Texas Grand Slam Poetry Festival (from Maroon Weekly)
The dim outside lights of Revolutions Café & Bar make it difficult at first to tell whether or not you’ve actually come to the right place. People laugh over their ashtrays and sangrias as you settle down in the back, dogs wandering aimlessly between the tables…
Common Enlists Dr. Maya Angelou For ‘The Dreamer, The Believer’ (from ology.com)
Common’s no stranger to dropping poets on his albums–if you’ll run back, his father Lonnie “Pops” Lynn has shared some spoken word on past LPs like One Day It’ll All Make Sense and Like Water For Chocolate–and though that’s always done well in adding some color, Com’s enlisted a major player for a contribution, snagging famed African-American poet and author Dr. Maya Angelou for a feature on his upcoming The Dreamer, The Believer...
The Voice of the Poet (from the San Francisco Chronicle)
A few months back, when Philip Levine was named Poet Laureate of the United States, I got to thinking about the couple of times I saw Levine read his work here in the Bay Area. Once was at a bookstore in Berkeley, and another time I saw him read in San Francisco. That was perhaps a decade ago…
Poetry Friday: Welcome to Autumn (from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation blog)
Well, it’s finally happened. The fall is here in New Jersey. While we all pull out our warm jackets, plan trips to the apple orchard, and adjust to the longer nights, we thought we’d share some of our favorite poems about Autumn…
Vancouver’s new poet laureate Evelyn Lau already has ideas for the role (from Straight.com)
Vancouver has a new poet laureate—and her new position just might be enough to get her on email. Today (October 13), the city has announced that Evelyn Lau, the author of five books of poetry, will succeed Brad Cran as the “people’s poet”, which is an honorary three-year posting…
