The comment box wars -- Publishing

Blogger and poet Jessica Smith has a major issue with Ron Silliman’s comprehensive poetry blog. Not with Silliman or the poets he writes about – she praises him for offering critical commentary on poetry – but rather with the comments after his praiseworthy posts. Smith posits that comment boxes have become verbal battlefields: ...

Lots to shout about at poetry reading

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Adam Lewis Schroeder: Q&A with poet Nancy Holmes

In the Fabled East . He is guest editing The Afterword this week. UBC Poet Nancy Holmes.

Opinion: Celebrate life as a legacy leader

At some point in my life, I discovered by accident that I like poetry. I am not sure how it happened, but I ended up a fan of Walt Whitman, and not just because he was the first poet I ever read who wrote about baseball.

Last Tango in the Paris Review Unacceptance Clusterbomb -- Publishing

The Paris Review saga may finally be coming to a happy-ish close: Daniel Nester over at We Who Are About To Die reports that PR editor Lorin Stein is offering the “Purgerati” a little something to soften the blow of their acceptance-then-rejection trauma: the $150 payment they would’ve received had their work appeared in the ...

The dominance of Amazon redux: a hook, a jab, a rebuttal -- Publishing

In “In defense of Amazon” Ruth Franklin at The New Republic responds to Colin Robinson’s scathing critique of Amazon’s businesses practices in a piece that appeared in the The Nation . Franklin points out how the book behemoth has helped readers: we’re no longer sans literary selection when spending months in some out-of-the-way backwater, left ...

Poets paid in intimacy -- Poetry News

In the age when we can find anything on the Internet, what have we lost? According to the South Carolina Post and Courier columnist Ken Burger, we’ve lost our poets. Burger looks at the life “between poverty and perfection” of Carol Ann Davis, whose poetry he finds offers far more than any Twitter feed: At 40 ...

Weekend of literature at Milverton

At 7.30pm there is Poetry Kick Off featuring Milverton’s own well-respected poet, Geoffrey Godbert, of whom Harold Pinter said: "Geoffrey will certainly end up with the poets in heaven."Link!

The U.S. Poetry Academy -- Poetry News

When Kristen Hoggatt joined the Peace Corps and set out to teach ESL in Uzbekistan, little did she know she’d be reciting subversive slam verses with impressionable youngsters. In a highly personal account, Hoggatt explains why poetry saved her after a traumatic car accident, and how those who encouraged her to write helped her get ...

Criticism's Crisis by Brian Henry

“Les jugements sur la poésie ont plus de valeur que la poésie.” (“Judgments on poetry are more valuable than poetry.”) —Comte de Lautréamont “It is easy to treat poetry as if it were engaged in the language-game of giving information ...

"Pop Poetry"

$7. It took a hurricane to turn Seth Walker into a poet. Walker lost everything to Hurricane Katrina.

Not really feeling that this one is done, but it's in processfrom The Handmade CastleSection 1. (instead of breaking their hands, one after the other, while someone tries to reach for the phone)Tonight you make up a father, an ordinary, sad one, smarter than anyone realizes, who reads the history of the Quarter Horse over and over again, making pencil marks in the margins, who hugs you at the ...

“Poetry is one of the freest media in China” -- Poetry News

Since Ouyang Yu came to Australia from China on a scholarship in 1991, his output of poetry and criticism has been prolific. Yu is a firm believer that the best way to undermine the repressive government of his homeland is through poetry, and his vast production of work is a testament to this idea.

Billboard: Classes & Workshops

Poetry News: SOULFULL SUNDAYS 10:00-11:30 a.m. at Madrona MindBody Institute, Fort Worden, 344-4475 or www.MadronaMindBody.com . POETRY WEEKEND Intensive with poet Gary Lilley. Saturday and Sunday, August 14 and 15, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Writers' Link!

The sure swing of poetry tied to tradition

Poetry News: "Poetry takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility," William Wordsworth once declared, creating a watchword for generations of poets.Link!

Poetry marathon ready to begin in Wanaka

Poetry News: Wanaka airwaves, footpaths, schools, bars and cafes will be resonating with lyrics, sonnets and rhymes tomorrow as the "24 Hour Poetry People" marathon gets underway.Link!

