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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... »
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.... »
National Notes
National Notes are quotes and snippets culled from stories published in newspapers and magazines across the country. Click the link for the full story. “Most of the spoken word artists that I’ve met or are my friends do come from the urban setting,” Sparks said. “It is surprising because the whole tradition of storytelling in... »