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Badilisha Poetry Radio puts African poets’ voices online February 7, 2011: On her blog Thoughts from Botswana, Lauri Kubuitsile directs readers to Badilisha Poetry Radio based out of The Africa Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. In a weekly podcast, Badilisha Poetry Radio plays recordings of poets spread out across the continent of Africa, as well as from Africans living around the world. Besides seeking out poetry [...]
Pirating the airwaves over AWP February 1, 2011: Inside Higher Ed is hosting Radio Free AWP this week. Wednesday through Sunday, tune into a ridiculous amount of podcasts (between 4-5 a day, it would appear) featuring readings, interviews, contests, and audio book outtakes somehow involving William Gass and ducks. It’s true pirate radio, internet-style, with some of my literary friends and [...]
“Poets and Music” at KEXP January 31, 2011: KEXP is rolling out a 10-part documentary series covering the relationship between "Poets and Music," particularly when they enter into the recording process together. The first three are up already, each focusing on a different writer and their approaches to collaboration. Starting out with William S. Burroughs and Jim Carroll, the series takes a [...]
Egyptians protest with poetry January 31, 2011: The Daily Dish has the text of a poem Egyptian protesters have been chanting during this week of upheaval. "To the Tyrants of the World," by Abu al-Qasim al-Shabihas has become a rallying cry: Wait, don't let the spring, the clearness of the sky and the shine of the morning light fool you... Because the darkness, the thunder rumble and the [...]
Rhyme and punishment in Maine police logs January 7, 2011: The Maine Public Broadcasting Network talks to John Nolan, the 17-year veteran of the Glasgow, Scotland police force who now edits The Rochester Times and writes the local police logs (in verse). His logs have been running for 22 years to a mostly appreciative audience. Besides his rhyming skills and humor, its his keen observations of what the [...]
Stein-o-rama December 17, 2010: T.G.I.F.! Eh? And what are you doing at work today, as you await the glorious arrival of the weekend? Well, after you get done scrolling through the entirety of Fail Blog, why notlisten to the complete recordings of Gertrude Stein reading her works? And then it's back to Fail Blog.
It’s 1960 (again!) December 14, 2010: Last week we reported on the “Poetry in 1960” symposium held at the Kelly Writers House at UPenn. Today we're happy to report that the whole thing is (already!) up and streaming at PennSound. Eleven poets each writing about a different work published the year 1960—it’s a unique way to attend to the micro-histories of the poetic [...]
Daily Dose of Dada November 17, 2010: Here’s your daily dose of dada, a sound poem entitled “L'amiral Cherche Une Maison à Louer,” written in 1916 for the Caberet Voltaire by Tristain Tzara, Richard Hulsenbeck and Marcel Janco. Wonderful madness, featuring non-human human sounds. According to the description on Ubuweb, where the poem now lives: "L'amiral Cherche Une Maison [...]
File Under: Yes, Please November 1, 2010: Listen to Bernadette Mayer reading a Hallmark Card.
Should poetry be funny? July 16, 2010: On TheThe Poetry Blog (sic), David Shapiro talks about humor in poetry, and poetry in humor: "Certain clowns upset Shakespeare." More insights here