Kategorie: Nordamerika

39. American Life in Poetry: Column 415

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I’ve recently published a children’s book about a man who is so fussy about his yard that he loses his home, so I was immediately taken by this fine poem by Lynne Sharon Schwartz about a similar man.… Continue Reading „39. American Life in Poetry: Column 415“

38. Pounds Forschung

Mehr als ein Dutzend lebender und toter Sprachen werden verwendet, Zitate aus den Verwaltungsakten der Renaissance-Republik Venedig stehen neben einem Abriss der Zinsentwicklung in Britisch-Indien, Imitationen von Homers „Odyssee“ und Dantes „Divina commedia“ neben Nachahmungen des Minnesangs provenzalischer Troubadours, der Vortragskunst altenglischer Balladensänger, des… Continue Reading „38. Pounds Forschung“

28. Gestorben

Serge Dion, der Gründer des Salon du livre und der Autoren- und Autorenvereinigung im Outaouais in Quebec (AAAO, Association des auteurs et auteures de l’Outaouais), starb am vorigen Wochenende in Gatineau. Der Minister für Kultur und Kommunikation, Maka Kotto, würdigte den frühzeitig mit 59… Continue Reading „28. Gestorben“

11. Recreating

What does it mean to translate in a way that is faithful to an original? What, for that matter, makes a book original, or even belong to an author? Critics argue these questions fiercely, and two recent translations by major women poets throw fuel… Continue Reading „11. Recreating“

8. „Poetic justice“

In what could be one of the strangest cases of poetic justice ever, a man convicted of illegally harvesting skin and bones from the dead is now dying of bone cancer. Michael Mastromarino, imprisoned for selling millions of dollars worth of body parts he stole… Continue Reading „8. „Poetic justice““

6. Pulitzer Remix

Eighty-five poets are creating found poetry from the 85 Pulitzer Prize-winning works of fiction as part of Pulitzer Remix, a 2013 National Poetry Month initiative. Each poet will post one poem per day on this website during the month of April, resulting in the creation… Continue Reading „6. Pulitzer Remix“

124. American Life in Poetry: Column 414

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE When spring finally arrives, it can be fun to see what winter left behind, and Jeffrey Harrison of Massachusetts is doing just that in this amusing poem. Mailboxes in Late Winter It’s a motley lot. A few still… Continue Reading „124. American Life in Poetry: Column 414“

123. Begehrt

Nicht nur unter ehrlichen Studierenden des John-F.-Kennedy Instituts sind die Schriften Charles Bukowskis beliebt – auch bei „Bücherdieben“ stehen die Werke des US-amerikanischen Dichters und Schriftstellers hoch im Kurs: In einer 1999 vom „New York Observer“ aufgestellten „Liste der meist gestohlenen Bücher“ nehmen sie… Continue Reading „123. Begehrt“

119. Antidepressiv

„Had Prozac been available last century, Baudelaire’s ’spleen,‘ Edgar Allan Poe’s moods, the poetry of Sylvia Plath, the lamentations of so many other poets, everything with a soul would have been silenced,“ New York Times bestseller Nicholas Nassim Taleb writes in his latest book, Antifragile: Things That… Continue Reading „119. Antidepressiv“

114. American Life in Poetry: Column 413

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Every day, hundreds of thousands of us are preoccupied with keeping up a civil if not loving relationship with our parents. In this poem, Mark Irwin (who lives in Colorado) does a beautiful job in portraying, in a… Continue Reading „114. American Life in Poetry: Column 413“

108. Preis für Marie Ponsot

The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce that poet Marie Ponsot has won the 2013 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Presented annually to a living U.S. poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is one of the most prestigious awards… Continue Reading „108. Preis für Marie Ponsot“

105. Poets‘ Picks

Poets‘ Picks feature for Poetry Month: Sign up for a free subscription to our newsletter! Our free weekly e-mail newsletter alerts you to upcoming featured poets, news from the world of poetry, and special events like this one: again this year for Poetry Month and our annual… Continue Reading „105. Poets‘ Picks“

103. American Life in Poetry: Column 412

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Mark Sanders, who lives in Texas, is not only a good poet, but he’s an old friend to the poetry of my home ground, working hard as teacher, editor, and publisher to bring Great Plains poetry to the… Continue Reading „103. American Life in Poetry: Column 412“

102. Anglophon

Welcher Reichtum. Allein heute haben Geburtstag: A.E. Housman, Robert Frost, Tennessee Williams und Gregory Corso. Hier ein Gedicht von Housman: The Carpenter’s Son „Here the hangman stops his cart: Now the best of friends must part. Fare you well, for ill fare I: Live,… Continue Reading „102. Anglophon“

98. Poetry Foundation Celebrates National Poetry Month

Free issues of Poetry, new educational resources, Record-a-Poem, and more   CHICAGO —The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce an exciting array of literary programs and poetry events across the country in celebration of National Poetry Month, April 2013. Poetry Fifty thousand free copies of Poetry’s… Continue Reading „98. Poetry Foundation Celebrates National Poetry Month“