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38. Feminist energy
IT’S HARD NOT to love an artist who can craft a bronze phallus, exhibit it on a meat hook, then tuck it under her arm and go. Louise Bourgeois’s feminist energy is contagious, and her art invites articulation — words called up to answer image.… Continue Reading „38. Feminist energy“
37. American Life in Poetry: Column 490
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE The ancient Chinese poets used to say that at some point in each poem the poet ought to lift his (or her) eyes, ought to look beyond the surface of the present into something deeper and more meaningful.… Continue Reading „37. American Life in Poetry: Column 490“
36. Great old troublemaker
Garrison Keillor im Gespräch mit der New York Times: Whom do you consider your literary heroes? John Updike for his vast ambition and the Lutheran diligence that realized it. Edward Hoagland for his style and bravery and love of the world. May Swenson, again… Continue Reading „36. Great old troublemaker“
34. Soldier’s Declaration
Sassoon joined the British Army as the war was breaking out in 1914 but reached the front line only a year later. During the Battle of the Somme, in July 1916, he was awarded a high honor for bravery — the Military Cross —… Continue Reading „34. Soldier’s Declaration“
31. Authors Are Not Their Texts
Aus: Kyle G. Dargan: Bouquet of Hungers. Athens/ Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2007. ISBN 0820330310, 9780820330310 88 Seiten
30. Baldwin-Straße
Local News, Harlem. Aus Anlaß des 90. Geburtstags des Schriftstellers James Baldwin am 2.8. wurde ein Teil der 128. Straße zwischen Fifth und Madison Avenue in James Baldwin Way umbenannt. Baldwin wurde 1924 in Harlem geboren und starb 1987. Er besuchte dort die Public School… Continue Reading „30. Baldwin-Straße“
20. American Life in Poetry: Column 489
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Jonathan Greene, who lives in Kentucky, is a master of the short poem, but while he prunes them down to their essentials he never cuts out the wonder and delight. Here’s a good example from his most recent… Continue Reading „20. American Life in Poetry: Column 489“
15. American Life in Poetry: Column 488
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Here’s a poem by an Indiana poet, Shari Wagner, that has a delightful time describing the many sounds of running water. Creek-Song It begins in a cow lane with bees and white clover, courses along corn, rushes accelerando… Continue Reading „15. American Life in Poetry: Column 488“
12. Ben Okri
Ben Okri, 1959 in Minna, der Hauptstadt des nigerianischen Bundesstaats Niger geboren und von Kind an ein Grenzgänger zwischen Großbritannien und Afrika, pflegt ein durchaus altmodisches – oder vielmehr: archaisches – Verständnis von Poesie. Und zugleich sind seine Verse von schmerzhafter Gegenwärtigkeit, gerade weil… Continue Reading „12. Ben Okri“
8. American Life in Poetry: Column 487
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Who hasn’t wished he or she could talk to a carnival worker and find out what their lives are like? Everybody, perhaps, but the carnival workers. Here’s a poem by Mark Kraushaar of Wisconsin that captures one of… Continue Reading „8. American Life in Poetry: Column 487“
3. American Life in Poetry: Column 487
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Who hasn’t wished he or she could talk to a carnival worker and find out what their lives are like? Everybody, perhaps, but the carnival workers. Here’s a poem by Mark Kraushaar of Wisconsin that captures one of… Continue Reading „3. American Life in Poetry: Column 487“
2. Longlist für Dylan-Thomas-Preis
Die Longlist für den von der Universität Swansea vergebenen Dylan Thomas Prize 2014 wurde veröffentlicht. Der Gewinner des mit £30,000 dotierten Preises wird im November bekanntgegeben. Der Preis wird seit sieben Jahren vergeben, Autoren bis zum Alter von 39 Jahren können ausgezeichnet werden. Die Shortlist… Continue Reading „2. Longlist für Dylan-Thomas-Preis“
94. American Life in Poetry: Column 486
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Poetry has room for everything and everybody, for every subject and object. Here’s a poem by Sharon Chmielarz, a Minnesota poet, on a subject I’ve never seen written about. And poetry, and American Life in Poetry in particular,… Continue Reading „94. American Life in Poetry: Column 486“
90. American Life in Poetry: Column 485
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE No ideas but in things, said one of my favorite poets, William Carlos Williams, and here’s a fine poem by Maryann Corbett of St. Paul, Minnesota, about turning up one small object loaded with meaning. Finding the Lego… Continue Reading „90. American Life in Poetry: Column 485“
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