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Talking with Le Pham Le October 28, 2010: Poet Le Pham Le will read her work tonight as part of the Poetry Foundation’s Poetry Off the Shelf series at Chicago’s Newberry Library. Le’s first publication is a bilingual collection of Vietnamese poems entitled Gio Thoi Phuong Nao/From Where the Wind Blows. She took time out from her busy schedule to answer a few questions for [...] by

Happy birthday, Charles Olson! October 5, 2010: Charles Olson was a poet of national importance, but in many ways he was a local bard, a representative of his hometown, Gloucester, MA. In honor of the centennial of his birth, Gloucester is throwing a nice shindig. The organizers are planning a fête filled with readings and performances. Among the writers appearing during the celebration will [...] by

On Syria’s salon September 20, 2010: Syria, like America, is not entirely comfortable with poetry. But its situation is a tad more dire than ours, according to NYU professor Sinan Antoon, who is quoted in this New York Times article about a Damascus poetry series. “Many of the cafes which used to be literary and cultural nodes have closed down — especially in Beirut — or have [...] by

Harriet the Spy peeks at the Paris Review September 13, 2010: Lorin Stein, the new editor of the Paris Review, had promised "secret guest contributors" would read at his first issue launch this Saturday. Harriet the Spy could not wait to discover the identity of these mystery guests—would they be federales, desperados, orrejectorinos? Well, she packed her fingerprinting dust and set off for the Lower East [...] by

Seamus Heaney’s disciple September 9, 2010: At a recent poetry reading, Seamus Heaney converted Alison Flood of the Guardian from a read-poetry-in-solitude kind of gal to lady-who-listens-to-it-live-and-in-awe. Consider Heaney's sound advice on poetry collections for the beginner in this personal account of  why sometimes words are better heard than seen: From the Guardian: So, as [...] by

Who’s afraid of Beowulf? September 3, 2010: Not playwright and actor Jason Craig, who—along with theater troupe "Banana, Bag and Bodice"—has revised the Old English poem for the stage, mixing in contemporary references and skewering academic analysis. The Boston Globe reports: When Beowulf makes his entrance as a bespectacled schlub in a bedraggled costume that suggests he got lost on [...] by

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 [...] by

Charles Bukowski goes cabaret August 11, 2010: Last year, German singer Ute Lemper included a Charles Bukowski poem between songs in her otherwise poetry-free cabaret show. One thing then led to another as it so often does with Bukowski, and now Lemper is slated to perform "The Bukowski Project" at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in New York next weekend. The show journeys through 24 [...] by

The wild kindness vs. the dedicated evil August 3, 2010: David Berman may not be producing any new music or poetry these days, but that doesn’t mean he’s keeping quiet. According to poet and editor Jeremy Schmall, Berman has dedicated himself to decrying the propaganda proliferated by corporate PR reps, including, most notably, Berman's own father. Berman’s talk in NYC last week inspired [...] by

The punk poet’s not dead July 27, 2010: Is there anything John Cooper Clarke hasn’t done? The so-called “godfather of British performance poetry” has toured with the Sex Pistols and Elvis Costello, released six albums, and published a poetry collection. But that was two decades ago. So where has he been for twenty years?   The Daily Telegraph reports on his disappearance from [...] by

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