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Parallel Lines and Power Chords: Music and Poetic Composition
Exploring Heritage: Black History Month
Save the Date: Put a Poem in your Pocket on April 17
Audio Archive: Poets in the Parks
Poetry & The Creative Mind: April 1
Nobel Laureate: Derek Walcott
Listen Up: Poetry Podcasts and Recordings
Good Reads: State Favorites and Critics Picks
Parallel Lines and Power Chords: Music and Poetic Composition
"If approaching the ineffable or unspeakable are our best ambitions for language, then what we are talking about is desire, hunting, and seeking. Music tends to do that hunting for us far more successfully than language," writes poet Michael Morse in his essay "Parallel Lines and Power Chords," an ABC of music and poetry that revels in the work of Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Zappa, alongside Sappho, Richard Hugo, and Emily Dickinson, among many others.
On the web at: www.poets.org/prose
Exploring Heritage: Black History Month
Celebrate the rich tradition of African American poetry with featured recordings and poems, essays on literary movements and milestones, and profiles of both historical and contemporary poets who continue to pioneer new ground while keeping an eye on the past.
On the web at: www.poets.org/blackhistory
Save the Date: Put a Poem in your Pocket on April 17
Join us in celebrating the first national Poem In Your Pocket Day on April 17. The idea is simple: choose a poem during National Poetry Month to carry and share with friends, co-workers, family, even strangers on April 17. Get ideas for creating your own Poem In Your Pocket Day event, and start browsing for the perfect pocket poem.
On the web at: www.poets.org/pocket
Audio Archive: Poets in the Parks
The Academy of American Poets' outdoor reading series has welcomed large audiences and frequent passers-by to hear to hear a broad range of styles, personalities, and backgrounds amidst the wind, shade trees, and passing sirens. We have collected some of the best poems from the series to make them available to everyone. Recorded live and outdoors, this new audio anthology features fourteen of the nation's finest emerging poets. Buy the CD and listen to a sample recording by Thomas Sayers Ellis online.
On the web at: www.poets.org/store
Poetry & The Creative Mind: April 1
Join Meryl Streep, Liz Smith, John Guare, Philippe de Montebello, Jonathan Demme, Katie Couric, Robert Caro, Candace Bushnell, and a host of others at the 6th annual Poetry & The Creative Mind at Lincoln Center on April 1. Poetry & The Creative Mind is a spectacular evening featuring leading artists, actors, musicians, dancers, scholars, and public figures reading favorite poems. Proceeds benefit the Academy of American Poets’ National Poetry Month programs. Special offer for our newsletter subscribers: $10 off all tickets (regular price: $40-$75). Use the code NEWSLETTER08 when ordering online at www.lincolncenter.org or by phone at (212) 721.6500.
On the web at: www.poets.org/gala
Nobel Laureate: Derek Walcott
"For almost forty years his throbbing and relentless lines kept arriving in the English language like tidal waves," wrote Joseph Brodsky about Derek Walcott. The recipient of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature, Walcott is the author of numerous collections of poetry, as well as plays and essays. Read his profile and poems, and listen to a recording on Poets.org.
On the web at: www.poets.org/dwalc
Listen Up: Poetry Podcasts and Recordings
Tune in to Poets.org to hear the most recent Poetcasts, including poems of love and pain from Jack Gilbert and Peter Gizzi, as well as recordings by Li-Young Lee, Paul Hoover, Claudia Emerson, and Christian Bök. Or stream new audio recordings of A. Van Jordan, Robert Creeley, James Fenton, and others.
On the web at: www.poets.org/audio
Good Reads: State Favorites and Critics Picks
Visit the National Poetry Map to discover which were the most sought-out poems in 2007 in each individual state. For more recommendations, the National Book Critics Circle polled their 800 members, award finalists, and winners about new books they loved and the results are in. Find out which recent collections top their latest list.
On the web at: www.poets.org/map & www.poets.org/poems
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