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Conference Report: Racy poetry from the Amarna period
Posted by mamta on Saturday, November 21, 2009 (05:30:44)
Poetry News: Heritage Key Short article about love and sex in Amarna poetry as presented by Vincent Tobin at the recent Toronto conference.
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My hero: Alan Ross by William Boyd
Posted by mamta on Saturday, November 21, 2009 (04:52:39)
He was a very fine writer of prose a ' his two volumes of memoirs are small classics a ' and his poetry is limpid and evocative. It was a very important encounter for me. Hay festival: Joan Bakewell on All the Nice Girls 30 May 2009: ...
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Tony Williams debut poetry collection | Book review
Posted by mamta on Saturday, November 21, 2009 (04:51:47)
Poetry News: Tony Williams: 'A glimpse of a different kind of Prospero' "O collapser of delicate moods and arch lyrical poignancies! / damper of youthful enthusiasms! / user of out-of-date prophylactic sheaths!" The target of this vatic homage is the mostly fictitious Julian Metcalfe, a "lecherous old time-travelling scoundrel", object of equal parts disgust ...
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This week's comedy previews
Posted by mamta on Saturday, November 21, 2009 (04:49:36)
Now he's rounding off the year with what he calls "an attempted book", an eclectic compendium of poems, playlets, lists and abstract mad thoughts that's peppered with the same off-the-wall invention that won him that award....
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The Persians: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Iran by Homa Katouzian,...
Posted by mamta on Saturday, November 21, 2009 (04:44:42)
A country that has been smashed over and again by invasion and now by religious revival, Iran yet survives pretty much in the territories enumerated by Darius the Great in the rock inscriptions at Bisitun....
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STD (Stuff to Do) November 20 - November 26
Posted by mamta on Friday, November 20, 2009 (16:49:42)
Member of the U of C’s Committee on Social Thought, poet, and novelist Adam Zajagewski will be reading a selection of his poetry at the Renaissance Society. In 2004, he won the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, which is often considered a precursor to the Nobel prize in literary circles. (Renaissance Society, 2 p.m., free)...
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Fully Justifying Text for Arabic (and other) Poetry
Posted by mamta on Thursday, November 19, 2009 (17:37:15)
Poetry News: Long ago, in the days of the Classic Mac OS, when Nisus Software Inc. first developed its tools for multilingual software, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, we learned some interesting facts about Arabic poetry.
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Appledore poet to showcase new book at evening of entertainment
Posted by mamta on Thursday, November 19, 2009 (17:06:20)
Billed as an energetic poetry and song event, Jeremy will be showcasing his new book, Passing the Fire with satirical songs and poetry, which cover themes such as MPs' expenses and other contemporary issues....
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Colum McCann wins National Book award for fiction
Posted by mamta on Thursday, November 19, 2009 (17:04:07)
Colum McCann won the fiction prize at the National Book awards in New York last night for his novel Let the Great World Spin, an allegorical story inspired by the events of 9/11 and set around Philippe Petit's tightrope walk between the twin towers in 1974....
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course texts / anthologies
Posted by mamta on Thursday, November 19, 2009 (05:43:34)
Poetry News: It's that time of year again a ' well, it's actually rather past that time of year, but I'm finally getting around to ordering books for this spring's classes, among them a grad seminar on postwar American poetry.
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Susan Holbrook: POETSMART™
Posted by mamta on Thursday, November 19, 2009 (05:32:06)
Combining and recombining sly humour and torqued-up wordplay avec jouissance gélastiques, Holbrook's Joy Is So Exhausting contains -- barely -- a surreal fusion of the experimental and the experiential, the procedural and the problematic. Punch lines become sucker punches, line breaks slip into breakdowns, the serious plays comical and the comical turns deadly serious....
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Tweeting Tish
Posted by mamta on Thursday, November 19, 2009 (04:45:29)
According to HarperCollins Canada, the story "tells of a poet’s search for well-priced galoshes after a plow leaves behind a sopping dyke [sic] of blackened snow that blocks him from his own front door. What he finds is something he needs much more than footwear." ...
