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Naked words, dancing together
Am Anfang des zweiten Bremer Festivals „Poetry on the Road“ stand das definierende Wort: „Ein Gedicht ist eine Summe der Menschen und eine Kombination aus Wörtern“, hieß es in dem „Poema“, mit dem der mexikanische Autor und derzeitige Präsident der Schriftstellervereinigung PEN-International Homero Aridjis… Continue Reading „Naked words, dancing together“
Genie und Wahnsinn
The connection between Dickinson’s moods and her poems has long been a subject of interest but has never before been quantified. In the new research, John F. McDermott, professor emeritus of psychiatry at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine in Honolulu, examined whether… Continue Reading „Genie und Wahnsinn“
Das Problem
haben auch andere: Zwei Leserbriefe zu einem Artikel im Guardian: If you could only give poetry more space … few people in Britain now read poetry of any kind and, of those, the majority are locked into the sounds, rhymes, rhythms and tastes of… Continue Reading „Das Problem“
Poet laureate task poem?
NO SUBJECT is too esoteric, it seems, for the poet laureate. Andrew Motion, holder of the post since 1999, has written a work to mark the 200th anniversary of the national census. His previous work has celebrated such unlikely subjects as Childline, the TUC… Continue Reading „Poet laureate task poem?“
Erfundener Grieche
Erfundener Grieche Über einen „hoax“ berichtet die New Yorker Zeitschrift „ Lingua Franca„. Im vergangenen Oktober erschien in Kanada ein Buch mit dem Titel „Saracen Island: The Poetry of Andreas Karavis„. Die Kritik rühmte ihn als „Griechenlands modernen Homer„. Aber offenbar ist alles eine Mystifikation seines… Continue Reading „Erfundener Grieche“
„Beauty is truth, truth beauty“
… wrote the Romantic poet John Keats in „Ode on a Grecian Urn.“ That famous citation, which expresses 19th-century Romanticism’s trust in feeling over reason, is pertinent in the case of Anne Carson’s newest poetic volume, „The Beauty of the Husband.“ A brief dust… Continue Reading „„Beauty is truth, truth beauty““
Neue Dantebücher
bespricht der Economist – darunter „ON ESSAYS“, Dante by modern poets, it begins with Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, the founders of English modernism, who between them did more than anyone to keep Dante on the up-to-date poets reading-list. Their Dante, thoughts Seamus Heaney… Continue Reading „Neue Dantebücher“
Russian poet, English essayist and American citizen
Joseph Brodsky, who died in 1996 at the terribly early age of 55, now enjoys at least three posthumous lives. First, and by far most important, is the Russian poet who was frequently called the best poet of his generation, the heir to Akhmatova,… Continue Reading „Russian poet, English essayist and American citizen“
Perl Poetry
Perl, C+ oder PASCAL als Text: Statt von Internet-Literatur zu schwafeln, sollte man regelästhetische Kriterien für eine literarische Qualität des Computercodes definieren. Überhaupt scheint die Programmiersprache PERL die größten literarischen Eigenschaften aufzuweisen: Als eine der flexibelsten Computersprachen verzeiht sie ihren produktiven Missbrauch in hohem… Continue Reading „Perl Poetry“
Just how good is he?
Never mind the misogyny and homophobia, Eminem is a brilliant poet. As the controversial rapper heads for Britain, Giles Foden explains why he belongs in the pantheon of literary greats. The man is in town this week, and on the Nokia message board they’re… Continue Reading „Just how good is he?“
Three Tzarian Pieces
by Tristan Tzara , translations by Julian Semilian / Exquisite Corpse . A Journal of Letters and Life
Four Poems
by Wolf Biermann , translated by Ina Pfitzner / Exquisite Corpse . A Journal of Letters and Life
Gestorben
Willi Winkler zum Tod des Schriftstellers Gregory Corso / Süddeutsche Zeitung 20.1.01 Gregory Corso, a Candid-Voiced Beat Poet, Dies at 70 / New York Times January 19, 2001 Obituary Gregory Corso Clown prince of the Beat Generation who survived a tough New York childhood to become the friend and rival of Kerouac and Ginsberg. The Beat Generation… Continue Reading „Gestorben“
A poetry-free presidency
The lack of a poet at Bush’s Inauguration is a bleak omen of his administration’s attitude toward culture — but then again, what poet would agree to appear? … Think of Robert Frost reciting „The Gift Outright“ from memory at JFK’s Inauguration on Jan.… Continue Reading „A poetry-free presidency“
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