Taking chances can sometimes lead to great art. But award-winning poet Carl Phillips says there's a risk to, well, taking risks. "I think there has to be a place for risk and for restlessness in any kind of fully lived life, and especially I think for an artist," he tells NPR's Arun Rath. "I think … Continue reading For Carl Phillips, Poetry Is Experience Transformed — Not Transcribed (via NPR)
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Massachusetts. Although it was the home of famed poet John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury has never had an official Poet Laureate, which is something that six-year Amesbury Cultural Council member David Andrews plans of rectifying very soon. “We are appointing Amesbury’s first Poet Laureate,” Andrews said. Also the Cultural Council’s treasurer and a published writer himself, … Continue reading Amesbury is looking for a homegrown poet (via Newbury Port News)
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Cynthia Macdonald, whose idiosyncratic blend of humor and the grotesque made her a distinctive voice on the American poetry scene, died on Aug. 3 in a nursing home in Logan, Utah. She was 87. The cause was heart failure, her daughter, Jennifer Macdonald, said. Ms. Macdonald’s first volume of poetry, “Amputations,” published in 1972, introduced … Continue reading Cynthia Macdonald, Poet Known for Humor and Ability to Shock, Dies at 87 (via NY Times)
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Poetry is arguably like punk rock. It's an underground art form committed to raw emotion, placing emphasis on self-expression. It's a conduit for social and personal angst, and has little regard for the status quo. Poetry is nearly invisible in pop culture and local events, but the rhymesayers of the Orange County Poetry Club are … Continue reading Orange County Poetry Club Brings Spoken Word to Santa Ana (via OC Weekly)
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New Hampshire will soon have its own poetry festival. The inaugural New Hampshire Poetry Festival takes place Sept. 19 at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester. It will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic — a former US poet laureate. Two leading literary organizations — the Poetry Society of New Hampshire and the … Continue reading New Hampshire to hold first state poetry festival Sept. 19 (via Boston Globe)
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