July 2006 Archives
Big Bridge, one of the oldest and most respected literary sites on the internet, has gone black for the next month "to protest all wars and to demonstrate [its] sadness and horror at the tragic loss of human life."
The Poetic Voice -- June 23, 2006: "We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you a new reading and conversation with Donald Hall who has been named Poet Laureate of the United States by the Library of Congress.
I just stumbled across a new online poetry journal, beside the white chickens, that's now accepting poetry submissions in the minimalist style of William Carlos Williams. Writers of short, imagistic poems should check it out.
I've just asked this question at Yahoo! Answers: What makes a good poem in the early years of the 21st Century. Feel free to answer the question.
Jennifer Hall Gailey, who now appears in the 10.4 (Summer 2006) issue of 2RV, is becoming a regular at Garrison Kellor's Writer's Almanac. Her latest appearance is today, Friday, July, 6, with Kellor reading "Female Comic Book Superheroes".
The article below from The New York Times is an interesting article about Donald Hall, the new USA poet laureate.
AT HOME WITH DONALD HALL; For a Poet, the Farmhouse as Muse: "
(Via NYT > Poetry and Poets.)
