Additional Info Ten Things I want to say a Black Woman by The Strivers Row poet Joshua Bennett http://thestriversrow.com http://www.facebook.com/TheStriversRow Information courtesy, YouTube
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Four collections to read for National Poetry Month (via Newsday)
Titles include: "The Last Two Seconds," "The Tijuana Book of the Dead," "We Mammals in Hospitable Times" and "SOS: Poems 1961-2013" In "The Last Two Seconds" (Graywolf, $16 paper), her seventh collection, poet Mary Jo Bang spotlights the anxiety and obliviousness of people living in a post-postmodern world. The speaker sees danger everywhere -- mortality, … Continue reading Four collections to read for National Poetry Month (via Newsday)
(Video) Guante | REACH
Additional Info Buy more work from Guante and other viral poets in VIRAL, an eBook anthology by Button Poetry: http://buttonpoetry.com/product/viral-pre-order/ Guante, performing at the December 2013 Saint Paul Soap Boxing Poetry Slam at the Artists' Quarter. Like Guante on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GuanteSolo Information courtesy, YouTube
Open A Critic’s ‘Poetry Notebook’ And Find The Works That Shaped Him (via NPR)
Clive James' most anthologized poem is commonly known by its first two lines: "The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered/And I Am Pleased." Those lines tell the uninitiated almost all they need to know about the pleasures to be found in reading James: chief among them, his wit and his appreciation of the underlying … Continue reading Open A Critic’s ‘Poetry Notebook’ And Find The Works That Shaped Him (via NPR)
(Video) Mark Grist | It’s Still a F*cking Poem
Additional Info Twitter: https://twitter.com/montygristo | https://twitter.com/guylar For Danny in Bristol (Read e-mail in full below): "Could you write something about the (sometimes) closed-circuit nature of the UK poetry scene? I sometimes encounter prejudice... against lyricism or anything that fails to conform with pre-existing conventions. Not sure if you've ever felt this with your rap-battle influenced … Continue reading (Video) Mark Grist | It’s Still a F*cking Poem
CSU’s Dead Poets Society: Getting students excited about poetry (via Rocky Mountain Collegian)
Colorado State University has a Dead Poets Society. They do not stand on desks and they have not attempted to contact the ghost of Robin Williams, but they do sneak off to the cave off campus known as the Wild Boar Café to read poetry. Kelsey Easton, a sophomore English major, started the society in late … Continue reading CSU’s Dead Poets Society: Getting students excited about poetry (via Rocky Mountain Collegian)
(Video) Natalie Patterson | 10 Things Every Female Should Know
Additional Info SoulPancake partnered with Darling Magazine to have a series of conversations about some of the issues that women face on a daily basis. In our final episode, Natalie gives us the 10 things every female should know. To continue the conversation visit http://darlingmagazine.org and for daily inspiration @darlingmagazine on Instagram Information courtesy, YouTube
Poetry Everywhere, and They Mean Everywhere, in Miami Festival (via NY Times)
On April 1 the organizers of the O, Miami Poetry Festival begin their annual monthlong campaign to put a poem in front of all 2.6 million residents of Miami-Dade County. “Miamians should watch out for poems on buildings, on fences, in the mail, even in the bathroom,” Scott Cunningham, the festival director, said. This year’s … Continue reading Poetry Everywhere, and They Mean Everywhere, in Miami Festival (via NY Times)
(Video) Rosemarie Wilson | Detroit Love N War
Additional Info Poet Rosemarie Wilson breaks it down about love for the D Information courtesy, YouTube
An evening of poetry with Charles Wright and Mary Szybist (via The Cavalier Daily)
Last Friday, the Culbreth Theater hosted Charles Wright, the 2014-15 U.S. Poet Laureate, and National Book Award winner Mary Szybist. The night featured his "Shrines to Longing," a poetry reading and Q&A. The event was held in conjunction with the Virginia Festival of the Book, a "celebration of books, reading, literacy, and literary culture" according … Continue reading An evening of poetry with Charles Wright and Mary Szybist (via The Cavalier Daily)