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41. The Laughing Heart
The poetry of Charles Bukowski deeply inspires many of its readers. Sometimes it just inspires them to lead the dissolute lifestyle they think they see glorified in it, but other times it leads them to create something compelling of their own. The quality and variety of the… Continue Reading „41. The Laughing Heart“
35. Fiddling with the language
His new collection, I Knew the Bride, returns to family memories and painful love affairs. (He and his wife take a bohemian attitude to fidelity.) The same titles, lines and places crop up from his previous work. Williams has been accused by the critic… Continue Reading „35. Fiddling with the language“
28. Nathaniel Mackey Awarded 2014 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Award recognizes lifetime accomplishment with $100,000 prize May 6, 2014 The Poetry Foundation is honored to announce the winners of two poetry awards. The 2014 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, which honors a living U.S. poet for outstanding lifetime achievement, is awarded to Nathaniel Mackey;… Continue Reading „28. Nathaniel Mackey Awarded 2014 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize“
18. The Berlin Prize
Announcing the 2014-2015 Class of Berlin Prize Fellows Proudly congratulating the Academy’s seventeenth class The American Academy in Berlin is proud to announce the twenty-five recipients of the Berlin Prize Fellowship for the fall 2014 and spring 2015 terms. The highly competitive Berlin Prize… Continue Reading „18. The Berlin Prize“
16. Poems for people who think they don’t like poetry
When I was first asked to make a list of poetry collections for people who think they don’t like poetry, my first thought was, „Well, isn’t that just about everyone?“ Not quite–I do have nearly 2,000 friends on Facebook, of whom the majority are… Continue Reading „16. Poems for people who think they don’t like poetry“
12. Hate speech
Recently a piece has made its way around poetry circles via the relatively obscure web lit magazine, Claudius App. Written by “Jacqueline Rigault” and skewering dozens of poets, both well-known and emerging, the piece on its surface is just the kind of sensationalistic silliness… Continue Reading „12. Hate speech“
6. Rediscover Cummings?
But it’s astonishing how far Cummings’s literary star has fallen. When he died in 1962, the only poet more widely read in the United States was Robert Frost. The man whom Ezra Pound called “Whitman’s one living descendant” is rarely read today nor taught… Continue Reading „6. Rediscover Cummings?“
3. Is poetry useful?
In the 4th part of the National Poetry Month blog, I ask America’s best poets to answer five more questions by readers of poetry. 1. April 23 is Shakespeare’s 450th anniversary. If you went back in time and could ask him one question, what… Continue Reading „3. Is poetry useful?“
104. Poetry matters
Dear Michael, Poetry matters. It deserves the same serious, intellectual, in-depth consideration as global politics, philosophy, and economics. And Boston Review delivers. But to continue giving you the great poetry content you’ve come to expect, we need your support. Subscribe today to get the May/June… Continue Reading „104. Poetry matters“
102. Levels an Verstörung
Zwei schlanke Vitrinen voll mit über 200 fragilen, unterschiedlich weißen, unterschiedlich geformten Porzellanbechern hängen seit gestern im lichten Raum des Theseustempels im Wiener Volksgarten (bis 5.Oktober). Die Installation „Lichtzwang“, benannt nach einem Gedicht von Paul Celan, stammt von Edmund de Waal … Im Gespräch… Continue Reading „102. Levels an Verstörung“
97. American Life in Poetry: Column 474
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Let’s celebrate the first warm days of spring with a poem for mushroom hunters, this one by Amy Fleury, who lives in Louisiana. First Morel Up from wood rot, wrinkling up from duff and homely damps, spore-born and… Continue Reading „97. American Life in Poetry: Column 474“
95. Nur poetisch
Mit ihren Poesie-Shows hat sich die Lyrikerin Sitawa Namwalie schon in Kenia einen Namen gemacht. Jetzt war sie zu Gast in Berlin. We arrive / Grandmother ululates, a loud long, piercing sound / She holds her hands outstretched her body rigid in a ricktus… Continue Reading „95. Nur poetisch“
93. It’s about sex
Sophie Hannah’s talents are unusual: she is a bestselling crime writer (author of nine novels) and prize-winning poet (her fifth collection, Pessimism for Beginners, was shortlisted for the TS Eliot award). Her poetry is studied by GCSE, A-level and university students. And all her… Continue Reading „93. It’s about sex“
77. Von war bis warn
Der Erste Weltkrieg hat auch in England eine besondere Art von Lyrik hervorgebracht: die „war poetry“. Das Besondere daran: Viele der Dichter haben diesen Krieg als Soldaten an der Westfront durchlitten. Ihre Verse spiegeln die verschiedenen Phasen des Krieges: den Hurra-Patriotismus von 1914; die… Continue Reading „77. Von war bis warn“
74. American Life in Poetry: Column 472
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE What might have been? I’d guess we’ve all asked that at one time or another. Here’s a fine what-might-have-been poem by Andrea Hollander, who lives in Portland, Oregon. Ex Long after I married you, I found myself in his… Continue Reading „74. American Life in Poetry: Column 472“
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