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Best poetry books of 2015
▪ “Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings,” by Joy Harjo (Norton). … She is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma and uses her heritage to prove poetry transcends despair. ▪ “Felicity,” by Mary Oliver (Penguin). … ▪ “How to Be Drawn,” by… Continue Reading „Best poetry books of 2015“
John Trudell †
Seine Karriere als Poet und Popstar begann für den indianischen Widerstandskämpfer 1979, dem Jahr, in dem er in Washington die US-Flagge verbrannte. Ein Jahrzehnt davor war John Trudell Wortführer der „Indians of all Tribes“ – Indianer aller Stämme – , die die ehemalige Gefängnisinsel… Continue Reading „John Trudell †“
„Linguistically innovative poetry“
It has been an eventful year for ‘linguistically innovative poetry’; although such poets are often seen as remote, disdainful of fame and popularity, there have been significant incursions not only into the mainstream of poetry and its prizes, itself still a small and self-enclosing… Continue Reading „„Linguistically innovative poetry““
Poet laureate von Kalifornien
Gouverneur Jerry Brown ernannte den Dichter Dana Gioia zum Poet laureate von Kalifornien. Die Institution des Poet laureate (Wörtlich „Gekrönter Dichter“, in den USA so etwas wie Staats-, Bundesstaatsdichter) in Kalifornien wurde 2001 begründet, um die Wertschätzung für Dichtung im Land zu fördern. Während… Continue Reading „Poet laureate von Kalifornien“
National Book Award – Gewinner
Die National Book Awards 2015 (USA) gingen in 4 Kategorien an FICTION Adam Johnson, Fortune Smiles: Stories NONFICTION Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep POETRY Robin Coste Lewis, Voyage of the Sable Venus Zusätzlich wurde in… Continue Reading „National Book Award – Gewinner“
Notes on Post-Conceptual Poetry
FELIX BERNSTEIN’S debut essay collection, Notes on Post-Conceptual Poetry, is not what you would expect from a 23-year-old, Brooklyn-based writer and artist. This is not a book of cosmopolitan post-internet lyric poetry. Instead, Notes begins with a long essay (including an appendix and footnotes) that… Continue Reading „Notes on Post-Conceptual Poetry“
Poetry strikes back
Woman Trolls Trump By Reading Book Of Poems On Racism In The Background Of A Speech Important to keep a book in one’s bag, if an event gets boring or there is a lull. posted on Nov. 10, 2015, at 11:05 p.m. Katherine Miller… Continue Reading „Poetry strikes back“
„Seelenschau To Go“
Liebe, Lust, Karriere, Zukunft: Was immer den Menschen auf der Seele liegt, Lynn Gentry schreibt ein Gedicht dazu. Der New Yorker Spontandichter sitzt in einer U-Bahn-Station vor einer alten Schreibmaschine und textet aus dem Stegreif. „Pick a subject and a price, get a poem“… Continue Reading „„Seelenschau To Go““
Letter „H“
Henry Hills is in the process of making a film in and around the letter „H“ — and for that he is using my* homophonic translation of Harry (Heinrich) Heine’s „Die Lorelei,“ with images of the The Bronx Lorelei Foundation. I recorded a reading… Continue Reading „Letter „H““
Emily Dickinsons Werkstatt renoviert
Seit das Amherst College 2003 das benachbarte Haus des Bruders von Emily Dickinson hinzubekam und die beiden historischen Gebäude zum Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and The Evergreens zusammenführte, gibt es Renovierungspläne. Jetzt ist das Schlafzimmer der Dichterin, in dem sie fast alle ihrer 1789 Gedichte… Continue Reading „Emily Dickinsons Werkstatt renoviert“
The letter „r“
“On an old shore, the vulgar ocean rolls” The letter r is frequently indicated as a characteristic mark of vulgarity. “R. is the dog’s letter and hurreth in the sound.” (Ben Jonson, English Grammar, 1640). “R. Young pious RUTH / Left all for Truth.”… Continue Reading „The letter „r““
Singeth spells
“Singeth spells.” The poetry of Wallace Stevens makes me happy. This is the simple truth. Pleasure springs from the sense of fluid sound patterns phonetic utterance excites in us. Beauty, harmony, and order are represented by the arrangement, and repetition, of particular words on… Continue Reading „Singeth spells“
Locating the Avant-Garde in Philadelphia
Please join us for Locating the Avant-Garde, a one-day symposium, on Friday, October 23, 2015. The conference will focus on avant-garde activity in Philadelphia, past and future, and will also be an occasion for scholars, researchers, and artists in the Philadelphia area to share current… Continue Reading „Locating the Avant-Garde in Philadelphia“
Kampf der Ären
In The New Yorker we find Alec Wilkinson saying „Kenneth Goldsmith’s poetry elevates copying to an art—but did he go too far?“ while in The New Republic Cathy Park Hong takes issue not only with Goldsmith but with Wilkinson’s representation of the controversy surrounding Goldsmith’s reading, as a… Continue Reading „Kampf der Ären“
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