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"Who imagines, at the beginning of a life, fifty years of published work? I have neither fifty years of writing nor fifty years on the planet, so I marvel at Louise Glück's Poems, 1962-2012."
—Joseph Campana, Of Myths and Trees
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"Deserter, wifebeater, great poet:"
Walking Wounded: The Life and Poetry of Vernon Scannell, by James Andrew Taylor, reviewed by Wynn Wheldon. (The Spectator)
"It’s a great deal easier to be a concert violinist than to be a poet."
John Elmes chats with Fiona Sampson, professor of poetry at the University of Roehampton's new Poetry Centre. (Times Higher Education)
"... they are my children, and brilliant ones, too..."
Dana Jennings chats with Tupelo Press publisher Jeffrey Levine. (Arts Beat)
Shakespeare "as a team player rather than a lofty genius:"
Shakespeare in Company, by Bart van Es, reviewed by Charles Nicholl. (The Times Literary Supplement)
"You may know him better than you think:"
Collected Poems, C.P. Cavafy, translated by Daniel Mendelsohn, reviewed by Paddy Kehoe. (RTÉ ten)
American Life in Poetry:
Ted Kooser presents Jay Leeming's "Blind Date." (American Life in Poetry)
TLS poem of the week:
James Crews introduces Tishani Doshi's "London." (The Times Literary Supplement)
"The Best Books of 2013, Part 1"
Selected by New Yorker contributors. (Page-Turner)
"Emily Dickinson's Poetry As It Was Meant To Be Read"
Hillary Kelly on The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson's Envelope Poems, edited by Marta Werner and Jen Bervin. (The New Republic)
"Rudyard Kipling Was a Great American"
Christopher Benfey on Thomas Pinney's new three-volume edition of Kipling’s poetry and more. (The New Republic)
"There is a circle in hell reserved for the people who stop reading Dante..."
Alexander Aciman continues his recap of the Inferno with Canto X. (Paris Review Daily)
The Guardian poem of the week:
Carol Rumens introduces Thomas Kinsella's "Free Fall." (The Guardian)
"What is timeless in each act:"
Wilmer Mills's Selected Poems reviewed by Tina LoTufo. (Knoxville News Sentinel)
"The Poetry of Nelson Mandela"
Reflecting on poetry and political consciousness, David Biespiel finds poetry in the words of Nelson Mandela. (Poetry Wire)
Language of the gods:
The Iliad, by Homer, edited and translated by Barry Powell, reviewed by Arlice Davenport. (The Wichita Eagle)
"'Billy Collins puts the fun back in profundity'"
Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems reviewed by Katie Haegele. (Philly.com)
The Guardian best poetry of 2013:
Adam Newey's roundup. (The Guardian)
Recently Arrived Titles
These just in... Highlighted titles may be purchased from Poetry Daily / Amazon.com. A complete
list of all books and journals recently received at Poetry Daily is also available.
- Correspondence, Priscilla Frake (Mutabilis Press)
- Isthmus, Dan Rifenburgh (Mutabilis Press)
- Of: Vol. 1, Ossian Foley (Ugly Duckling Presse)
- Conjuring My Leafy Muse, Mary Meriam (Headmistress Press)
- The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano (Two Sylvias Press)
- Our Fear, Michael Autrey (The Cultural Society)
- Boomerangs in the Living Room, Rex Wilder (Red Hen Press)
- Interrogating Water: and other poems, Philip Fried (Salmon Poetry)
- The Dead Eat Everything, Michael Mlekoday (Kent State University Press)
- Pumpkin Chucking, Stephen Scaer (Able Muse Press)
- House Music, Ellen Kaufman (Able Muse Press)
- The Moons of August, Danusha Laméris (Autumn House Press)
- Homeland, LuAnn Keener-Mikenas (Louisiana Literature Press)
- Text(isles), Nancy Kassell (Dos Madres Press)
Past Features:
Original
articles, interviews, selections from special collections and journal issues, and more are available in the Archives.