Kanye West Performs for Facebook Staff

Poetry News: crowd egged him on, and West delivered, dropping verses in a freestyle manner that sounded more church preacher or poetry slammer than chart-topping MC. "Let's break out of this fake-ass party, turn this into a classic night," West rhymed on one Link!

Library shelves stereotype

The fourth Saturday of every month, we have the Barrie Folk Society's Unplugged event. We have poetry readings and an African gentleman doing incredible percussion," said Andrusyszyn. "We have people of all ages.Link!

UK- Doreen Brigham, 98, pens Yorkshire anthem

A 98-year-old great grandmother is the inspiration behind a new anthem for the whole county. Doreen Brigham has written the lyrics for the anthem, which will be the centre point of the BBC’s ambitious Symphony for Yorkshire project.. Link!

Cambria Heights, New York, Author Publishes New Book of Poetry

The Collective Poem Book by Earle Hibbert has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. The Collective Poem Book is a wonderful read, covering a wide range of emotions and subjects. It experiments with many different poetic forms to fit this large emotional range.. Link!

VT- Word on the Street: MAxime Kunin at BTV Book Festival

The 85-year-old New Hampshire resident, a former U.S. poet laureate, has been compared to Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop.. Link!

NY- Meet Jack Rabid, the godfather of punk rock

For 30 years, he has been covering independent music as the founder of the magazine “The Big Takeover,” which started as a one-page newsletter when he was a skinny teenager running around the East Village.. Link!

CELEB PlayBlogger Playwright Theresa Rebeck: July 27

We are happy to welcome guest celebrity blogger playwright Theresa Rebeck, a Pulitzer Prize finalist whose plays include Broadway’s Mauritius and Off-Broadway’s Omnium Gatherum.. Link!

South Africa- Eyestorms, Poems of Gwalior

I edit a print poetry journal called 'A Hudson View', a journal on African arts called 'Inyathi' and dream of going back to Gwalior.. Link!

AZ-Spoken Word

In fact, we heard a rumor that this Thursday's Black Pearl Poetry Slam might be the last.Link!

VA- Regional Library Sets Book Sale August 5

In addition to books on generalized non-fiction, mysteries and fiction, crafts biographies, nature, children's, cookbooks, science fiction, foreign language, poetry, and faith, all broken down into easy-to-find categories.. Link!

TN- Local author: Humor cures everything for former DOE employee

Some people doodle on their notes while sitting in boring classes or meetings. But Judy DiGregorio would write humorous short stories or poetry in the margins of her notebook about the speaker, professor or others in the room. She might even write one about herself or a family member.. Link!

MD- Prison Realities Explored in New Poetry Collection

NAACP Image Award winner Reginald Dwayne Betts has returned to bookshelves with a powerful collection of poems in his latest work Shahid Reads His Own Palm. Through his poetry, the national spokesman for the Campaign for Youth Justice recounts his personal experiences and those of other inmates he encountered during a nine-year stint in some of Virginia’s most dangerous adult prisons.. Link!

Poets on display in Bodelwyddan Castle exhibition

Some of the country’s top contemporary poets are featured in a photographic exhibition which opens this week at Bodelwyddan Castle. Faces of Poetry is a selection of photographic portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, featuring a cross-section of writers who shape the world of contemporary British poetry.. Link!

CO- Couple brings their past to life

Soards has a catalogue of about 40-50 songs, he said and has put out CD`s with Angela`s help. Stuck writes poetry, which Soards sometimes puts to music. Her poem titled "Freedom," about the United States is used to close every show.. Link!

No Botticelli, Thisa "

I’ve been working on a number of projects lately, including my own poetry. What follows is the result of my ekphrastic mash-up of two images: Sandro Botticelli’s Birth of Venus (1481) and galen dara’s married (2008).. Link!

Canada- German baritone delivers full-bodied song experience at Koerner Hall

Normally, a song recital is about music and poetry. With baritone Matthias Goerne, it became a whole-body experience at Koerner Hall on Tuesday night..Link!

