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Mar 7, 2010 7:56am

A poet's walk on the estate has been open and free since 2003. It leads through the woods to the gravesite of Millay and her family, with passages of her poetry posted along the way....Link! ...

'Remembering a Faery Tradition' by Trudy Last

Mar 7, 2010 7:49am

This book analyzes a collection of poetry about the Civil War and explores the possibility that the poems were actually about Wicca. ...Link! ...

Powerful wirting

Mar 7, 2010 7:44am

Burlington Writers Club, a group that is more than 50 years old and 61-members strong, offers both company and encouragement to those striving to make it in such a solitary profession. ...Link! ...

Kids have fun, learn at Seuss shindig

Mar 7, 2010 7:43am

The event was made possible through the partnership of the library and the University of Guam Early Childhood Education program and the Association for Childhood Education International....Link! ...

Review: Savage Menace and Other Poems of Horror by Richard L Tierney

Mar 7, 2010 7:38am

Ably edited by Charles Lovecraft, the volume falls into three main sections, commencing with 'Things of Menace and Dread: a fear cycle,' followed by 'A Masque of Thalia: a humorous cycle' and 'The Doom of Hyboria: a poetry cycle.'...Link! ...

Foot of the Lake poetry group to discuss song lyrics

Mar 7, 2010 7:34am

Poetry News: Song lyrics will be the topic of the Foot of the Lake Poetry Collective's monthly meeting.Link! ...

Katonah Museum writer-in-residence teaches kids visual literacy

Mar 7, 2010 7:32am

Pamela Hart is the writer-in-residence at the Katonah Museum and works with students from nearby schools on a program called Thinking Through Art. ...Link! ...

English department pays tribute to retirees and late professor,poet Chandra

Mar 7, 2010 7:22am

The English department gathered last Friday in the EdgarvSnow Room of Newcomb Hall to recognize retirees Dr. Ralph Berets and Dr. David Weinglass and remember English Professor G.S. Sharat Chandra....Link! ...

Richard Ford at UT, poetry and the movies, and a fond farewell to a reclusive li

Mar 7, 2010 7:20am

Poetry News: One of the lovely things about attending readings sponsored by the University of Texas' Michener Center for Writers is the large ratio of writing students in the audience, whose presence occasions a valuable level of "shoptalk" unavailable at bookstore events.Link! ...

Classic review: Poems from the Women's Movement

Mar 7, 2010 7:18am

Sylvia Plath is the first of 58 writers to appear in the compilation. Her poem “The Applicant” is a fitting opener, since it questions both the value of marriage and society’s notions about acceptability: “First, are you our kind of person?” Plath’s wide appeal and her iconic status, as both...

Nimrod seeking writers

Mar 7, 2010 2:23am

Poetry News: ... encouraged to enter their work for the The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction and The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry. Each award has a first prize of $2,000 and second prize of $1,000, along with publication of the winning stories and poems in ...Link! ...

International Women's Day

Mar 7, 2010 2:08am

Lenelle Moise has been hailed as “a masterful performer” by GetUnderground.com and is a "culturally hyphenated pomosexual poet" who creates jazz-infused, hip-hop bred, politicized texts about Haitian-American identity and the intersection of race, class, gender, sexuality, spirituality and resistance....Link! ...

Inside a young poets prestigious getaway

Mar 7, 2010 2:04am

Poetry News: For an indication of the health of British poetry, says Lemn Sissay, look no further than the strength of the entries to young people's competitions.Link! ...

Staff Picks for March 2010

Mar 6, 2010 11:14pm

Collaborative poetry always fascinated me. I had a great time writing mine with another fellow poet here on the site, Fenix9. It was fun and I liked the concept of merging two voices, different thoughts and ideas and in our case working out on a single theme from different cities. ...

Review: THE SECRET LIFE OF EMILY DICKINSON

Mar 6, 2010 9:35pm

Dickinson's life was a fierce battle with her disappointments and with God, a war carried on with those pointed lines, calling him to account for his clumsiness, his aloofness, his mindless cruelty. But too little of that spiritual acuity and agony rises from Charyn's story. For all the private romantic...