discussion "The seeds of its own unfolding," on Hejinian's "constant change...
Discussion “The seeds of its own unfolding”: PoemTalk on Lyn Hejinian's "constant change figures" with Thomas Devaney, Al Filreis, Tom Mandel, and Bob...
View Articlereview "And All Is Only This" (on Aygi's Child-and-Rose) by Douglas Messerli
And All Is Only This Gennady Aygi, Child-and-Rose, trans. from the Russian by Peter France, with a preface by Bei Dao (New York: New Directions, 2003)by Douglas MesserliOn the book cover of this...
View Articlereview "At Point Zero" (on Anne Portugal's Nude) by Douglas Messerli
At Point Zero Anne Portugal, Nude, trans. Norma Cole (Berkeley: Kelsey St. Press, 2001)by Douglas MesserliWith over four books of poetry published in France—all on the list of the distinguished...
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Helga M. Novak
Helga M. Novak [GDR/Iceland/Poland]1935Born Maria Karlsdottir in Berlin on September 8, 1935 of German-Icelandic parents, the young poet attended the University of Leipzig, then part of East Germany,...
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Zafer Şenoak
Zafer Şenoak [b. Turkey/Germany]1961Born in Ankara, Turkey in 1961, Zafer Şenoak is now a writer living and working in Berlin. His father was a journalist and his mother a teacher, and in 1970 he moved...
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Erich Fried
Erich Fried [Austria/England]1921-1988 Erich Fried was born Jewish in Vienna, Austria on May 6, 1921. He was a child actor and began writing at an early age. When his father was killed by the Gestapo...
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Dirk van Bastelaere
Dirk van Bastelaere [Belgium/writes in Dutch]1960One of the leading poets of contemporary Flanders writing, Dirk van Bastelaere was born in 1960. He came into prominence with his award-winning first...
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newspaper article "D. H. Lawrence's Poetry Saved from Censor's Pen" by Dalya...
D.H. Lawrence's poetry saved from censor's penNew edition of author's work reveals him as a talented war poet who attacked British imperialismby Dalya Alberge The Observer, Saturday 23 March...
View ArticleTHE AUDEN GROUP (England)
THE AUDEN GROUP (England)The Auden Group is a very loosely aligned number of British and Irish poets writing through the 1930s. They are also sometimes referred to as the Thirties Poets. All the...
View ArticleRequest for Postings
Once again, I invite innovative poets with national or international reputations to send me information that will help me post their existence on our major PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) site. You...
View ArticleGreen Integer On Net
Green Integer On Net ("Go In") is proud to announce its new series of book publications on line, a series that will include free and reasonably priced books of poetry and poetics, new and older, from...
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Bob Perelman
Bob Perelman [USA]1947Poet, critic, and translator Bob Perelman was born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1947, and attended the University of Rochester and the University of Michigan for his Master’s degree in...
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Marcos Canteli
Marcos Canteli [Spain]1974Born in Bimenes, Austurias, Sapin in 1974, Marcos Canteli received his B.A. from the University of Oviedo, and his Ph.D. from Duke University in the USA. He currently works as...
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Attila József
Attila József (Hungary)1905-1937Born the son of Áron Józef, a soap factory work originally from Transylvania, Attila József was born on April 11, 1905 in Ferencváros, a poor neighborhood of Budapest....
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Jeroen Theunnissen
Jeroen Theunissen [Belgium/writes in Dutch]1977 Born in Ghent in 1977, Jeroen Theunissen lives and works as a teacher of cultural history and media at Erasmus University in that city today.At the...
View ArticleROOF (magazine, USA)
Roof (magazine, USA)The first volume of Roof magazine, edited by Tom Savage and James Sherry, was published from the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado in the summer of 1976. That first issue...
View Articleessay "Louis Zukofsky and Mikl Likt, A Test of Jewish American Modernist...
For a revealing essay on Yiddish poet Mikl Likht and Louis Zukofsky by Ariel Resnikoff, go...
View ArticleKofi Awoonor (link to one of his last poems)
For one of Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor’s last poems before he shot to death in the Nairobi-based attack of Somali terrorists, please click below:...
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Kofi Awoonor
Kofi Awoonor (Ghana /formerly Gold Coast)1935-2013 Born in Wheta, Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast) on March 13, 1935, Kofi Awoonor was educated at Achimota School before attending the University of...
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Dirk van Bastelaere
Dirk van Bastelaere [Belgium/writes in Dutch]1960One of the leading poets of contemporary Flanders writing, Dirk van Bastelaere was born in 1960. He came into prominence with his award-winning first...
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