Muddy Bank http://www.2river.org/blog/ podcasts and commentary from 2River en-US Copyright 2008 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:23:12 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Poet Laureate Donald Hall Reflects on Age and Nature New U.S. poet laureate Donald Hall gives a tour of his New Hampshire farm where he has written poetry for over 30 years. He also reads poems on nature, love and loss, suggests that poetry is becoming more popular and explores the art of saying the unsayable. [From Poet Laureate Donald Hall Reflects on Age and Nature]

]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/04/poet-laureate-donald-hall-refl.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/04/poet-laureate-donald-hall-refl.html Poems Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:23:12 -0600 2River Climbs in Google 2River is now at number 5 in the Google PageRank order of poetry magazines and e-zines.

[From Google Directory - Arts > Literature > Poetry > Magazines and E-zines ]

]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/04/2river-climbs-in-google.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/04/2river-climbs-in-google.html Here at 2River Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:50:18 -0600 After Midnight Reviews Trepidatious as I was to scoure a purely online zine after getting off work, I was suprisingly pleased by 2River View.

[From creative writing 2310: After Midnight Reviews Presents: 2River View]

]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/02/after-midnight-reviews.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/02/after-midnight-reviews.html Here at 2River Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:22:38 -0600 River Styx keeps on rolling. Richard Newman has spent the past thirteen years working to keep St. Louis' oldest literary magazine alive. It has not been an easy task.

[From RFT: River Styx keeps on rolling.]

]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/01/river-styx-keeps-on-rolling.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/01/river-styx-keeps-on-rolling.html Print Poetry Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:43:26 -0600 Editing of Frost Notebooks in Dispute A recently published compendium of Robert Frost's personal notebooks is coming under attack from two critics who say that the editor of the volume mistranscribed hundreds, if not thousands, of Frost’s words.
[From Editing of Frost Notebooks in Dispute]
]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/01/editing-of-frost-notebooks-in.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/01/editing-of-frost-notebooks-in.html Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:22:30 -0600 Living With Ghosts
For more than 50 years, Geoffrey Hill has written a pinch-mouthed, grave-digger’s poetry. His rich and allusive books are normally greeted by praise from critics and bewilderment from readers.

[From Living With Ghosts]
]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/01/living-with-ghosts.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/01/living-with-ghosts.html Print Poetry Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:09:43 -0600 A Breezy Exchange Between Old Friends (Jazz and Poetry) Along with his colleague Charles Simic, the current poet laureate of the United States, Robert Pinsky was taking part in a program billed as “Words and Music.”

[From MUSIC REVIEW; A Breezy Exchange Between Old Friends (Jazz and Poetry)]
]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/01/a-breezy-exchange-between-old.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/01/a-breezy-exchange-between-old.html Poems Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:42:38 -0600 Liam O'Gallagher, 90, a Beat Avant-Gardist and Teacher, Dies  

Mr. O’Gallagher was an avant-garde sound artist, painter and teacher whose San Francisco studio became an early gathering place for Beat writers and poets in the 1950s. [From Liam O’Gallagher, 90, a Beat Avant-Gardist and Teacher, Dies]

 

]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/01/liam-ogallagher-90-a-beat-avan.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2008/01/liam-ogallagher-90-a-beat-avan.html Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:57:53 -0600 Needing No Weatherman Poems from four decades by an author who was uprooted in the struggle against apartheid. [From Needing No Weatherman] ]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2007/12/needing-no-weatherman.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2007/12/needing-no-weatherman.html Print Poetry Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:36:46 -0600 Audrey Weiss Films "It's Sweet to Be Remembered" by Charles Wright 2River Favorite Poem Project. ]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2007/12/audrey-weiss-films-its-sweet-t.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2007/12/audrey-weiss-films-its-sweet-t.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:37:25 -0600 Hally Moore Tells Why She Likes "Plastic" by Tony Hoagland 2River Favorite Poem Project.]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2007/12/hally-moore-tells-why-she-like.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2007/12/hally-moore-tells-why-she-like.html Video Video Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:44:59 -0600 Animation of Jason's Schneiderman's poem "Lamentation" The Video has been moved to the 2River Favorite Poem Project. ]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2007/11/animation-of-jasons-schneiderm.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2007/11/animation-of-jasons-schneiderm.html Video Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:03:43 -0600 2River Included in List of Top Mags at WDS Web del Sol includes 2River in its list of Top 50 Literary Magazines and Metazines. To compile its list, WDS used these "Criteria: Non-Corporate, Brilliant + Dynamic Content, Long-Lasting, Cosmetically Efficent."

]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2007/11/2river-included-in-list-of-top.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2007/11/2river-included-in-list-of-top.html Here at 2River Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:59:13 -0600 Who do you love? Expressions of love in poetry have been found since before the ancient Greeks. From John Milton to Jaime Sabines to Stanley Kunitz, W.S. Merwin showcases poems that have successfully reckoned with a feeling that is beyond reckoning.

[From Who do you love?]

]]> http://www.2river.org/blog/2007/11/who-do-you-love.html http://www.2river.org/blog/2007/11/who-do-you-love.html Print Poetry Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:38:56 -0600 Creative Nonfiction at 52nd City Magazine St. Louis The Timing Chain | by Angela Hamilton

I turn on my hazards, prop up the hood (as my dad had taught me when I turned sixteen), and take off walking down the highway. The rush hour traffic creeps along with me. Only steps away from my truck, I feel a car next to me, an old Chevy. The window rolls down. A man calls to me about a ride.

[Read more at 52nd City Magazine St. Louis]

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