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| Rus Bowden
Valued Member Username: rusbowden Post Number: 233 Registered: 03-2007 |
Dear Poetry Aficionados, Poetry & Poets in Rags blog The deadly news from Virginia Tech leads off both News at Eleven and our Poetic Obituaries. Nikki Giovanni spoke today, delivering a poem, in Blacksburg. We will be finding out more about those who died, in the weeks to come. Yours,<br> Rus Our links: IBPC: Poetry & Poets in Rags Poetry & Poets in Rags blog IBPC Home IBPC Newswire ~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
| MV
Senior Member Username: michaelv Post Number: 447 Registered: 11-2003 |
Editor Rus, I had consider posting the news about Natasha Trethewey winning the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, but I figured you would be including it in this week's edition. Thanks, Rus. Here are a couple of additional Links: http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=90812 http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu/faculty/trethewey.html I have had the good fortune to "poetry relate" to/with Trethewey twice: 1/ circa 2003, I was in a mini 3 hour workshop she team conducted. Afterwards, at the evening reception, she told me she liked my poem "Black Santa." 2/ Dec 2006, I attended her museum reading & booksigning in the gallery where Christenberry's retro was on display. The common theme of place: the South. Afterwards we spoke a moment. I told I esp liked her poem about her name; she mentioned I looked a bit familiar(from the 2003 workshop). Great reading - a model voice. I'm predicting here for the 1st time: Natasha Trethewey is destined to be a future U.S. poet laureate. Congrats, Natasha Trethewey! Michael (MV) |
