Subtle Bacon: On Poetry
Subtle Bacon--Thoughts on Contemporary Poetry and the Arts.
Friday, July 27, 2012
John Ashbery at Poets House
My last guest blog for Ploughshares: http://blog.pshares.org/2012/07/27/john-ashbery/#more-9499
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Poetry and Its Whores
My latest guest blog for Ploughshares un)covers the Poetry Society of New York's Poetry Brothel.
http://blog.pshares.org/2012/06/01/poetry-and-its-whores/
http://blog.pshares.org/2012/06/01/poetry-and-its-whores/
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Patrick Rosal and Tracy K. Smith: A Talk at The New School
My second guest blog for Ploughshares chronicles a talk given in May by Rosal and Smith that was sponsored by Cave Canem:
http://blog.pshares.org/2012/05/11/poetry-hip-hop-and-academia-a-discussion-with-camille-rankine-patrick-rosal-and-tracy-k-smith/
http://blog.pshares.org/2012/05/11/poetry-hip-hop-and-academia-a-discussion-with-camille-rankine-patrick-rosal-and-tracy-k-smith/
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
On Ghassan Zagtan and the State Department
I'm blogging for Plougshares this spring and summer. Find my first one for them at the link below:
http://blog.pshares.org/2012/04/27/the-death-of-poetry/#more-5898
http://blog.pshares.org/2012/04/27/the-death-of-poetry/#more-5898
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Borges and Public Literati
I remember how even those unfamiliar with his poetry knew who Allen Ginsberg was. How he would appear in other than literary publications and on video. How the auditorium at the University of Pittsburgh overflowed with people for his reading in 1991. How Ginsburg had security bring people up onto the stage with him rather than turn them away. I remember John Updike on the networks. Their presence in the media and during public appearances confirmed to me that poets and writers held a venerated and important place in American life. Watching this interview with Borges on what would have been his 112th birthday, I find myself hungry for the presence of such literary elders not just in my private life but in public life. Find myself wondering how the media, beyond Oprah perhaps, can ignore the great poets and writers of our day and why their views are not valued among the various pundits and talking heads of the day.
Thanks to Mariana Soto for the following interview with Borges from late in his life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo2Eo-G-1sE
Thanks to Mariana Soto for the following interview with Borges from late in his life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo2Eo-G-1sE
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