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Monday, March 28, 2011

Young poets 2010

Melissa Kwasny

Emerging poets

Thomas Sayers. On father.

I like the framing of store to album of his Atomic Bride

I enjoyed reading Julie Carr's poetry. On fascination, parenting, child birth, sex.

Steve Healey. Earthling has ice age, water, salt, boat, dandelions, shoes recurring in it. small winter. Healey customised the season thereby removing any doubts if there can be anything be left to say of it. when the clock points outside the window.
consistently magical. (James Tate, Mary Ruefle, Stephen Malkmus on back cover)

Anna Rabinowitz
John Hodgen
Lynn Emanuel
John Beer
Suzanne Buffam
Nathalie Handal

Anis Shivani's article also lists some young poets.

O so many lit mags

culture mag
Reading Orr's The Politics of poetry, sidebar lead me to
Guernica, a magazine of art and politics.
Ales Steger. I havent read much international poetry.
Somehow I came to Big think and then to The Death of NYTBR where emerging poets of 2010 have been identified.

Missing

You can throw them
into the volcano

Even when the earth
pulls the people in
a quake
they are accounted for

Not a solo artist

In What the Dog saw, I came across Late bloomers article that I like. Recognising a work of art impossible without the support of other people, family and patrons. From Matisse's life, I felt that if an artist needs time for art, then is there time for feeding the family?

Review of book reviews

If its a muddle, going up the chain, I see how when overdone author's reputation can taint the work and in desired amounts can flavor the work while reading this post

Bilingual poetry

In Raul Zurita's Purgatory, sentences are like stakes. Of places like the Atacama desert and the Pampas - they are pitted in the ground. He looks at the relationships between them with each as the center. This outlook might be the way to understand anything wholly.

For another day

My Life as a Russian Novel has a gripping writing style but the incidents are not for a day when you are looking for truth.

Review
Another review