Former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky was recently interviewed on the BBC/NPR program The World about the University of Iowa's book Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak (to be published August 15). He was asked, to be blunt, is the poetry in this book any good?I won't tell you his answer. You'll have to listen … Continue reading Urgent Poetry
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So Many Words
Since she won't be allowed a cell phone, BlackBerry, or computer in the clink, Paris Hilton is apparently going retro and stocking up on books. On the list, Eckhart Tolle's neo-Buddhist self-help guide The Power of Now.Let's hope it helps.
Out of the Book, On to the Screen
On Friday June 15 at 7:30 pm, Magers and Quinn will host a screening of the film documentary about McEwan's latest novel, On Chesil Beach, a story that gives a deep understanding of the innocence of a newly married couple--both virgins--in 1962, when marriage was presumed to be the outward sign of maturity and independence. … Continue reading Out of the Book, On to the Screen
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