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Vital Signs (by Damon McLaughlin)
For my last trick this week, I’m going to write about some ideas I had when at Toad Hall. I think we were talking about Flarf and Language poetry when one of us—or maybe I thought of this after the... Continue reading
Posted Sep 24, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Gotta love The Onion.
Commented Sep 23, 2011 on This Just In . . . Distressed Nation Turns to Poet Laureate for Solace at The Best American Poetry
This Just In . . . Distressed Nation Turns to Poet Laureate for Solace
FRESNO, CA—Struggling through difficult times marked by war, economic despair, and political turmoil, the nation turned en masse this week to its newly appointed poet laureate, seeking solace in his words as so many generations of Americans have before in the words of laureates past. Despondent ...
Runnin' Down a Dream (by Damon McLaughlin)
The Chicago Marathon is just around the corner on October 9. My brother and his wife will be running it. I think they’re crazy. But, because my plans to hear Charles Alexander of Chax Press talk about Emily Dickinson last... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Interesting you bring up Wittgenstein -- I'm pretty sure Boroditzky mentions that exact statement in her lecture.
And thanks for the comment, Leslie.
Commented Sep 21, 2011 on Form for Thought (by Damon McLaughlin) at The Best American Poetry
Form for Thought (by Damon McLaughlin)
In his initial discussion of tone languages in Music, Language, and the Brain, Aniriddh D. Patel writes briefly of the Chinantec, an indigenous people of southern Mexico, who utilize a whistled speech in addition to their tonal, spoken word. They use whistle combinations “of tone and stress dist...
Form for Thought (by Damon McLaughlin)
In his initial discussion of tone languages in Music, Language, and the Brain, Aniriddh D. Patel writes briefly of the Chinantec, an indigenous people of southern Mexico, who utilize a whistled speech in addition to their tonal, spoken word. They... Continue reading
Posted Sep 21, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Sure, I don't see why not. Really, the self is beside the point, so "not knowing" probably isn't that big of a concern... although I personally find it handy to discover where "I" stand in a piece so I can push my self to the side and get down to the real business of poem making. That's usually when I make my best revisions -- when I have no attachments to the writing, as though the self/original-maker of the poem is no longer present.
Commented Sep 21, 2011 on Cameron Scott asks, What's with the Self? (by Damon McLaughlin) at The Best American Poetry
Cameron Scott asks, What's with the Self? (by Damon McLaughlin)
A few days ago, poet Cameron Scott sent out an email that asked “What role should ‘the self’ play in a poem? In other words should a poem be about the self as little as possible, or what the heck, it’s all about me?” He’s a contributing editor for CheekTeeth, the blog for Trachodon Magazine, and...
Couldn't agree more. I don't think poets need be particularly emo, and I don't think poets particularly want to read emo--at least I don't.
Commented Sep 21, 2011 on Cameron Scott asks, What's with the Self? (by Damon McLaughlin) at The Best American Poetry
Cameron Scott asks, What's with the Self? (by Damon McLaughlin)
A few days ago, poet Cameron Scott sent out an email that asked “What role should ‘the self’ play in a poem? In other words should a poem be about the self as little as possible, or what the heck, it’s all about me?” He’s a contributing editor for CheekTeeth, the blog for Trachodon Magazine, and...
Cameron Scott asks, What's with the Self? (by Damon McLaughlin)
A few days ago, poet Cameron Scott sent out an email that asked “What role should ‘the self’ play in a poem? In other words should a poem be about the self as little as possible, or what the heck,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 20, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Oysters, Pure and Simple (by Damon McLaughlin)
Posted Sep 19, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Thank you, Maria. And (I can't resist) I'll be here all week ; )
Commented Sep 19, 2011 on Thank You, Brenda Hillman (Damon McLaughlin) at The Best American Poetry
Thank You, Brenda Hillman (Damon McLaughlin)
I was listening to a lecture at the Poetry Foundation the other day when I jotted down this little Brenda Hillman tidbit: “For the lover of poetry, there is a disequilibrium between himself and the world that nothing satisfies but poetry.” For one of my posts here, I was going to write about the...
Thank you, Grace.
Commented Sep 18, 2011 on Thank You, Brenda Hillman (Damon McLaughlin) at The Best American Poetry
Thank You, Brenda Hillman (Damon McLaughlin)
I was listening to a lecture at the Poetry Foundation the other day when I jotted down this little Brenda Hillman tidbit: “For the lover of poetry, there is a disequilibrium between himself and the world that nothing satisfies but poetry.” For one of my posts here, I was going to write about the...
Thank you, Leslie. You said it exactly.
Commented Sep 18, 2011 on Thank You, Brenda Hillman (Damon McLaughlin) at The Best American Poetry
Thank You, Brenda Hillman (Damon McLaughlin)
I was listening to a lecture at the Poetry Foundation the other day when I jotted down this little Brenda Hillman tidbit: “For the lover of poetry, there is a disequilibrium between himself and the world that nothing satisfies but poetry.” For one of my posts here, I was going to write about the...
Ha!
Commented Sep 18, 2011 on Thank You, Brenda Hillman (Damon McLaughlin) at The Best American Poetry
Thank You, Brenda Hillman (Damon McLaughlin)
I was listening to a lecture at the Poetry Foundation the other day when I jotted down this little Brenda Hillman tidbit: “For the lover of poetry, there is a disequilibrium between himself and the world that nothing satisfies but poetry.” For one of my posts here, I was going to write about the...
Thanks, Terence.
Commented Sep 18, 2011 on Thank You, Brenda Hillman (Damon McLaughlin) at The Best American Poetry
Thank You, Brenda Hillman (Damon McLaughlin)
I was listening to a lecture at the Poetry Foundation the other day when I jotted down this little Brenda Hillman tidbit: “For the lover of poetry, there is a disequilibrium between himself and the world that nothing satisfies but poetry.” For one of my posts here, I was going to write about the...
Thank You, Brenda Hillman (Damon McLaughlin)
Posted Sep 18, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Hey Leslie. Interesting insights into the judging of this year's contest, and I like how you describe (in part 1) White's poems as having a simultaneous Zen sensibility and postmodern worldview -- paradoxical, to my understanding. Looking forward to the book when it releases.
Commented Sep 7, 2011 on Fly on the Wall (part 2): A brief interview with 2011 Washington Prize winner Mike White (by Leslie McGrath) at The Best American Poetry
Fly on the Wall (part 2): A brief interview with 2011 Washington Prize winner Mike White (by Leslie McGrath)
Yesterday I blogged about judging the Washington Prize. 2011 was The Word Works' first year using an electronic submission method, which resulted in about a fifty percent increase in submissions. Once the decision was finalized by the judges, we learned that we’d chosen work by Mike White, a nat...
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