Competition and Camaraderie
Joshua Bennett C’10’s new book mixes cultural and personal history.
The South
“one magnolia holds my childhood”
Whitman at 200
Penn Libraries’ Whitman at 200 contains multitudes.
Charles Bernstein Versus Verse
Charles Bernstein on his Bollingen Prize and retiring from Penn.
“The Usual Pound Piffle”
Ezra Pound’s Bollingen, and before.
“Every Poem is Political”
Emily Jungmin Yoon C’13’s A Cruelty Special to Our Species.
Wordsworth’s American Champion
Nearly two centuries ago, Penn professor Henry Hope Reed put William Wordsworth on America’s cultural map. More or less forgotten today (make that more), Reed was an impressive scholar whose enthusiasm for Wordsworth and English Romanticism helped shape the nation’s literary values.
Why Chaucer and Why Now?
David Wallace on Chaucer, his world, and ours.
Finally, an EPIC at Penn
EPIC Conference: Pound, Williams, H. D., Moore.
The ModPo Squad
A MOOC reinvigorates modern American poetry.
Ambassador Word
Miles Hodges C’13 says “screw that” to being quiet in the library.
Late Start, Big Prize
Airea D. Matthews C’94 takes Yale Younger Poets prize.
Out of Texas
Paul Christensen Gr’73’s “A West Texas Marriage.”
Politics and Poetry in Kashmir
English Professor Suvir Kaul on Kashmir’s rich poetry and tragic politics.
Fade to Black and White
Places and things left behind. The Picture that Remains.
A Memory-Keeper’s Journey
Edward Hirsch Gr’79 on writing as a means of rescue.
The Moment and the Poem
There’s a rich music in the poetry of Gregory Djanikian C’71, along with hard-won wisdom, a generous spirit, and a “clarity that does not negate complication.”
Penobscot Farewell
“Night Journey” by Daniel Hoffman (1923-2013).
“Excruciatingly Difficult and Unbelievably Gorgeous”
“Glenn Gould of translators” Edith Grossman CW’57 G’59.
The “Uncreative Writer” in Washington
So there’s Kenneth Goldsmith, hanging out in the White House, about to meet the president of the United States.
Experimental poetry gains a new home at the Kelly Writer’s House
Jacket2 comes to Penn.
Online Poetry in Motion
Jacket2 looks good on Kelly Writers House.
A Model for the Writing Life
Bassini Apprenticeships offer “lab experience” for writers
Penn Poet Wins a Marshall
Joshua Bennett C’10 wins Marshall Scholarship