Kategorie: Nordamerika

16. Weihnachtsengeler

Frisch ab Presse: roughbook 031: Christian Prigent, herausgegeben und übersetzt von Christian Filips und Aurélie Maurin http://roughbooks.ch/roughbook031/christian_prigent/die_seele.html Obsessiv entwirft Prigent die Autorschaft eines ôteur, also eines Autors, der sich selbst ebenso wie die Stereotype der ihn umgebenden sprachlichen Gegenwart durchlöchert. In der Auseinandersetzung mit… Continue Reading „16. Weihnachtsengeler“

8. Trans poetry

Trace Peterson writes: Excited to announce the new issue of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly issue 1:4, on Trans Cultural Production, magnificently edited by Trish Salah and co. My article in this issue, „Becoming a Trans Poet: Samuel Ace, Max Wolf Valerio, and kari edwards“… Continue Reading „8. Trans poetry“

7. Mit Sappho

Sapphofortsätze Von Christiane Kiesow Vor etwa einem dreiviertel Jahr ging ein Aufruf durch das Internet: Sendet Sapphogedichte! Sofort setzte das Grübeln ein: welche Art Text eignet sich für eine solche Anthologie? Ich bin des Altgriechischen nicht mächtig, also fallen Übersetzungen schon einmal weg. Es… Continue Reading „7. Mit Sappho“

2. American Life in Poetry: Column 505

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Stuart Kestenbaum is a Maine poet with a new book, Only Now, from Deerbrook Editions. In it are a number of thoughtful poems posed as prayers, and here’s an example: Prayer for Joy What was it we wanted… Continue Reading „2. American Life in Poetry: Column 505“

113. Mark Strand (1934-2014)

Mark Strand, whose spare, deceptively simple investigations of rootlessness, alienation and the ineffable strangeness of life made him one of America’s most hauntingly meditative poets, died on Saturday at his daughter’s home in Brooklyn. He was 80. His daughter, Jessica Strand, said the cause… Continue Reading „113. Mark Strand (1934-2014)“

108. Chaises poèmes

Der Schöpfer der «Chaises poèmes», Gedicht-Stühle, der Bildhauer Michel Goulet, geboren 1944 in Quebec, lebt in Montreal. Er gilt als einer der wichtigsten Bildhauer seiner Generation. Das Projekt «Chaises poèmes» ist dem Dichter Henri Michaux gewidmet. 28 dieser Stühle werden zusammen mit städtischem Mobiliar,… Continue Reading „108. Chaises poèmes“

99. American Life in Poetry: Column 504

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I love poems with sudden surprises, and here’s one by Jennifer Gray, a Nebraskan. Will you ever see depressions puddled with rain without thinking of the image at her conclusion? Horses The neighbor’s horses idle under the roof… Continue Reading „99. American Life in Poetry: Column 504“

94. Not an elegy

“Not An Elegy For Mike Brown”: Two Poems For Ferguson Poet Danez Smith’s “Not An Elegy For Mike Brown” and “Alternate Names for Black Boys.” / Buzzfeed.com

54. American Life in Poetry: Column 503

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE As a writer and reader, there’s hardly anything I enjoy more than coming upon fresh new ways of describing things, and here’s a sparkling way of looking at an avalanche, by Marty Walsh, who lives in Maine. The… Continue Reading „54. American Life in Poetry: Column 503“

45. Celan als Übersetzer

In another spirit, Celan can truly reply with close and clear translation. A century after Emily Dickinson, he shared her solitary, baffled, spiritual yearning and her sense that death dwells close and poems speak truth, if anything can. Here is a lyric whose rhythm… Continue Reading „45. Celan als Übersetzer“

42. The German Plath

titelt Jeffrey Meyers im New Criterion und meint Sylvia’s German roots pervaded her life and work. Der Artikel referiert ihre deutschen und mecklenburgischen Wurzeln: Sylvia Plath was born into German culture. Her father, Otto Emil Plath, was born in Grabow, northeast Germany, soon after Otto von… Continue Reading „42. The German Plath“

35. American Life in Poetry: Column 502

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Many poets have attempted to describe the way in which flocks of birds fly, as if they were steered by a single consciousness. In the following poem, David Allan Evans gives us a new metaphor for the way… Continue Reading „35. American Life in Poetry: Column 502“

18. Poem Talk

POEMTALK is a collaboration of the Kelly Writers House, PennSound, and the Poetry Foundation. PoemTalk’s producer and host is Al Filreis, our engineers are James La Marre and Chris Martin, and our editor for every episode has been Steve McLaughlin, who is also podcasts editor… Continue Reading „18. Poem Talk“

16. Modest proposals

From: 20 modest proposals toward rethinking the act of reading a poem by Mark Yadich, The Atlantic Dispel the notion that reading poetry is going to dramatically change your life. Your life is continually changing; most of the time you’re simply too busy to… Continue Reading „16. Modest proposals“

9. American Life in Poetry: Column 501

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I love a good ghost story, and here’s one about a ghost cat, by John Philip Johnson, who lives in Nebraska, where most ghosts live in the wind and are heard in the upper branches of cedar trees… Continue Reading „9. American Life in Poetry: Column 501“