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John Caddy Wins McKnight Award May 17, 2012: From the Star Tribune:It is nature, poet John Caddy says, that saved him when he was young and escaping a rough life on Minnesota's Iron Range. And it is nature that saves him now, 17 years after a stroke paralyzed his left side and left him with a non-working arm, difficulty speaking and short-term memory loss. The view out the[...]
Poetry News
Poetry Crush Unveils Music Issue May 17, 2012: Hop on over to Poetry Crush for the first in, we hope, many installments, of poets sharing their musical, wait for it... crushes. Here's the intro:If there is going to be a war between man & machine in the future & if man wins, there are sure to be strict regulations on computers & robotics leaving us only with papyrus & stone[...]
Poetry News
KickStart Shakespeare May 17, 2012:
This article, from NPR, tells of the New York Shakespeare Exchange's efforts to broaden the Bard's appeal to younger generations and, of course, raise the money to do so:
The New York Shakespeare Exchange says its goal is "to encourage an enthusiastic appreciation of classical theater and to expand the reach of the art form within[...]
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Michael Palmer Ceremonied by American Academy of Arts and Letters, Poem Featured at New Directions May 16, 2012:
New Directions has decided, "due to popular demand," to sport one poet per week on their blog; this week's post coincides with Michael Palmer's receiving of an award for general excellence in literature, granted by the American Academy of Arts and Letters:
A few months back we shared the wonderful news that poet Michael Palmer has[...]
Poetry News
Chloë Sevigny, Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis & Other Stars Sign On to James Franco’s Poetry Film Projects May 16, 2012:
Gawker reminds us that James Franco is adapting two books of poems with his NYU film students: Stephen Dobyns's Black Dog, Red Dog; and CK Williams's Tar, and that he's drafted some major celebrity. More:
Stephen Dobyns' Black Dog, Red Dog will feature Olivia Wilde, Chloe Sevigny and Whoopi Goldberg, while Tar, by the great C.K.[...]
Criticism, Poetry News
Sandra Simonds Responds to Marjorie Perloff’s Boston Review Essay May 16, 2012: On her blog, poet Sandra Simonds responds to Marjorie Perloff's essay, "Poetry on the Brink," recently published in the Boston Review, as we mentioned. The essay claimed that "[t]he national (or even transnational) demand for a certain kind of prize-winning, ‘well-crafted’ poem—a poem that the New Yorker would see fit to print and that would[...]
Poetry News
Patricia Lockwood’s Fans and Followers Help Fund Her Husband’s Eye Surgeries May 16, 2012: This is an awesome story. If you know Patricia Lockwood's work (her first book is forthcoming from Octopus Books) or follow her legendary Twitter account then you know a. she is awesome and b. she recently took to Twitter when overwhelmed at the news that her husband had been diagnosed with posterior subcapsular cataracts in both eyes. Her[...]
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Leonard Cohen Accepts Glenn Gould Prize, Donates Money May 16, 2012: Leonard Cohen donated the 50k Glenn Gould prize money to the Canada Council for the Arts. Very cool. Here, in this The Globe and Mail article, he discusses his relationship with Glenn Gould:He recalled meeting the Toronto native for the first time around 1960. A twenty-something Cohen was interviewing Gould for a magazine and[...]
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Collected Joseph Ceravolo! May 16, 2012:
Yes! Wesleyan will publish Joseph Ceravolo's Collected Poems in December.
Wesleyan's book description:
Like an underground river, the astonishing poems of Joseph Ceravolo have nurtured American poetry for fifty years, a presence deeply felt but largely invisible. Collected Poems offers the first full portrait of Ceravolo’s[...]
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Why Charles Simic Still Writes Poetry May 16, 2012: Charles Simic still writes poems. That's good. He also wrote this post on the New York Review of Books blog explaining why he still writes poems. That's also good. Here's a snippet:I have known in my life a number of young poets with immense talent who gave up poetry even after being told they were geniuses. No one ever made that[...]
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Los Angeles Review of Books Launches “Portrait of a Press” Feature. First Up: Wave Books May 16, 2012:
In what promises to be a great series of reads, Los Angeles Review of Books introduces "Portrait of a Press," a lengthy feature on book publishers. They kick things off by exploring the long and colorful history of Verse Press, which is now Wave Books.
The piece begins with an anecdote on Verse's first book, Joe Wenderoth's Letters to[...]
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Discussion with Camille Rankine, Patrick Rosal, and Tracy K. Smith May 16, 2012:
James Tolan's post at the Ploughshares blog covers Cave Canem's panel with poets Tracy K. Smith and Patrick Rosal, moderated by poet Camille Rankine.
The discussion, as Tolan's title states, ranged from poetry to Hip Hop to Academia. Here's a taste. Jump on over for the rest.
Poet Camille Rankine moderated Smith and Rosal’s talk[...]
Poetry News
The Poems and Voices of Mark Nowak’s Domestic Workers United Workshop May 15, 2012:
PEN Live! has coverage from the PEN World Voices Festival 2012 panel "There’s so much to say…,” moderated by Mark Nowak. The panel "gave voice to and showcased the writings of participants who’d completed a poetry workshop with Nowak, meeting Saturday mornings at the Domestic Workers United office, in downtown Manhattan, over the course[...]
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“Bad is not the Devil”: Anthony Madrid at Best American Poetry May 15, 2012:
We're super into Anthony Madrid blogging over at Best American Poetry. He asks, today, after quoting a bit from "Leda and the Swan," what it was that prompted Yeats toward the line of questioning expressed in the line "Did she put on his knowledge with his power". Writes Madrid: "That question is strictly out of Yeats’s head. There is no[...]
Criticism, Poetry News
On Julian Brolaski’s Advice for Lovers May 15, 2012:
Over at The Volta, last Friday's Feature was a review of Julian Brolaski's recent Advice for Lovers, which is the latest book to come out of Garrett Caples's rather marvelous City Lights Spotlight series. Patrick James Dunagan was at the reading at City Lights Bookstore celebrating the publication, and noted that Brolaksi at first[...]
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If you behave there will be cake for the miscreants we call your brothers May 15, 2012: A Surrealist generated compliment!
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Richard Hugo at the Paris Review blog May 15, 2012:
At the Paris Review Daily, Alice Bolin has a fabulous profile of Richard Hugo and... graves. And it makes a lot of sense if you think about it. Bolin begins by describing Hugo's remarkable ability to write about and memorialize landmarks in Montana:
It is an indisputable fact that the memory of poet Richard Hugo haunts Missoula,[...]
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Plinko Poetry! May 15, 2012:
Bob Barker must be smiling at this.
From the Co.Design website:
Ever since magnetic poetry permeated dorm room refrigerators everywhere, wordsmithing has never been the same. The once eloquent haiku had been deconstructed into mix and match sentiments for the half-sober. Why I don’t know how Blurry, fleeting, brusque, blue,[...]
Poetry News
Borges’s Norton Poetry Lectures May 15, 2012:
Who doesn't like a little Borges to start off the day? Check out these cuts from the Norton Poetry Lectures from 1967 and 1968 and feel the vertiginous spiraling drop of the infinite!
And many thanks to Mutantspace for pulling it together.