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Tag Archives: poetry
Of cats and bats, mostly cats
in animal ethics, bookstores, photography, poetry
Tagged Cats, contests, Fe-lines, Norman Shapiro, poetry
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It is seldom mentioned that cats are one of the great lawyers of the animal kingdom. Say “no” to a cat and it will look at you with an expression that answers: “Please define ‘no.’” And so on. I don’t think … Continue reading
Day of the cat
in poetry
Tagged Cats, Fe-lines, musical, Norman Shapiro, poem, poetry, translation
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In 1982, an alliance of pop culture titans came together on the Broadway stage. Andrew Lloyd Webber, a man who helped turn Jesus into a rock star and somehow got a musical on roller skates financed, teamed with Cameron Mackintosh, the … Continue reading
Liberty, equality, and that other thing
in poetry
Tagged Bastille Day, Fe-lines, Norman Shapiro, poetry, Tristan Klingsor
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Everyone is a little French on Bastille Day. Which is ironic, as during the French Revolution, French was one of the last things you wanted to be. You know who could not give a care about revolutionary politics? Cats. But you … Continue reading
Q&A with Becoming Julia de Burgos author Vanessa Pérez Rosario
in author commentary, biography, interviews, latino studies, literary studies, poetry, women's history
Tagged Julia de Burgos, poetry, Puerto Rico, Vanessa Perez Rosario
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Vanessa Pérez Rosario is an associate professor of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at City University of New York, Brooklyn College, and the editor of Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration: Narratives of Displacement. She recently answered some questions about her … Continue reading
Huffington Post and The Rumpus examine Denise Levertov
in biography, religion, reviews
Tagged Dana Greene, Denise Levertov, Huffington Post, poetry, The Rumpus
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Nearly sixteen years past her death, poet Denise Levertov’s work and life continue to fascinate. Dana Greene’s biography of the poet, Denise Levertov: A Poet’s Life has gained new acclaim with reviews on two prominent websites. Carl McColman writes on The … Continue reading
Colleen McElroy’s new poetry collection Sleeping with the Moon is featured at PoetryFoundation.org. “She will happily give the MFAs a headache with her unfashionably clear statements and heartbroken admissions and the bold planting, in almost every poem, of the moon, which she … Continue reading
Lorna Goodison appears in Book Sense’s April picks list for her new book From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island (Amistad/Harper Collins). The University of Illinois Press previously published three collections of Goodison’s poetry: To Us, All Flowers … Continue reading
