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This Just in from Molly Peacock
The marvelous Molly Peacock writes to encourage us to spread the word about the Troubador poetry competition, now accepting entries. Of the contest, Molly says: This is a marvelous contest, full of prestige, and…
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Contemporary Manifestations of the Beloved by Roger Sedarat
My experience with the ghazal, as both a translator from the classical Persian as well as an Iranian-American poet writing in the form in English), gets me thinking comparatively, both in terms of time…
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Abandoned Quarry Seen from Below by John Lane
(c)Nin Andrews Nin Andrews interviews John Lane here.
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Harold Bloom: Born to Teach [by David Lehman]
Word of Harold Bloom's forthcoming book — on the King James Version, 500 years old in 2011 and still the best of Bibles – excites this reader as a volume from no other contemporary…
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Roger Sedarat, Guest Blogger August 21 – 27
This week we welcome Roger Sedarat as our guest blogger. Roger is the author of two poetry collections, Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic, which won Ohio UP’s 2007 Hollis Summers’ Prize (David Lehman,…
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“Lil’ Wayne Writes Ghazals”–A 21st Century Introduction to a Classical Persian Form
“Lil’ Wayne writes ghazals.” This from Program Coordinator and poet Reynold Martin to the amazing group of teens doing spoken word (and so much more) at Urban Word as he introduced the workshop I…
