http://www.gotpoetry.com/ News for Poets. Place to write. en-us Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:50:14 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly GotPoetry.com News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.gotpoetry.com/images/autoheader/logo-slogan.gif http://www.gotpoetry.com/ http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24688.html Considered to be one of Turkey's first modern poets, Hikmet's deep love for his country and rich use of free verse earned him the esteem of artists, intellectuals and champions of free expression....Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:50:14 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24687.html Elizabeth Alexander will become just the fourth poet to recite a poem at a president's swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20 at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration. She was born in Harlem, raised in Washington, D.C. and attended Yale University, where she teaches African American Studies. She is the author of four books of poetry, including her most recent, "American Sublime," which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2005.Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:49:32 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24686.html The other successful authors who will compete for the award are Sadie Jones, whose bestselling debut novel, The Outcast, scooped the Costa First Novel Award, Diana Athill, who won the Costa Biography Award for her memoir, Somewhere Towards the End, Michelle Magorian, who won the Children’s Book Award for Just Henry and Adam Foulds who edged out Irish poet Ciaran Carson to win the Poetry award with The Broken Word. ...Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:46:42 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24685.html Kevin Brophy is an Australian poet, critic and novelist, whose name will probably be new to many readers in the UK. It was new to me until a few weeks ago, when by chance I met him during his visit to Bangor University....Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:45:28 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24684.html Mr. Redfire's book, "Zen Popcorn," published in August by Infinity Publishing.com, contains 62 poems written over the past 25 years on these themes. This is his first book, though his poetry has previously been published in national magazines, chapbooks, and in electronic magazines. He also publishes the poems in the form of bookmarks, which he sells individually at art shows. ...Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:40:31 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24683.html Screenwriter-turned-songwriter Joshua Radin credits a lot of his success to being in the right place at the right time, but this sophomore release proves there's more to the equation than luck. The follow-up to 2006's We Were Here is a beautiful, soft collection of songs about love and family. Simple Times sounds surprisingly smalltown for a musician who's been featured on almost every American late-night talk show and performed at Ellen DeGeneres' wedding. ...Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:39:12 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24682.html This book is one such scholarly exercise focused on music in the Valmiki Ramayana in five chapters scientifically dealing with the subject of music. The first chapter deals with the traditional tenets of Indian music. The ancient literature and the metrical form of the Ramayana establish the fact that there is an inherent music in the Valmiki Ramayana. Valmiki initiated Lava and Kusa into Ramayana singing and asked them to render the Ramayana composed by him in Margi style. ...Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:36:53 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24681.html The Gotham Book Mart Collection, Penn said, also encompasses art, architecture, jewelry, music, dance, theater, drama, and film. Along with first editions, books from small presses, and experimental literary magazines, the collection also includes books from the personal libraries of Truman Capote and Anais Nin, and items signed by Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Robinson Jeffers, Woody Allen, Wallace Stevens, and John Updike. ...Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:35:18 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24680.html The other successful authors who will compete for the award are Sadie Jones, whose bestselling debut novel, The Outcast , scooped the Costa First Novel Award, Diana Athill, who won the Costa Biography Award for her memoir, Somewhere Towards the En d, Michelle Magorian, who won the Children’s Book Award for Just Henr y and Adam Foulds who edged out Irish poet Ciaran Carson to win the Poetry award with The Broken Word ....Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:32:23 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24679.html "Chaos is not the lack of order, / but the breeding ground of possibility," writes Kingston–based poet Lana Hechtman Ayers. Her first full–length collection, "Dance From Inside My Bones" (Snake Nation Press, 2007), chronicles the possible connections between (mostly chaotic) individuals....Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:27:37 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24678.html Christian Bok's Eunoia, released in Britain in October, became the No. 8 seller on Amazon U.K. Christmas week, made the Times of London's list of the year's top 10 books and remains the top-selling book of poetry in Britain...Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:26:54 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24677.html Hope your days were merry and bright! Cuz now it's time to get back to slammin', right? Did y'all miss us over the holidays? We missed you! Not having Urbana on Tuesday nights at the BPC was just darn unsettling! But we are back and ready to show off our new Christmas sweaters! It also our last slam before the SEMI-FINALS NEXT WEEK! So get ready to see a big slam to see who gets a chance to move on! Just to start the New Year off right, we have one of the finest, favoritest features- MIGHTY MIKE MCGEE!!! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:25:29 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24676.html It might be. I wasn't going to do one, but then I realized that in not posting a list, I'd be depriving you internet folk of the opportunity to weigh in. And it's really about all you. So here, in no particular order and with very little forethought, are some books that I liked in 2008.Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:24:11 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24675.html Poetry News: Irish novelist Sebastian Barry has triumphed in the Novel Award category for The Secret Scripture at the Costa Book Awards.Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:21:24 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=24674.html Poetry News: Turkey restored the citizenship of its most famous poet Monday in a symbolic step meant to show it was addressing criticism of its human rights record in hopes of joining the European Union.Link! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:19:34 GMT