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Introducing the Miss G Train Semi-Finalists
Posted by mamta on Thursday, November 19, 2009 (04:41:37)
Marleah is a Gowanus resident who comes to Greenpoint for haircuts.
Colleen S.- Colleen is a young journalism student who starts her poem with, "Hi Brooklyn, or anyone listening." America's listening don't you worry....
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Sphinx, Magma and Salt
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (15:48:21)
Secondly, check out this fun, free-to-enter competition at the Magma blog, in which you choose a poem to ban from the school syllabus and say why in less than 300 words. The winner gets a poetry anthology and an annual subscription to Magma – so well worth entering....
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Dryden: Macflecknoe
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (15:41:46)
Poetry News: Dryden's MacFlecknoe would have been the literary romp of his day, a satire that makes today's poetry wars look somewhat well-mannered. Wikipedia offers a very useful, short commentary on the poem's background .
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ReadWritePoem
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (09:15:20)
ReadWritePoem has the potential to be a really addictive hangout for poets, a virtual Poets House that anyone in any town can go and find something cool to do in: do a writing exercise, read something, play, discuss, even make a New Year's resolution (I just made a big one). ...
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Saving the house Al built
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (09:13:14)
Poet after poet extols the majesty of that “it” in the pages of the A-Frame Anthology : Michael Ondaatje, Dennis Lee, George Bowering, Margaret Atwood and a host of lesser known belletrists, all of whom hovered like bugs around the shining light of Ameliasburgh from the 1960s until Purdy's death in 2000....
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With loe, From France to Pakistan
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (09:10:16)
The team is equipped with an ample stock of spare parts and a line of Urdu poetry inscribed on the bonnet: Maan Ki dua- Jannat ki Hawa (Every mother's prayer is a breeze from paradise). ...
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Saving the house Al built
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (09:03:14)
It's well known that when Purdy began his career as a poet he was quite a terrible writer,” says Paul Vermeersch, editor of a new book, The Al Purdy A-Frame Anthology , that celebrates the magical transformation of a literally starving hack into the breakthrough voice of modern Canadian English. ...
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Cineplex Odeon to shut down The Carlton
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (05:41:01)
“While the theatre has been part of our company for a number of years, business has really been declining,” admits Pat Marshall, Vice President of Communications and Investor Relations for The Carlton's parent company, Cineplex Odeon. “It is not representative of the calibre and quality of theatre that we would like to present to our guests … it is not what would be called 'state of the art.'"...
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Mrs Rochester becomes Heathcliff becomes Mr Rochester...
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (17:11:31)
Uploaded a video of a soprano and piano version of Emily BrontA 's poem The Old Stoic. Categories: Jane Eyre , Music , Poetry , References , Theatre , Weirdo , Wuthering Heights
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Introducing you to ASUSU- Erin Reeder, Programming Vice President
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (04:46:48)
I am learning to love the cold and love learning how to ski, cook, blog, code, climb, sing and write. I write a little on my blog (stopreadingthisrightnow.wordpress.com) and have recently become addicted to poetry. Please shoot any suggestions my way....
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Catching Up: Necrononicon 2009
Posted by mamta on Monday, November 16, 2009 (16:57:59)
Brochures for Broad Universe . 8. Flyers for the Science Fiction Poetry Association . I was also on four panels: "Chasing Dreams: How I Came to be a Writer" (moderating, with guests of honor Catherine ...
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new way to submit, read, and publish poetry
Posted by mamta on Monday, November 16, 2009 (07:13:53)
Poetry News: Those of us who cherish the book, a thing to hold in the hand, sometimes a literary object that also has visual beauty, find the new world of poetry publishing morphing into something electronic so fast you can almost hear the quarks fizz past.
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A Season in Hell
Posted by mamta on Monday, November 16, 2009 (04:39:08)
"Elizabeth Purnell's soundtrack for the work includes composed music, field recordings and processed sound in a raw response to the words; she set the poems specifically for Wyatt, whose voice in its high, delicate register suggests a beyond-the-grave alter-ego to the young Rimbaud." ...
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