Pennsound at the University of Pennsylvania continue their fine series of poetry recordings with the collected poetry recordings of Ezra Pound. (see also Tributes to Two Great American Poets in this blog.) Pound’s poetry and voice, whatever you might think of his political views, are extraordinary. The way he rolls his Rs is fabulous. I wonder where he picked that up? Included in the presentation is a history of the recordings by …Read the Rest
Archive for April, 2007
Doll’s Face
Extraordinary video by Andy Huang, who’s a senior Fine Arts major and Animation minor at the University of Southern California …Read the Rest
Was cancer research suppressed? Answers, please
I’m sure you’ve had friends and/or family die of cancer. I certainly have had friends die of both brain and …Read the Rest
Skyroad
The poet Mark Granier rang me up about a literary matter the other day and in the course of our …Read the Rest
An Occasion of Poetry
Some years ago — it must have been the mid-eighties — Paula Meehan and I were invited to read in …Read the Rest
Books and distribution pains
When I published my last novel, The Fisher Child in November 2000, the omens seemed good. It sold a stack …Read the Rest
Literature and the Environment
Just about a year ago, Patrick Chapman and I set up an experiment called Irish Literary Revival. As we put …Read the Rest
Chris Singleton
Years ago, when times were simpler and we had time to regularly see multiple friends and have parties and go …Read the Rest
Kurt Vonnegut dies, aged 84
See New York Times obit (may require registration) Kurt Vonnegut, Writer of Classics of the American Counterculture, Dies at 84
Biomimicry
If you have 23 minutes to spare, and I would strongly urge you to have them, then have a look …Read the Rest
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