Category: poetry
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Tim Mayo on the Writer’s Almanac.
Today’s Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor features a poem by my friend, Tim Mayo, who I shall henceforth refer to as “Superstar!” Check it out here.
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Collected Poets Series, Dec. Edition
This Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 pm, the December 2008 edition of the Collected Poets Series features 3 poets: Dzvinia Orlowsky, prizewinning poet, translator, and author of four poetry collections including her most recent, Convertible Night, Flurry of Stones; Jeff Friedman, poet, translator and author of four books of poems, most recently, Black Threads; and…
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The Plath Cabinet.
One of the things I’m going to miss when the store finally closes is the vast array of catalogs I receive, the plugged-in aspect of being a book buyer. I love knowing what’s coming out next season, who has new books and when. But there’s frustration there, too. Today I received the University Press of…
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Camille Paglia’s strong medicine.
The Fall 2008 issue of Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics includes the piece, “Final Cut: The Selection Process for Break, Blow, Burn,“ by Camille Paglia. I read Break, Blow, Burn and have a copy of it here somewhere, and while I don’t agree with every choice, what I appreciate about Camille Paglia…
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No silver bullets, if you please.
When Vincent has been denied something he dearly wants and feels he clearly must have (such as a broom to chase to chase the cat with, or a fresh bar of soap to gnaw on, to name the two most recent catalysts), like most toddlers, he has a tantrum. As he is my first child,…
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“The trouble with writing poetry…”
The trouble with writing poetry is that you have readers, and the trouble with readers is that you have to listen to them after they have spent their time reading you. Mine, unless they are young poets or teachers of English, usually say one of three things. If they are relatives, they ask me why…
Marie Gauthier 