April 2009
31 posts
April 7, 2009 ~ On Easter and Updike | Religion &... →
Easter is not easy for most poets and writers, the difficult mystery of resurrection being more intractable than incarnation… One of the best examples of the problem is perhaps the most famous…
Design Observer: William Klein — Contacts →
A book signing is a manifestation of an urge to recover something that we, as a culture, fear losing — namely the hand of the artist in the age of mechanical (and digital) reproduction. Now more than…
IMS: Wallace Stevens, HarperAudio →
Wallace Stevens reads his own poetry. Stevens was born in 1879, and these recordings were made shortly before his death in 1955. Although he published poetry as early as 1914, Stevens did not receive…
Essay - The Case for Memorizing Poetry -... →
The process of memorizing a poem is fairly mechanical at first. You cling to the meter and rhyme scheme (if there is one), declaiming the lines in a sort of sing-songy way without worrying too much…
Ari Messer: The Last Book I Loved, The Changing... →
I hate agreeing with Harold Bloom… But today I’d like to embrace my peer-pressured hatred and say that Mr. Bloom was hella right when he stated that The Book of Ephraim, which begins James…
50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice -... →
April 16 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of a little book that is loved and admired throughout American academe. Celebrations, readings, and toasts are being held, and a commemorative…
The Facebook poets: ten rising stars of British... →
…not only does poetry exist, it is flourishing – and not just among the grand old oaks of literary society, but in the grassroots of bohemia. New, young writers are using poetry to break rules and…
Jen Bekman On Collecting Without Breaking the Bank... →
Interview with me on SF’s 7x7: “I think the minute you buy a print, you’re a collector. I want people to have the experience of collecting art, and we’ve thought hard about every aspect of the…
