A local newspaper reporter's poems criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement and using the term "bigots in black face" to denounce critics of Confederate memorials are causing a stir in Jersey City and leading to calls for his dismissal. The racially incendiary poems, written by Al Sullivan, a reporter who covers Jersey City for the weekly … Continue reading N.J. reporter faces uproar over racially charged poetry (via NJ.com)
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When poet Dinah Berland finished her time as writer-in-residence at the Annenberg Beach House, there was a demand from her students for the workshops she hosted as part of her residency to continue, and since then, the Camera Obscura Art Lab has begun hosting 6 week long poetry workshops led by Berland. On Saturday, August … Continue reading Poetry in Paradise: Poet Dinah Berland Holds Popular Workshop at Camera Obscura (via Santa Monica Mirror)
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I predict this will be my least read column of the year because I am going to write about poetry. It is both distressing and strange that so many people are put off by poetry, given that so many of our first experiences with language is with poetry — not only with children's books like … Continue reading ‘Why Poetry?’ It’s like asking, ‘why pleasure?’ (via Chicago Tribune)
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The American poet Layli Long Soldier’s debut collection, “Whereas,” is in part a response to the Congressional resolution of apology to Native Americans, which President Obama signed in obscurity in 2009. There were no Native Americans present to receive the apology, as most never knew an apology was made. In an introduction to the title … Continue reading A Native American Poet Excavates the Language of Occupation (via NY Times)
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Everybody knows that a finished piece of writing rarely springs, fully formed, from the author’s mind. But how does it get from there to here? The cover of this week’s Book Review features the marked-up draft of a poem by Eduardo C. Corral — one of a series of such annotated manuscripts, from six different … Continue reading Pulling Back the Curtain on Poetry (via NY Times)
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