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15. Gestorben
Miller Williams, a poet who championed the power of everyday language and who delivered a poem at the Capitol for President Bill Clinton’s second inauguration, died on Thursday in Fayetteville, Ark. He was 84. (…) The father of the singer and songwriter Lucinda Williams, he would… Continue Reading „15. Gestorben“
6. Found Poetry 2014
One of the most exciting things we did here at FPR in 2014 was Oulipost, a large scale National Poetry Month project in which nearly 80 poets applied constrained writing techniques to the daily newspaper. As you head into 2015, take a look back at… Continue Reading „6. Found Poetry 2014“
5. T.S. Eliot
Bis heute streiten sich Literaturwissenschafter über die Frage, inwieweit Eliots Dichterfreund Ezra Pound für die finale Fassung dieses Poems verantwortlich war. Fest steht, dass Pound das sehr lange Gedicht auf rund zwei Drittel seines Umfangs gekürzt hat. Das Werk leitete eine geradezu revolutionäre Entwicklung… Continue Reading „5. T.S. Eliot“
3. American Life in Poetry: Column 509
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE We are never without our insect companions, even in winter, and here’s one who has the run of the house. Roger Pfingston lives in Indiana. December Lodged tight for days in a corner of the wall, ladybug can’t… Continue Reading „3. American Life in Poetry: Column 509“
106. Poems to help people with dementia
Meyer’s inspiration comes from personal experience: She lost both her parents to Alzheimer’s disease, one right after the other, at the same time she was going through a divorce. “It was a brutal time, so I reached out for something hopeful,” Meyer says. A… Continue Reading „106. Poems to help people with dementia“
88. Wasting Time On The Internet
Der Digital- und Konzeptpoet Kenneth Goldsmith ist ein vielbeschäftigter Mann. Eine seiner Tätigkeiten ist die Lehre von Poetik und Poetischer Praxis an der zur Ivy League zählenden University of Pennsylvania. Dort wird Goldsmith im Frühjahr 2015 den Kurs „Wasting Time on the Internet“ anbieten,… Continue Reading „88. Wasting Time On The Internet“
85. Hannah Weiner
Craig Dworkin just posted six Hannah Weiner books on Eclipse. All free digital versions. In appreciation of the new typographically correct edition of Hannah Weiner’s Clairvoyant Journal by Bat-editions (France), the editorial and archival work of Patrick Durgin, and the dedicated stewardship of Charles Bernstein, Weiner’s literary executor, Eclipse is proud to… Continue Reading „85. Hannah Weiner“
84. David Orr’s Top Ten 2014
Louise Glück, “Faithful and Virtuous Night.” The recent winner of the National Book Award, Glück’s 14th collection is wry, dreamlike and snow-covered: a testament to her late career resurgence, and to her increasing ability to inhabit personas like, but not identical to, her own (in this… Continue Reading „84. David Orr’s Top Ten 2014“
78. American Life in Poetry: Column 508
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE It seems we’re born with a need for stories, for hearing them and telling them. Here’s an account of just one story, made remarkable in part by the teller’s aversion to telling it. Poet Mary Avidano lives in… Continue Reading „78. American Life in Poetry: Column 508“
45. American Life in Poetry: Column 507
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE For every one of those faces pictured on the obituary page, thousands of memories have been swept out of the world, never to be recovered. I encourage everyone to write down their memories before it’s too late. Here’s… Continue Reading „45. American Life in Poetry: Column 507“
32. American Life in Poetry: Column 506
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I flunked college physics, and anything smaller than a BB is too small for me to understand. But here’s James Crews, whose home is in St. Louis, “relatively” at ease with the smallest things we’ve been told are… Continue Reading „32. American Life in Poetry: Column 506“
31. Whitman poem discovered
An associate professor of art history at University of Nebraska-Lincoln has discovered a new poem by Walt Whitman. Wendy Katz was working as a Smithsonian senior fellow in Washington, D.C., researching art criticism in the penny newspapers, when she found a poem in the… Continue Reading „31. Whitman poem discovered“
21. Best Poetry Books 2014
By Jonathon Sturgeon, Flavorwire on Dec 5, 2014 12:45pm If you fell asleep on poetry in 2014, you might not actually be asleep: you might be dead. Poetry this year not only proved itself the liveliest and healthiest genre of writing, it also showed itself to… Continue Reading „21. Best Poetry Books 2014“
20. List of poets
A List of Things to Ask Yourself When You’re Making a List of Poets By Kima Jones, Flavorwire Aug 8, 2013 1. Am I including poets who do not live in Brooklyn? 5. Have I looked at poets who write about poetry? 7. Have I looked at recent… Continue Reading „20. List of poets“
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