Lyrikzeitung & Poetry News
Das Archiv der Lyriknachrichten | Seit 2001 | News that stays news
Kategorie: USA
111. 6.5 practices of moderately successful poets
So what are the 6.5 practices of moderately successful poets? No need to include spoiler alerts here. In spite of its tongue-in-cheek title, Skinner’s book mostly hurries past its how-to elements in favor of a conversation in print, an inviting coterie of one that’s… Continue Reading „111. 6.5 practices of moderately successful poets“
108. American Life in Poetry: Column 430
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE There are many fine poems in which the poet looks deeply into a photograph and tries to touch the lives caught there. Here’s one by Tami Haaland, who lives in Montana. Little Girl She’s with Grandma in front… Continue Reading „108. American Life in Poetry: Column 430“
107. Midtown News
Von diversen Standorten in und um Midtown Manhattan – momentan sehe ich den East River unter der Queensborobridge, ab und zu fährt der Schatten einer Seilbahn durchs Bild – werde ich die nächsten Tage bei Gelegenheit Gesehenes, Gehörtes und Gelesenes vermelden. Die SAC Capital… Continue Reading „107. Midtown News“
103. American Life in Poetry: Column 429
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Here’s a poem by Robin Chapman, from Wisconsin, that needs no introduction, because we’ve all known an elderly person who’s much like this one. Time My neighbor, 87, rings the doorbell to ask if I might have seen… Continue Reading „103. American Life in Poetry: Column 429“
102. Poetry refuses the harness
Poetry is the sea that cracks the frozen axe within us. It brings the Nothingness we need; Death enters the room with poetry’s spotlights—the gaps falling where they may—and causes anxiety or gives escape. (…) Unlike movements purporting to produce nothing in opposition to… Continue Reading „102. Poetry refuses the harness“
100. American Life in Poetry: Column 428
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Lots of us find ourselves under the interested fingers of dermatologists, who prosper on the fun we once had out in the sun. Here George Bilgere of Ohio, one of our most amusing American poets, sits back in… Continue Reading „100. American Life in Poetry: Column 428“
99. Counterargument – 3000 Books
It’s something of a sport to say that poetry is dying, but nearly 3,000 books currently on display in Battery Park City offer a strong counterargument. The 21st annual showcase at Poets House collects poetry books released in the past year by about 700 different publishers.… Continue Reading „99. Counterargument – 3000 Books“
98. American Life in Poetry: Column 427
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE You can’t get closer to our hunter-gatherer ancestors than by clawing in the earth with your fingers. Here’s a delightful poem about digging for bait by Marsha Truman Cooper, a Californian. A Knot of Worms As day began… Continue Reading „98. American Life in Poetry: Column 427“
86. Gestern
22.7. 1849: Die amerikanische Lyrikerin Emma Lazarus geboren. Ihr bekanntestes Gedicht ist „The New Colossus“ (1883), das im Podest der Freiheitsstatue eingraviert ist. Es feiert Amerika als Land der Immigranten. 1863: Heute nachmittag verbrachte ich geraume Zeit mit Oscar F. Wilber (…), der mit… Continue Reading „86. Gestern“
66. Sprachsalz
Die Internationalen Literaturtage Sprachsalz in Hall in Tirol bieten vom 13.–15. September 2013 einmal mehr Begegnungen und Empfehlungen der besonderen Art, wenn drei Tage lang das Parkhotel Hall zur Literaturbühne wird. Ein Schwerpunkt gilt in diesem Jahr verstärkt der Lyrik: Zu Gast sind die… Continue Reading „66. Sprachsalz“
56. Ohne Überblick sein dürfen
Für „Howl“ ist Ginsbergs Vortragsart zentral. Er kultivierte eine Art Sprechgesang, der entfernt an Rap erinnert. 2010 erschien ein Film, der den Gerichtsprozess um „Howl“, das als anstößig empfunden wurde, zum Gegenstand hatte. Ginsberg wird als Begründer der Beat-Generation gefeiert. Ihre Geschichte ist inzwischen… Continue Reading „56. Ohne Überblick sein dürfen“
35. Wohltäter
Suffice to say I’ve never encountered a more interesting or eccentric poetry contest than this one recently posted to Craigslist, in which an anonymous benefactor is awarding $10,000 to a promising poet, who has to submit to a job interview and essentially prove they need the money.… Continue Reading „35. Wohltäter“
34. Let them choke on it
There have been grim indications these last weeks about the breadth and opacity of the U.S. Government’s ability and willingness to track phone conversations, read e-mails, and generally listen in to regular American life: as a person with a non-zero amount of (emotional/psychological rather… Continue Reading „34. Let them choke on it“
26. American Life in Poetry: Column 426
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Laura Dimmit is from Joplin, Missouri, and her family survived the fierce tornado of May, 2011. The entire area was strewn with debris, and here’s a poem about just one little piece that fell from the sky. School… Continue Reading „26. American Life in Poetry: Column 426“
Im Netz seit 1.1.2001
|
|
|
Lyrikzeitung & Poetry News 
Neueste Kommentare