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• New Decades reading

  
  Celsius1414 — Authority: 125
  Last item read in 2009/the Aughts: “The key to the tower” (2009) by Laura Kasischke , poem. First item read in 2010/the Teens: “The Hypersurface of this Decade” (2010) by Bruce Sterling , short story. See also: New Year’s reading (2009) New Decade’s listening
  6 days ago

• Books, printing, letters, love and Venice

  
  Of life, laughter and liturgy . . . — Authority: 132
  I finished a satisfyingly long and good read on my last evening in Venice - after all what is a holiday without a book? Michelle Lovric lives in Venice and her book The Floating Book is set at a time when the first printing presses arrive in the city of scribes. Her characteristion of people from diverse ...
  1 week ago

• My work is loving the world

  
  The Eagle & Child — Authority: 111
  Messenger My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird– equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums. Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me keep my mind on what ...
  1 week ago

• A Child Can Read

  
  Authspot — Authority: 480
  All children can learn to read no matter what their special need. It all begins with an early seed and grows quickly into a tall weed. Once planted in their mind, no child is left behind. Reading allows the mind to escape with wonder whether they read about friends, animals or thunder. From funny, scary or ...
  2 weeks ago

• “Better with Friends”

  
  Earthpal — Authority: 111
  I’ve just finished reading Helen ’s wonderful poetry book entitled Better With Friends .  Poetry is subjective but even the toughest person couldn’t fail to be moved by such a collection of moving and thought-provoking poems. Helen writes beautifully and has an ability to interpret the world in a lyrical ...
  3 weeks ago

• 36th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Benefit Reading

  
  farfalla press — Authority: 106
  January, 1st 2010 The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church 131 E. 10th Street New York NY 10003 212-674-0910 Poets and performers this year include  Ammiel Alcalay, Bruce Andrews & Sally Silvers, Penny Arcade, Arthur’s Landing, Ari Banias, Jim Berhle, Charles Bernstein, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Versed

  
  A Poetic Matter — Authority:
  A few years ago, John Ashbery was all the rage. It seemed as if he couldn’t get enough press. Now it seems that Rae Armantrout is next. Her poetry seems to be quite the opposite of Ashbery’ in style and poem-length, yet it demands a conscious, attentive reader. I like to think of myself as this type of reader, but ...
  4 weeks ago

• Poet of the Month

  
  East Hampton Public Library — Authority: 122
  Decembers Featured Poet Lewis Carroll , pen name for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), was born in Daresbury, Cheshire, England. He was a mathematician, a logician, a deacon in the Anglican Church, and a photographer. More important, he penned what has become probably the most famous literary nonsense poem in ...
  4 weeks ago

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