January 2009
Poems by C.K. Wiiliams, Kim Addonizio, Peter Monro, Roddy Lumsden, J.T. Barbarese, Scott Cairns, Dan Stryk, Allen Edwin Butt, W.S. Di Piero, Wendy Videlock, Anne Winters, Fiona Sampson; previously unpublished poems by Langston Hughes, introduced by Arnold Rampersad; comment by Clive James, Daisy Fried, Fiona Sampson; Michael Hofmann on Bishop and Lowell; Letters to the Editor
FEATURED PROSEAn Almost Perfect Break-up Poem
BY CLIVE JAMES
"When reacting to a poem, the word "perfect" is inadequate for the same reason that the word "Wow!" would be. But it isn't inadequate because it says nothing. It is inadequate because it is trying to say everything."
Art Beyond Borders
Eamon Grennan
Fullerton Hall
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Thursday, January 15
Free admission
POETRY AT THE INAUGURATION
The Poetry Foundation applauds poetry’s place in the 2009 Inaugural Program, as president John Barr calls selection of poet Elizabeth Alexander “perfect.” Read More >>
CHILDREN’S POET LAUREATE ANNOUNCED
The Poetry Foundation is proud to announce the winners of its fifth annual Pegasus Awards. Albert Goldbarth received the Mark Twain Poetry Award, and Mary Ann Hoberman was named the nation’s second Children’s Poet Laureate. Read More >>
360 DEGREES: ART BEYOND BORDERS
The Poetry Foundation, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs partner to present international artists, musicians, and poets exploring the role of art around our globe. Read more >>
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ANNOUNCED
American Literary Landmarks, a partnership with the Poetry Foundation and component of the NEA’s The Big Read, is now accepting applications to celebrate the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Robinson Jeffers, or Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in your community. Deadline 02/03/09. Learn more >>
Stunning urbanity gives way to stunned suburbanity: the New New York Poets.
Langston Hughes the struggle for civil rights.
Danish poet Inger Christensen is dead.
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OTHER FEATURES
You Can't Come Halfway Home From the Bar
by Ian Daly
One writer's obsession with a little known poet leads him on a bizarre odyssey to the Russian River Valley.
by Ian Daly
One writer's obsession with a little known poet leads him on a bizarre odyssey to the Russian River Valley.
In Praise of Tree-Valor
by Molly Peacock
Charlotte Mew anticipates the contemporary narrative lyric—and possibly her own unfortunate end—in her neglected classic, "The Trees are Down."
by Molly Peacock
Charlotte Mew anticipates the contemporary narrative lyric—and possibly her own unfortunate end—in her neglected classic, "The Trees are Down."
"My Father Was White but Not Quite"
by Fanny Howe
First appeared in Poetry.
During her father's legal battles in the civil-rights and McCarthy eras in Boston, poet Fanny Howe found her life's work studying the self, the natural world, and the 'fist of survival.'
by Fanny Howe
First appeared in Poetry.
During her father's legal battles in the civil-rights and McCarthy eras in Boston, poet Fanny Howe found her life's work studying the self, the natural world, and the 'fist of survival.'
"This Is the End of the Poem"
by Geoffrey O'Brien
How Jack Spicer broke through the pieties of the avant-garde.
by Geoffrey O'Brien
How Jack Spicer broke through the pieties of the avant-garde.
The Doubter and the Saint
by Cynthia Haven
At a fateful moment, Czeslaw Miłosz crossed paths with a controversial Polish priest, later martyred in World War II. The little-known encounter and its aftermath illuminate the Nobel laureate’s life and work.
by Cynthia Haven
At a fateful moment, Czeslaw Miłosz crossed paths with a controversial Polish priest, later martyred in World War II. The little-known encounter and its aftermath illuminate the Nobel laureate’s life and work.
"Appearing and Disappearing Like True Poetry"
by Ben Ehrenreich
Roberto Bolaño’s legions of fictional poets and his own heartbroken insurrectionary poems.
by Ben Ehrenreich
Roberto Bolaño’s legions of fictional poets and his own heartbroken insurrectionary poems.
BY CATEGORY
NEWLY ADDED POETS
POEM: The Bat By Theodore Roethke
AUDIO: If We Were Honest By Albert Goldbarth
POETRY OFF THE SHELF
Inaugural PoeticsHear who Elizabeth Alexander would have picked and her thoughts on Frost and other past inaugural poets. Listen >>
The Poetry Magazine Podcast
Of All the Poems In the World, Why Would You Pick This One?
Previously unpublished poems by Langston Hughes, a preview of Michael Hofmann's essay on Lowell and Bishop—and a phone call to readers in Texas who don't like the poems in this month's issue! Listen >>
Essential American Poets
Jean Valentine: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Jean Valentine, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded July 10, 2007, in studio, New York, NY. Listen >>
“I’ve also been watching the economy plunge further since I last wrote for Harriet, reading of its effects on working people across the globe and trying hard to find new poems that innovatively address the current economic clime and its effects on workers in the U.S. and across the globe.”—Mark Nowak
Poetry Everywhere
Paradoxes and Oxymorons
Animated poem read by DJ Spooky. 02:00
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