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A literary blog about poetry and related news
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffSeptember 11, 2012
The new episode of Art on Air's "Close Listening" features this conversation between Matvei Yankelevich and Charles Bernstein. From the website: Matvei Yankelevich talks with Charles Bernstein about "Some Words for Dr....
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffSeptember 11, 2012
Ivygate blog, which we're sure you check every day, has some rather incredulous analysis via-a-vis the dethroned New Yorker journalist Jonah Lehrer. Apparently, as a Columbia University undergrad, Lehrer commenced...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffSeptember 11, 2012
Poetry magazine isn't the only one debuting you music videos! Check out this video for Eduardo C. Corral's "To the Angelbeast". http://youtu.be/cZI3cT4H9dM
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffSeptember 10, 2012
Last year, two students at Sheffield University in the U.K. made international news when they sent a homemade hot air balloon into space, taking breathtaking photos of the earth along...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffSeptember 10, 2012
Check out this HuffPo roundup of peculiar writer's rituals from a number of famous authors. Here's Gertrude Stein's: Gertrude Stein was famous for hanging out with some of the biggest names...
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Poetry NewsBy Fred SasakiSeptember 10, 2012
Poetry magazine is pleased to debut a new Bonnie "Prince" Billy (a.k.a. Will Oldham) music video to accompany his essay in the June issue. Drag City says: Now Here's My Plan...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffSeptember 10, 2012
Head on over to Slate's book reviews section, not only for the reviews, but for the illustrations that accompany said reviews, and the banner illustration, all by Bianca Stone. Nice!...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffSeptember 10, 2012
Rae Armantrout wrote this essay for Newsweek about her home town of San Diego, which she isn't all that fond of. She writes: I might even be able to give San...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffSeptember 10, 2012
The Volta is having Cedar Sigo Take Down the Clouds with this intimate interview. Here's what Sigo has to say about what he's currently working on: Yesterday morning I took the...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffSeptember 10, 2012
In honor of PEN American's Banned Books Month, the Daily Pen American blog has "reached out to writers, editors, literary illuminati, and PEN staff to write about the banned books...