Category: Poetic Lives Online

Congratulations to Rae Armantrout for winning the National Book Critics Circle Award for her collection Versed.This post by Al Filreis made me send him a Facebook friend request, just so I can find out how the conversation ended. (If you friend request me, I'll probably say yes--I'm a bit of a whore.)Jessica Smith has more … Continue reading Poetic Lives Online

Philip Pullman writes about Blake's poetry, and argues that it can be appreciated separate from the illuminations.Thermos interviews Katy Lederer, who we reviewed nearly a year ago.Anindita Sengupta on Indian English Poetry.Inferno, the video game. It's Dante in the same way "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is Homer. Except it's a video game. And Beatrice … Continue reading Poetic Lives Online

It's Saturday night and it's poetry time. Who else is excited?I always figured the Irish got excited about poetry. Roddy Doyle says otherwise. I'm late to the game in discovering the Poetry Foundation's podcasts, but I'm having some fun listening to them. I liked Ron Silliman's discussion of writing a poem with an eraser, as … Continue reading Poetic Lives Online

First thing: Chinese poet Lu Xiaobo has been sentenced to eleven years in prison. There isn't much people can do, but you can register your opinion on this via the PEN American Center website.Mark Scroggins has inspired me to keep better track of how much poetry I read. Not sure if that's what he was … Continue reading Poetic Lives Online