbury’s birthday trivia August 24, 2010: In honor of the prolific novelist, essayist, and (yep) poet's 90th birthday, the Guardian has put together a quiz on all things Bradbury. Bet you didn’t know a crater on the moon was named after one of his books, did you? Test your knowledge of his life and work with questions like this one: What was Ray Bradbury's first published [...]
Ronald C. Offen, Chicago writer and founder of Free Lunch August 24, 2010: Chicago poet and publisher Ronald C. Offen has died at the age of 79. Though Offen was a drama critic, book reviewer, editor, and author of five books of poetry, he is best known for his passion for “Free Lunch,” the literary magazine he founded and published. Offen authored two biographies on “tough-guy” actors, and held several [...]
Going solar with Robin Becker August 24, 2010: Robin Becker, the current Penn State laureate and a professor of English and women’s studies, is sharing her poetry via an online video series. In each video, she reads one poem, explains her motivations for writing it, and then offers a question for contemplation. Here she relaxes while reading “Solar,” and deems her poem “a love song [...]
The Today Show looks into VQR and the death of Kevin Morrissey August 23, 2010: The Hook also has a follow up story with more details about the journal's current situation, as does the Chronicle of Higher Education.