Prose Works 1892: Volume II: Collect and Other Prose (The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman)
Boxing the Octopus (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fiber your blood. Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you." Walt Whitman printed 795 copies...
Bernadette Geyer (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
I just got the University of Notre Dame Press Poetry & Fiction catalog and wanted to pass along the buzz -- they are selling older titles for up to 60 percent off! Here are some of the titles on sale: Jude Nutter's I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman for $10 (orig $20.00) Janet Holmes' Humanophone (cloth) for $8.00 (orig $28.00) Ned Balbo's Lives of the Sleepers for $7.00 (orig $15.00)...
p-ramblings (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
In an article, Pablo Neruda said the following about Walt Whitman. Por mi parte, yo, que tengo ahora cerca de 70 años, descubrí a Walt Whitman cuando tenía sólo 15, y lo consideré mi más grande acreedor. Estoy ante vostros, sintiendo que le guardo para simpre la mas grande y maravillosa deuda que me ha ayudado a existir . . . Soy un poeta de habla hispana que...
Lorcaloca (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
j. michael martinez: heredities: winner of the 2009 walt whitman award.
The Wooden Spoon (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
At Jezebel , Anna North considers a good question: is it time to stop the Top Book Lists, such as the recent Publishers Weekly Top 10 Books of 2009? As has been noticed in such outlets as The New York Times , there is not a single female author on the list, raising questions about long-held critical biases against women's fiction. Of course, it's possible that the top books of the year were without...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
The Independent reviews the latest book by Juliet Barker Conquest: The English Kingdom of France . The article begins with a reminder of Juliet Barker's previous Brontë work: The books that first brought Juliet Barker renown were moving studies of the Brontës' lives and letters, and an immense life of Wordsworth. Her reinvention as a medievalist with her last book, Agincourt, seemed extraordinary,...
Mark Doty (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
OUT Magazine has just published this anthology of essays they've printed over the years, including a profile of Provincetown by yours truly. The cover makes me think of the discussion of the commercial uses of Walt Whitman's work below -- here are some boys together clinging. Well, actually they look like they have just finished clinging, and both do and no not want you to know about it. Do they know...
Jewish Book Council Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Posted by Naomi Firestone Need a better costume for Halloween next year? Poets.org offers some easy poet costume ideas with tips on what you need to be Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, William Carlos Williams, Walt Whitman, or Sappho. View the costumes here. Posted in Jewish Books Tagged: Halloween Costume
One Poet's Notes (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Who in the world do you think you are? Last night, while watching the World Series with my son, I recalled the famous photograph of Marianne Moore throwing a first pitch at Yankee Stadium, and I considered all the allusions to baseball I had seen in poems or essays by poets over the years, some of which are chronicled at one of the Poetry Foundation’s pages devoted to baseball and verse . I also...
Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
When Things are Tight, check out Hanging LooseThe Fall 2009 issuearticle by Michael Todd SteffenLiterary journals as a rule, gathering work from several sources, tend one way or the other: to demonstrate a coterie likeness (in theme or style), or to celebrate like Walt Whitman a grand embrace of variety. The Fall 2009 Hanging Loose sets itself unflinchingly to the latter strategy, giving writers
Poetry & Popular Culture (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
In his essay "Business and Poetry," Dana Gioia wonders why "[t]here have been many important American poets who supported themselves—either by necessity or choice—by working in business, but none of them has seen it as an experience fit to write about." T.S. Eliot didn't write about Lloyd's Bank of London. Wallace Stevens didn't write much about insurance. A.R. Ammons...
The Best American Poetry (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
I just saw this commercial at the movie theater, during the previews. Has anyone else seen it? What do you think? What would Whitman think? -- sdh
Wild Rose Reader (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
From the Academy of American Poets: Whether you're heading to a party with a literary theme or simply trying to impress an English teacher this Halloween, here are a few inexpensive costume ideas worth trying on. Easy Poet Costumes Emily Dickinson You will also find costume ideas for poets Walt Whitman , Sappho , Edgar Allan Poe , and William Carlos Williams . For your Halloween reading pleasure: Vampire...
secondary sound (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Blame Mad Men ? Is a brilliant series about a 60's ad agency actually influencing contemporary ad agencies? I want to see Barney Stinson quoting Ted Berrigan in a bar to pick up some hipster girl, episode titled New York School ... last drunken words of the episode, "...my vocabulary did this to me." . Slate: In December 2008, Levi's ditched its old ad agency and signed on with Wieden + Kennedy...
Silliman's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Rae Armantrout’s poetry Entertainment Weekly on the National Book Award § Eileen Myles talks with CA Conrad § Rachel Zolf : the MFA as an institution within larger state apparatuses Tendencies begins Oct. 29 @ CUNY with Zolf, Robert Glück & Trish Salah § Paul Vangelisti talks with Mary de Rachelwiltz § Federal Trade Commission identifies a threat: book bloggers §...
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