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Pulitzer Prizes 2015
The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners Poetry For a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Awarded to „Digest,“ by Gregory Pardlo (Four Way Books), clear-voiced poems that bring readers the news from 21st Century America, rich with thought,… Continue Reading „Pulitzer Prizes 2015“
Berliner Hörspielfestival
Der britische Komponist Dom Bouffard wählt für sein Hörstück »WW1« (hr 2015; Ursendung Mi., 21 Uhr, hr 2 Kultur) Lyrik aus der Zeit des Ersten Weltkriegs als Bezugspunkt und bettet die Gedichte in seine Komposition ein. (…) Ein bewegendes Zeugnis der Notwendigkeit von Kunst gerade unter den schlimmsten… Continue Reading „Berliner Hörspielfestival“
American Life in Poetry: Column 517
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE The Dalai Llama has said that dying is just getting a new set of clothes. Here’s an interesting take on what it may be like for the newly departed, casting off their burdens and moving with enthusiasm into… Continue Reading „American Life in Poetry: Column 517“
Nasty, brash and haughty
IN OCTOBER 1865, a 22-year-old wordsmith living on Ashburton Place, behind the Massachusetts State House, filed what has to be one of the nastiest book reviews ever published. The volume before him was “an insult to art,” a brash and haughty Henry James told readers… Continue Reading „Nasty, brash and haughty“
Daffodil
The most famous version of Wordworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” or “Daffodils”—that landmark of English Romanticism, a pedagogical perennial that’s inspired thousands of stock photos of daffodil fields—turns two hundred this year. Most of us remember it fondly; some do not. “I am sure… Continue Reading „Daffodil“
Some poems for pleasure
It’s National Poetry Month and You Haven’t Read a Single Poem Yet, Have You? I don’t know many people who like poetry, though I do know a good number of people who read. Poetry remains rarefied and uninviting—or is the better word unappealing?—which is… Continue Reading „Some poems for pleasure“
20 Black American Poets
In 1996 the Academy of American Poets dubbed April National Poetry Month to celebrate the richness of American poetry. In its honor, here are 20 black American poets who have shown brilliance in their art and service to the community. Poets include: Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes,… Continue Reading „20 Black American Poets“
So schwer wie Gott ist das Gehirn
Ihre Zurückgezogenheit war der Schutz eines freien, wissbegierigen und schöpferischen Geistes, der sich nicht nur der Natur öffnete und Seelenzustände genau erforschte, sondern sich für Ökonomie ebenso interessierte wie für Naturwissenschaften – und für die politischen Ereignisse ihrer Zeit: Der amerikanische Bürgerkrieg (1861-1865) war… Continue Reading „So schwer wie Gott ist das Gehirn“
American Life in Poetry: Column 516
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Kurt Brown was a talented poet who died in 2013, and his posthumous selected and new poems opens with this touching late poem to his wife, Laure-Anne. BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE The Kiss That kiss I… Continue Reading „American Life in Poetry: Column 516“
For the First Time in 150 Years: Walt Whitman’s Civil War ‘Drum-Taps’
“I intend to move heaven & earth to publish my ‘Drum-Taps’ as soon as I am able to go around,” Walt Whitman told his friend William O’Connor in 1864, after a mysterious illness, likely contracted from the hospital where he nursed soldiers, claimed his… Continue Reading „For the First Time in 150 Years: Walt Whitman’s Civil War ‘Drum-Taps’“
Dass die deutschsprachige Lyrik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts ohne das Schreibheft im Ganzen etwas provinzieller wäre
„Der Leser und Sammler Norbert Wehr überrascht sein Publikum immer wieder mit Neuem, Un-Erhörtem, nie Gesehenem“, schrieb Hannes Krauss (Uni DuE), als Norbert Wehr 2010 den Literaturpreis Ruhr erhielt. Die ZEIT nennt ihn einen „Scout, der uns zeigt, wie anderswo gedacht und gedichtet wird“, und der Standard einen Sammler „ungewöhnliche[r], schöne[r] und… Continue Reading „Dass die deutschsprachige Lyrik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts ohne das Schreibheft im Ganzen etwas provinzieller wäre“
American Life in Poetry: Column 515
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Dogs are smart enough to get people to take care of them, a skill that a lot of people haven’t learned, but they’re still wild at the heart. Paul S. Piper lives in Washington. Dog and Snow Dog… Continue Reading „American Life in Poetry: Column 515“
Found: Hugh MacDiarmid’s forgotten war poems
Forgotten works by one of Scotland’s most celebrated poets, Hugh MacDiarmid, have been discovered in his birthplace in Dumfriesshire – a century after they were written. Penned under his real name – Christopher Murray Grieve – the 15 poems were found among the archives… Continue Reading „Found: Hugh MacDiarmid’s forgotten war poems“
Diaries of war poet online
The diaries of war poet Siegfried Sassoon are being published online for the first time. The archive of 23 journals and two notebooks of poetry has been digitised by the Cambridge University Library, which bought the collection in 2009. Until now only Sassoon’s official biographer… Continue Reading „Diaries of war poet online“
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