MA- Phantoms and fantasy

Summer Stages Dance and the Institute for Contemporary Art afforded poet Anne Carson and choreographer/dancer Rashaun Mitchell a Co-Lab creative residency that culminated in an ICA performance on July 20. The two artists were an intriguing match, but the terms of their collaboration seemed more about co-existence than about overlap.. Link!

Labor Day Weekend Book Festival in Metro Atlanta

September 4th and 5th Decatur Book Festival, is the largest independent book festival in the nation and the fourth largest overall. This year the festival celebrates its fifth year.. Link!

Taking Up the Gauntlet for Poetry

Charlotte Kuchinsky recently wrote an article requesting readers that love poetry to follow suit and either write poetry or discuss your favorite poem. This is my response.. Link!

UK gets ready for the KY Womens Writers Conference

Drawing an average of 1000 participants annually and open to all women writers and readers in the state, the KWWC offers workshops during the day for women writers who want to learn about the craft, network with agents and publishers, and get insights and help with works in progress.. Link!

Short Summary of the Book of Psalms

The entire book of Psalms is a collection of poetry, prayers, and hymns that are primarily expressed through the writer's thoughts or worship at the time.. Link!

VA- Atkins author publishes second book, penning sequel

Sally Campbell Repass’ second venture as a novelist, For the Love of Rachel, arrived from the publisher last week at her Atkins home.. Link!

MN- RT Rybak declares Limerick Day with a limerick

In recent weeks, a petition has been circulating (over the internet, of course), asking Mayor RT Rybak to proclaim August 8, 2010 Limerick Day in Minneapolis. Rybak has granted their wish with his own limerick.. Link!

There's No Such Thing as "Mundane"

As a poet, the mundane is a wide-open field. Love, hate, courage, fear, jealousy and beauty have been written about since humans first figured out how to write on cliff walls with plant juice. That's a lot of poetry.. Link!

Malaysia- Perlis To Open 2010 Merdeka Month Celebration

The Perlis Culture and Arts Department with the cooperation of Perlis Writers Association (3P) will be holding the `Gema Puisi Kemerdekaan' programme participated by poets and leaders in Perlis on August 8. The event will take place in a leisurely atmosphere at the Taman Budaya complex.. Link!

Belgium- Frites mean serious business

It may be odd for a man accustomed to appreciating the beauty of art to wax poetically about something as mundane as frites, but to Ilegems, who has written four books about fries, including a volume of poetry, it is essential.. Link!

Bethesda, Maryland, Author Publishes New Book

A Poetic Journey: From Fear-Through Love-to Faith and Felicity by Ellis Mottur has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.. Link!

Poetry marathon ready to begin in Wanaka

Wanaka airwaves, footpaths, schools, bars and cafes will be resonating with lyrics, sonnets and rhymes tomorrow as the "24 Hour Poetry People" marathon gets underway.

Prisoners penning poetry

Poetry News: Thursday, 29 July 2010, 5:12 pm Press Release: Department Of Corrections News Release 29 July 2010 Prisoners penning poetry Sonnets and haiku are not something you'd expect to come across inside prisons, but prisoners from Christchurch Men's, Christchurch Women's and Rolleston Prisons will be aware of National Poetry Day tomorrow.Link!

Poetry marathon ready to begin in Wanaka

Poetry News: Wanaka airwaves, footpaths, schools, bars and cafes will be resonating with lyrics, sonnets and rhymes tomorrow as the "24 Hour Poetry People" marathon gets underway.Link!

Books and Bards: Poetry at Bookstock

Poetry News: By Peter Rousmaniere Special to the Standard The Upper Valley's premier poetry event of the year is the poetry track at Bookstock, to be held on Saturday, July 31.Link!

Ms. B: What a perfect poetic...

Poetry News: The Book Club came over last night for our annual poetry reading night on my deck .Link!

Failed relationships helped inspire book of poetry

Poetry News: A series of broken relationships interspersed with dark humour sets the tone in Jocko Benoit's second book of poetry, Standoff Terrain, inspired from Sun Tzu's The Art of War.Link!

Failed relationships helped inspire book of poetry

A series of broken relationships interspersed with dark humour sets the tone in Jocko Benoit's second book of poetry, Standoff Terrain, inspired from Sun Tzu's The Art of War.