A Poetry Daily Prose Feature:
"Even at this distance—more than seventy-five years after his death and nearly twenty years after the collapse of the government he fervently promoted—it remains difficult to account for the phenomenal nature, the sheer outlandishness, of Vladimir Mayakovsky. As unofficial poet laureate of the Russian Revolution ("my revolution," he called it) Mayakovsky had unrivaled authority and glamour, taking on multiple responsibilities and roles—orator, playwright, magazine editor, stage and film actor, poster maker, jingle writer—with a singular mix of self-mockery and martyrdom." —Michael Almereyda, Introduction to Night Wraps the Sky: Writings by and about Mayakovsky
Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for literary translation from Arabic:
Fady Joudah, translator of Mahmoud Darwish's collection The Butterfly's Burden honored with this year's prize. (Guardian)
Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition:
Kate Miller wins the inaugural competition. (Guardian)
"A stylistic equivalent for the struggles of imperfect mortals:"
Robert Pinsky celebrates John Milton's continuing influence, 400 years after his birth. (Slate)
A "commitment to print, to the book, the pamphlet and the little magazine."
Seamus Heaney: A Bibliography 1959-2003, by Rand Brandes and Michael A Durkan, reviewed by John McAuliffe. (The Irish Times)
Carol Rumens: Poem of the Week
Carol Rumens introduces a poem by Steve Bailey. (Guardian)
Poet's Choice:
Mary Karr introduces poems by Philip Larkin. (The Washington Post)
What kind of fidelity?
Nick Laird learning language through translation. (Guardian Unlimited)
Poet of all the Arabs:
Mourid Barghouti on the complex legacy of Mahmoud Darwish. (Guardian Unlimited)
A visit to Steepletop:
The home of Edna St. Vincent Millay will undergo restoration. (The Washington Post)
Epistolary friends:
Bill Christopherson reviews White Heat by Brenda Wineapple. (Wall Street Journal)
Frank Ledwell, 78
An obituary for the author, teacher, and former poet laureate of Prince Edward Island. (CBCNews.ca)
"Forgive me / they were delicious"
Kerri Miller and guests Neil Baldwin and Bill Zavatsky discuss the life and work of William Carlos Williams. (Audio from Midmorning and Minnesota Public Radio)
American Life in Poetry:
Ted Kooser introduces a poem by Kristen Tracy. (American Life in Poetry)
Recently Arrived Titles
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list of all books and journals recently received at Poetry Daily is also available.
- The Half Healed, Michael Symmons Roberts (Jonathan Cape)
- Divine Comedy: Journeys Through a Regional Geography: Three New Works, John Kinsella (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.)
- Red Rover, Susan Stewart (University of Chicago Press)
- Kiss, Kiss, Linda Lee Harper (Cleveland State University Poetry Center)
- The Turning, Maxine Chernoff (Apogee Press)
- What Sound Does It Make, Erin Malone (Concrete Wolf)
- Taking the Road Where It Leads, Andrena Zawinski (Poets Corner Press)
- A Slant of Light, Paul Kane (Whitmore Press)
- Green Zone New Orleans, Mark Yakich (Press Street)
- Storms Will Tell: Selected Poems, Janet Frame (Bloodaxe Books)
Recent Anthologies, etc.
- White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Brenda Wineapple (Alfred A. Knopf)
- Best Thought, Worst Thought: On Art, Sex, Work and Death, Don Paterson (Graywolf Press)
- 100 Essential Modern Poems by Women, ed. Joseph Parisi and Kathleen Welton (Ivan R. Dee, Publisher)
- The Monster Loves His Labyrinth: Notebooks, Charles Simic (Ausable Press)
- Quote Poet Unquote: Contemporary Quotations on Poets and Poetry, ed. Dennis O'Driscoll (Copper Canyon Press)
- All That Mighty Heart: London Poems, ed. Lisa Russ Spaar (University of Virginia Press)
- The Making of a Sonnet: A Norton Anthology, ed. Edward Hirsch and Eavan Boland (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.)
- The Art of the Poetic Line, James Longenbach (Graywolf Press)
- The Art of Attention: A Poet's Eye, Donald Revell (Graywolf Press)
- The Modern Element: Essays on Contemporary Poetry, Adam Kirsch (Norton)
- Poetry Daily Essentials 2007, Diane Boller, Don Selby, ed.s (Sourcebooks)
Past Features:
Original
articles, interviews, selections from special collections and journal issues, and more are available in the Archives.
