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| rus bowden
Valued Member Username: rusbowden Post Number: 227 Registered: 12-2003 |
Dear Poetry Fans, Poetry & Poets in Rags We headline with an article in the Smithsonian Magazine, which contains some super photos along with the well-done article. Our backpage is from The New Yorker, and is a fine slide show with audio. In between in News at Eleven, are some finds. For instance, be sure to check out the article from MetroWest Daily News, as there's a new Franz Wright poem in it. MR Zine is back in our Great Regulars section with a side-by-side poem in French and English, for you bi-lingual types. Our friend Frank Wilson came up with a gem of his own. Plus Kooser and Pinsky are there as every week. Quite a few deaths. One is Stanislaw Lem, who I find out wrote poetry before becoming known as a giant in Sci-Fi. I have read much of his work. In fact, The Matrix didn't surprise me as breaking all-new Sci-Fi ground, as Lem had already been there decades earlier. Yours, Rus Our links: Poetry & Poets in Rags IBPC Home IBPC Newswire ~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
| LJ Cohen
Moderator Username: ljc Post Number: 4338 Registered: 07-2002 |
Great issue, Rus--the interview with Thomas Lux alone worth the price of admission. best, ljc ps--are you a member of the Concord Poetry Center? I went to a reading there last week and am wondering what their poetic community is like Once in a Blue Muse Blog | ||
| rus bowden
Valued Member Username: rusbowden Post Number: 228 Registered: 12-2003 |
Hi Lisa, You were there? Ohhhh. Oh Oh Oh! I wish I knew. I'd never gone there before, but could not pass up the opportunity, Donald Hall reading Jane Kenyon. They packed them in pretty good. Did you go to the reception afterward? I got books signed, and met Joan Houlihan too. Rus | ||
| LJ Cohen
Moderator Username: ljc Post Number: 4340 Registered: 07-2002 |
Damn! I was at the reception too! I didn't talk to a lot of folks because most were in groups and I was by myself. *Kicking self--I knew I should have posted something about it on the board! Oh well, we'll have to plan to get together next time! ljc Once in a Blue Muse Blog | ||
| rus bowden
Valued Member Username: rusbowden Post Number: 229 Registered: 12-2003 |
I was by myself too. You weren't the one I borrowed a pen from, by any chance, were you? | ||
| LJ Cohen
Moderator Username: ljc Post Number: 4341 Registered: 07-2002 |
I don't remember! I was wearing a black dress and black boots, eye glasses, hair in a pony tail. LOL--this feels like the opposite of a blind date! descriptions after the face. ljc Once in a Blue Muse Blog | ||
| rus bowden
Valued Member Username: rusbowden Post Number: 230 Registered: 12-2003 |
Hopefully, they get some pictures up on their web site, and we got snapped into a couple. The site is still inviting people to "join us", so an update should be soon. Or maybe before they do, we'll go to another event, still blind. I was wearing a blue print shirt, with I think a blue jacket, and off-whitepants. My hair is graying, not short, and I think I look about my age of 50 years. I had a plastic bag of books that I bought at the table. Not knowing anyone, my mission was to try some of the cheese and dip, and the wine, then meet Donald Hall and Joyce Pezeroff, and ask them to sign their books. Then I wanted to be sure I met Joan Houlihan. So I was there for a little while. | ||
| rus bowden
Valued Member Username: rusbowden Post Number: 231 Registered: 12-2003 |
Hi Lisa, Here's an article with a poem in the Boston Globe about Joyce Peseroff: A poet and scholar spins her narrative. Rus | ||
| rus bowden
Valued Member Username: rusbowden Post Number: 243 Registered: 12-2003 |
Hi Lisa, The pictures are up, at the Concord Poetry Center site, and there's one in particular that I'm getting a kick out of: A signature from Donald Hall That's me in the blue. Pretty cool. I couldn't have asked for a better shot to remember the night by. I wish they got a shot of the whole crowd, but here, for others, is a pretty good idea of what the turnout was like: Joan welcomes the crowd Yours, Rus | ||
| Karen L Monahan
Intermediate Member Username: klhmonahan Post Number: 890 Registered: 08-2004 |
how cool is that?? lovely pictures, Rus. I adore the poetry world in action. Well done! (((smile))) Karen | ||
| LJ Cohen
Moderator Username: ljc Post Number: 4477 Registered: 07-2002 |
Most cool, Rus. They caught me too: That's me in the black and white shirt You can really see the black and silver stripes in my hair--the reason hubby calls me 'skunk woman'. LOL. I still think it's funny that we were both there and didn't know one another. Hope to catch up with you at a local reading. Best, ljc Once in a Blue Muse Blog |
