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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“
73. Byzantium
Yeats wrote two poems about İstanbul that have become classics in the Western literary canon: “Sailing to Byzantium” and the later “Byzantium.” The first poem uses an imagined journey to Byzantium to meditate on mortality, spirituality and artistic legacy, among other themes. The poet… Continue Reading „73. Byzantium“
63. $100,000 für Dichter
Afaa Michael Weaver’s poetry collection The Government of Nature has won the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. The prize, based at Claremont Graduate University, is awarded to a mid-career poet „to both honor the poet and provide the resources that allow artists to continue… Continue Reading „63. $100,000 für Dichter“
53. Pulitzerpreis
Der in Indien geborene Dichter Vijay Seshadri erhält den Pulitzerpreis in der Kategorie Lyrik für sein Buch „3 Sections“. Die Pulitzerpreise für Journalismus, Literatur, Drama und Musik wurden zum 98. Mal vergeben. Mr. Seshadris ‚3 Sections‘ ist eine Sammlung herausragender Gedichte, „die das menschliche… Continue Reading „53. Pulitzerpreis“
50. American Life in Poetry: Column 471
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Despite having once been bitten by a rabid bat, and survived, much to the disappointment of my critics, I find bats fascinating, and Peggy Shumaker of Alaska has written a fine poem about them. I am especially fond… Continue Reading „50. American Life in Poetry: Column 471“
40. Poesie des Pi
Als Autist fällt es ihm nicht leicht vor anderen Menschen zu sprechen, sich Gesichter zu merken oder Emotionen nachzuvollziehen. Gleichzeitig besitzt er aber eine außerordentliche Begabung in sprachlichen und mathematischen Teilbereichen. Von der endlosen Kreiszahl Pi kann er bis zu 22.514 Nachkommastellen auswendig aufsagen.… Continue Reading „40. Poesie des Pi“
36. Walt Whitman Award
Ein gutes Förderungsmodell, finde ich: A young Korean-American poet has received a $5,000 award for first-time writers that also ensures the publication and thousands of sales of her debut collection. Hannah Sanghee Park has won the Walt Whitman Award, the Academy of American Poets… Continue Reading „36. Walt Whitman Award“
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