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Poetry from Aotearoa/New Zealand 8–David Eggleton’s ‘Painting Mount Taranaki’
Since David Eggleton's 'Painting Mount Taranaki' first appeared in the The Penguin Book of New Zealand Poetry in 1985, it has been one of the most discussed and deconstructed poems in the country's literary history.…
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Poetry Bestseller List for the twelve-week period ending Sunday, August 3.
The Indie Poetry Bestseller List Compiled by the American Booksellers Association, and based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States, for the twelve-week sales period ending August 3, 2014.…
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Janet R. Kirchheimer, guest author August 11-15
This week we welcome Janet R. Kirchheimer as our guest author. Janet is the author of “How to Spot One of Us” (Clal 2007) and currently producing BE•HOLD, a cinematic poetry film. She received…
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Hamlet’s Horoscope [by David Lehman]
Hamlet was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on August 10, a Monday, at 8:11 AM. He wrote two novels and a book of poems, but it was as an actor and director that he gained…
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Yo, Dude: Shelley & Milton Meet Doug Lang [Terence Winch]
In honor of Percy Bysshe Shelley's recent birthday and John Milton's perpetual relevance, here are two pieces from Doug Lang’s funny, dazzling, and supremely inventive sonnet collection, dérangé (which full disclosure requires me to…
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Purity and Nonsense [Part 2] (by Brian Brodeur)
Thanks again to Jim Cummins, Stacey Harwood, and BAP for asking me to guest-blog. It's been an honor to share a few thoughts on poetry and teaching creative-writing with the discerning readers of BAP…
