The Poetic Narrative Of Our Times
It is the task of poetry to bring our eyes to bear on the heart breaking nature of our disappearances, which are unavoidable no matter our economic standing or our education.
It is the task of poetry to bring our eyes to bear on the heart breaking nature of our disappearances, which are unavoidable no matter our economic standing or our education.
John Lundberg | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
I've been trying to track down English translations of poems by Herta Muller, the newest Nobel Laureate in Literature, but they are awfully hard to come by (if they even exist).
Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books
Style comes with maturity for most writers. Here is a poet at the unmistakable peak of her expressive power and experience -- Louise Gluck, with her new book, A Village Life.
AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 10.08.2009 | Books
The judges, apparently, could not help themselves. Just two days after a Nobel Prize official worried the literature committee was too "Eurocentric,"...
John Lundberg | Posted 10.04.2009 | Living
Sotheby's expert Gabriel Heaton gave us a hint of their contents, telling the British newspaper The Guardian that "Byron clearly enjoyed writing slightly outrageous things to a clergyman..."
John Lundberg | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living
This week is Banned Books Week here in the U.S., an event sponsored primarily by the American Library Association (ALA) to draw attention to recent acts (and attempted acts) of book banning.
John Lundberg | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
A soon-to-be-released movie by director Jane Campion explores the relationship between the great English poet John Keats and his love, Fanny Brawne. ...
John Lundberg | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living
Two months ago, the Afghan poet Latif Pedram published the poem "Kabul" in the French newsletter Nomade. It is a poem of witness, sorrowful but necess...
John Lundberg | Posted 09.02.2009 | Living
Carol Ann Duffy, Britain's new poet laureate, published a poem last week to commemorate the death of Henry Allingham and Harry Patch, two of the last ...
David Whyte | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living