A Poetry Daily Prose Feature:
"Apollinaire seemed an unlikely candidate for following orders, not to mention the hardship and violence of war. His battles were aesthetic; his weapons were his tongue and pen.... But for Apollinaire, a soldier's life was a revelation. He loved his training in arms and horseback riding, learning to use and care for the famous French 75 cannon. He delighted in the discovery of his physical prowess, his ability to keep up with men fifteen years younger than he, the manly camaraderie of barracks life, the welter of new sights and sounds and information. 'Soldiering is my true profession,' he wrote his Parisian friends. To another he wrote, from training camp, 'I love art so much, I have joined the artillery.' And because waiting and idleness turned out to be a part of life in uniform, he wrote a great deal..." —Tony Hoagland, I Seem to Be at a Great Feast:
The War Poems of Guillaume Apollinaire
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2014 Dylan Thomas Prize:
Longlist announced. (BBC)
"I don’t sleep. And I can really only write in bars."
Win Bassett talks with poet and IT professional TJ Jarrett. (The Atlantic)
"How Much Does 'Does Poetry Matter' Matter?"
Jonathan Farmer weighs in.
(Los Angeles Review of Books)
TLS poem of the week:
Andrew McCulloch introduces John Gohorry's "Hokusai: A dream of a hundred bridges." (The Times Literary Supplement)
Irish Times Poetry Now prize:
The shortlist. (The Irish Times)
"Everything he said, he said directly... Everything he did, he did as a poet."
The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Bilingual Edition, translated by Stephen Sartarelli, reviewed by Adam Thirlwell. (Bookforum)
"Geologic Time from Now On!"
Heather Houser on Lorine Niedecker’s Lake Superior.
(Los Angeles Review of Books)
"One thing you can count on is that people will keep writing..."
David Lehman on poetry, technology, the humanities and sciences, and more. (The New York Times)
American Life in Poetry:
Ted Kooser presents Mark Kraushaar's "The Ring Toss Lady Breaks a Five." (American Life in Poetry)
The Guardian poem of the week:
Carol Rumens introduces Ian Gregson's "Squawks and Speech." (The Guardian)
"Can poetry ever regain its relevancy?"
"Room for Debate" answers. (The New York Times)
"... grabby, over the top, titillating and outré ..."
Stephen Burt reviews Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals by Patricia Lockwood. (The New York Times)
• From Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals and the PD archive: "List of Cross-Dressing Soldiers."
"What kind of game is this?"
Daisy Fried reviews Bicentennial by Dan Chiasson. (The New York Times)
• From Bicentennial and the PD archive: "Interviewing Janet Malcolm."
"... the two cultures have difficulty reading each other, sometimes literally"
Nicholas Wroe profiles Scottish poet Robert Crawford. (The Guardian)
"James Franco, Poet"
David Orr on Directing Herbert White, by James Franco. (The New York Times)
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- O, Heart, Claudia Keelan (Barrow Street Press)
- Unions, Alfred Corn (Barrow Street Press)
- Apologies, Kristin P. Bradshaw (Burning Deck)
- A Future More Vivid: Selected Poems, Betsy Rosenberg (Sheep Meadow Press)
- Moontide, Niall Campbell (Bloodaxe Books)
- Slower Than Stars, Steve Mueske (Ravenna Press)
- The Low Pouring Stars, George J. Farrah (Ravenna Press)
- The Finnish Orchestra, Kathryn Rantala (Ravenna Press)
- Adoptable, Patrick Hicks (Salmon Poetry)
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