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Catherine Woodard
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Meet the Press: Catherine Woodard in Conversation with Betsy Teter of Hub City Press
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When I am lucky enough to travel, I always think about communities, about how each of us is defined by layers of communities. I grew up in Kenly, N.C., a town of 1,400 people in rural North Carolina, and have... Continue reading
Posted Feb 23, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Interview with Sudeep Sen [by Catherine Woodard]
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The birth of a book is a blessed day. The day I interviewed Sudeep Sen in January at his apartment in New Delhi about editing The Harper Collins Book of English Poetry, his latest poetry book Fractals: New & Selected... Continue reading
Posted Feb 22, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Sen reads his poem "A Blank Letter" on BAP Friday.
Toggle Commented Feb 22, 2013 on Indian English Poetry [by Catherine Woodard] at The Best American Poetry
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When I am lucky enough to travel, I always think about communities, about how each of us is defined by layers of communities. I grew up in Kenly, N.C., a town of 1,400 people in rural North Carolina, and have now lived more than half of my life in NYC... Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2013 at Catherine Woodard
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Indian English Poetry [by Catherine Woodard]
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The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry is a testament to the power of think global, write local. All 85 contemporary poets selected by the editor, Sudeep Sen, are Indians who write in English. They live in India and across the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Delhi Promenade of Pop Poets [by Catherine Woodard]
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Walking Delhi with Himanshu Verma, an emerging arts curator, follows a trail where poets share top billing with rulers and religious leaders. Poets get prominent positions in India’s history – literally – with their shrines and tombs near those of... Continue reading
Posted Feb 20, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Ultra Violet Postcards [by Catherine Woodard]
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BRINK The meaning of quiet – those corridors Knew it well. Softly girls. This building is old, Mother C lisped up stairs, her wimple Flaring like a halo. At table, tennis, we twirled spins like neat habits. A single smash... Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Language Compass [by Catherine Woodard]
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If the recent protests in India prove to be a tipping point for a safer place in society for women, language may need as much reform as police or judicial procedures. As the mother of two daughters in college, I... Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Feb 16, 2013
Catherine Woodard worked to return Poetry in...
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Catherine Woodard worked to return Poetry in Motion to the NYC subways and is a board member of the Poetry Society of America. Her poems have appeared in RHINO, Painted Bride Quarterly, Poet Lore, Southern Poetry Review and other journals. She has been a fellow at the Virginia Center for... Continue reading
Posted Feb 15, 2013 at Catherine Woodard
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Love these names. CW
Toggle Commented Jun 20, 2012 on Phil Jackson: Where was he in 1984? by Stacey Harwood at The Best American Poetry
Likely Anthony and the Knicks still will need that poem next year. So let's stick with your vision of Steve Nash schooling the young Lin and Shumpert. CW
Toggle Commented Jun 17, 2012 on Phil Jackson Poet Poke [by Catherine Woodard] at The Best American Poetry
Phil Jackson Poet Poke [by Catherine Woodard]
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NBA coach Phil Jackson won 11 championships, six with the Chicago Bulls and five with the Los Angeles Lakers. He also was a player for two titles with the Knicks in the 1970s. A Jackson literary tactic was to select... Continue reading
Posted Jun 16, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Baller-in-Chief [by Catherine Woodard]
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A presidential poll on the web asks: Could Obama beat you in basketball? Yes (46%,1,237 Votes) No (39%,1,048 Votes) Maybe (15%, 418 Votes) Baller-in-Chief.com is the name of the website collecting the votes and all things Obama and Basketball. Editor... Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Kill Your Darlings, Trade Melo [by Catherine Woodard]
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“Kill your darlings” is a common command in creative writing classes. William Faulkner (1897-1962) usually gets the credit; sometimes Mark Twain (1835-1919) is mentioned. Regardless who said it first, it’s a savvy way to fine tune writing, particularly poetry. Darlings... Continue reading
Posted Jun 14, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Lingering Loss [by Catherine Woodard]
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Loss must linger on the minds of the 28 NBA teams not on the court last night when the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Miami Heat in the first game of the championship series. LeBron James of the Heat and... Continue reading
Posted Jun 13, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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An Ode to Magic [by Catherine Woodard]
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Basketball poems bugged Quincy Troupe for a long time, particularly his own. No poem he’d ever read­ – or written – captured the speed of basketball, until he wrote an ode to Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. in 1985. “They were... Continue reading
Posted Jun 12, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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An Ode to Magic [by Catherine Woodard]
Basketball poems bugged Quincy Troupe for a long time, particularly his own. No poem he’d ever read­ – or written – ­captured the speed of basketball, until he wrote an ode to Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. in 1985. “They were all just too damn slow,” said Troupe, a former pro... Continue reading
Posted Jun 9, 2012 at Catherine Woodard
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Marie Ponsot Named NYC Literary Legend [by Catherine Woodard]
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In the New York Botanical Garden in November, Marie Ponsot paused in front of a towering tree. She recalled as a little girl she delighted her mother with the observation that trees are just like big bunches of flowers. That... Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Apr 26, 2012
All Shook Up at the Poetry & Cocktail Slam [by Catherine Woodard]
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The drinks at the 2nd Poetry & Cocktail Slam at Back Forty were designed to have a bite, to sneak up on partakers – like the seven paired poems, like any good poem. Drink in hand, Bob Holman of the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 23, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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John Wooden Coached Basketball Champs with Poetry [by Catherine Woodard]
John Wooden, who coached UCLA to a surely unsurpassable record of 10 NCAA basketball championships, considered poetry one of his most effective coaching tools. Poetry was not for game days, but for the locker room, bus rides, hotel lobbies and... Continue reading
Posted Mar 30, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Renewed and Improved: Poetry in Motion Returns to NYC Subways [by Catherine Woodard]
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Poetry rides the rails again in New York City. After a four-year hiatus, Poetry in Motion is back in NYC subways, reinstated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in collaboration with the Poetry Society of America (PSA). Re-imagined in NYC... Continue reading
Posted Mar 28, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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March Madness Continued: Poetry hoops with Natalie Diaz [by Catherine Woodard]
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Natalie Diaz, 5’11, played point guard in NCAA March Madness for four years at Old Dominion University, a storied women’s college program. Diaz reached the NCAA finals as a freshman in 1997 and to the Sweet Sixteen the other three... Continue reading
Posted Mar 19, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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March Madness by Catherine Woodard
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Once a year, in March, every American wants to be a poet. At least those glued to their televisions sets for the three weekends of the NCAA basketball tournaments. It’s why March is synonymous with Madness, the month in which... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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