AvatarThe Poet's PulpitFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 hours agoWhat the closure of Small Press Distribution means for readers.lithub.com - Drew BroussardDepending on which corners of literary social media you frequent, yesterday’s breaking news that SPD (Small Press Distribution) was going under was …
AvatarThe Poet's PulpitFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo7 hours agoGertrude Stein Gets a Snarky Rejection Letter from a Publisher (1912)openculture.com - OCGertrude Stein considered herself an experimental writer and wrote what The Poetry Foundation calls “dense poems and fictions, often devoid of plot …
AvatarThe Poet's PulpitAvatarAvatar1 day agoBenjamin Zephaniah mural to be unveiled at Birmingham parkverified_publisherBBC News - Shehnaz KhanBBC News Artwork celebrating late poet Benjamin Zephaniah will be unveiled at Handsworth Park in April. Benjamin Zephaniah mural to be unveiled at Birmingham park
AvatarThe Poet's PulpitAvatarAvatar1 day agoUse Your Allusion: See How Many Literary References You Recognizeverified_publisherThe New York Times - J. D. BiersdorferLines from poems and plays frequently serve as inspiration for later literary allusions. This 12-question quiz is crafted from a running list created by the Book Review’s staff to test your knowledge on a wide variety of referenced works. The source material spans thousands of years and includes …
AvatarThe Poet's Pulpit1 day agoIna Coolbrith, one of the Bay Area's literary pioneersKTVUIna Coolbrith, one of the Bay Area's literary pioneers, gained fame as California's first poet laureate. She was Oakland's first public librarian who broke many conventions of her time. Considered a literary giant, she even mentored Jack London. See how Coolbrith is celebrated today as KTVU's Jana Katsuyama explores how her legacy lives throughout the Bay in quiet corners.
AvatarThe Poet's PulpitAvatarAvatar1 day agoLike My Book Title? Thanks, I Borrowed It.verified_publisherThe New York Times - A.O. ScottLiterary allusions are everywhere. What are they good for? You see it everywhere, even if you don’t always recognize it: the literary allusion. Quick! Which two big novels of the past two years borrowed their titles from “Macbeth”? Nailing the answer — “Birnam Wood” and “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and …
AvatarThe Poet's PulpitAvatarAvatar2 days agoMarjorie Perloff, Leading Scholar of Avant-Garde Poetry, Dies at 92verified_publisherThe New York Times - Clay RisenA forceful advocate for experimental poetry, she argued that a critic’s task was not to search for meaning, but to explicate the form and texture of a poem. Marjorie Perloff, whose incisive, at times idiosyncratic readings of avant-garde artists like Ezra Pound, John Cage and John Ashbery made her …
AvatarThe Poet's PulpitAvatarAvatar1 day agoHarvard Removes Binding of Human Skin From Book in Its Libraryverified_publisherThe New York Times - Jennifer SchuesslerThe decision to find a “respectful final disposition” for human remains used for a 19th-century book comes amid growing scrutiny of their presence in museum collections. Of the roughly 20 million books in Harvard University’s libraries, one has long exerted a unique dark fascination, not for its …
AvatarThe Poet's PulpitAvatarAvatar3 days agoMississauga's outgoing poet laureate reflects on his termverified_publisherCBC News - Laura PedersenFor more than two years, Mississauga's poet laureate Ayomide Bayowa has been using his words in an effort to amplify the voices of his community. "I …
AvatarThe Poet's PulpitAvatarAvatar3 days agoLost Women: Aphra Behn—Novelist, Spy and the First Woman to Earn a Living as an English WriterMs. Magazine - Rita KramerAny woman who writes for a living owes a debt to Aphra Behn. As her successes grew, so did the sexual prejudice against her. Reclaiming the forgotten …