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Fence Things Going On
Fence is not locally based, but I think it’s a good literary review for new poets to check out. I like its contemporary flare and occasional edge. Plus, how can I not tell you about a the issue with Rainer Maria Rilke in it? From Fence Books: Pretty soon a new issue of... »
TReehouse: You are what you eat
From Tom Robotham of TReehouse magazine, which is a locally-based online publication…. Please take a look at Angela Blue’s new piece on TReehouse–You Are What You Eat. I still eat meat of all kinds, but often feel like a hypocrite because I don’t know whether I could kill a mammal for food. Could you?... »
Poetry as economic recovery
It seems that we’ve done just about everything to get the American auto industry out of the doldrums. We’ve forced bankruptcies. We’ve exchanged cash for clunkers. But have we tried poetry? – Op-Ed Contributor – Poetry in Motion – NYTimes.com Ford Edsel, by dstone7y During the 1950s, the Ford Motor Company asked Marianne Moore to... »
Lisa Flowers kills love & moves time
Lisa Flowers is a freelance writer residing in the Ghent section of Norfolk, Virginia. Her book "diatomhero: 40 Religious Poems" is forthcoming. »
National Notes (Literary News from the Web)
“Poetry is respected only in this country,” wrote Osip Mandelstam, “people are killed for it. There’s no place where more people are killed for it.”- From a Daily Telegraph review of Anna of All the Russias, by Elaine Feinstein. “You’ve written your poem,” Kooser writes. “The first step in spotting its flaws is a simple... »
Marching Forward (Poetry Excerpted)
Blacklisted again, I perch, idle, outside the bakery window, having been deemed too sick and untrustworthy to be a secretary in contact with the public. – From “Poem for Art Strike,” a poem by Jon Skuldt, as posted in on the Slope Web site. »
National Notes (Poetry News from the Web)
Literary contests have long been a topic of spirited dialogue among writers. Book contests, in particular, generate heated discussions because they have become the dominant model for small presses to subsidize the publication of books by emerging writers, especially poets. Unfortunately, it is not the quality of the award-winning writing that gets people talking.... »
Bought & Sold, All in Your Mind (Poetry Excerpted)
An old man backs into a parking space, his glasses square and large, his arms swinging awkward and heavy in his stiff-walk. A town of keychains and abuse—always someone in leather. Like satellite stations, like a lunch pass, we all sold something to get here. –From “Nothing’s for Sale,” a poem by Jennifer Denrow, as posted on the Cimarron... »
Judgement Save the Librarian (Poetry Excerpted)
I will guide you between worlds–take this–here it is– But now I must go. Now there is someone else who needs That stupid trashy book by a misguided author-freak that everyone’s reading. –From “Library,” a poem by Stephanie Brown, as posted on the The American Poetry Review Web site. »
Immortal Now (Poetry Excerpted)
As posted by Grace Tazewell through the GhentPoetryCafe From “The Story of My Heart” 1883 By Richard Jefferies It is eternity now. I am in the midst of it. It is about me in the sunshine; I am in it, as the butteryfly in the light-laden air. Nothing has to come; it is now. Now is eternity; now is the immortal life. »