Monday, March 10, 2014

Stanley Lombardo Translates Vergil's Tenth Eclogue: "Love Conquers All"

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Stanley Lombardo retires from the University of Kansas in May. Last month, Valentine's Day to be exact, he presented part of Vergil...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Arts Inform/Multiply Texts: 2 Books, by Xánath Caraza & Susan Gardner

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Two of my friends have recently published books that create intertextual dialogues between visual sign systems and language. Xánath C...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

MAMMOTH IS PUBLISHING A NEW BOOK BY CALEB PUCKETT

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Watch for a new book coming from Mammoth Publications in March, 2014-- FATE LINES/ DESIRE LINES by Caleb Puckett. Fate Lines/ Desire Lines...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

NUMERO CINQ LINK to Denise Low article "Optical Structures in The Shrubberies" Ronald Johnson's Cascades"

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Thanks to Douglas Glover of Numéro Cinq for posting online my essay “Optical Structures in the Shrubberies: Ronald Johnson’s   Cascades” Hi...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

100th Birthday of William S. Burroughs Feb. 5, 2014: Comment and Links to Articles & Photographs

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Like many Lawrence residents, I met William Burroughs several times, had dinner at his house, attended after-reading receptions, and also ca...
Monday, February 3, 2014

Langston Hughes poem "I Still See the Ghost of Langston Hughes" by Denise Low

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I Still See the Ghost of Langston Hughes On the steps of his grandmother’s house when I drive down Alabama Street. This is his he...

LANGSTON HUGHES: CONNECTIONS TO LAWRENCE & CAREER OVERVIEW

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These are my c omments for the 18 th Langston Hughes Contest Awards Ceremony, Feb. 1, 2014, sponsored by the Raven Bookstore and the Lawren...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Jan.14 Budget for National Endowment for the Arts Increased!

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This is so important for all the arts, including literary fellowships for prose writers, poets, and translators. Especially in Kansas, where...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Robert Bly Reads Three Poems, Jan. 2014

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This beautifully made video of Robert Bly shows him in "The Little House" as he reads three poems. Watch for well framed shots of ...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

ADVICE TO BEGINNING WRITERS: It Takes Time

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At the Local Authors' Fair at Topeka and Shawnee County Library, I was on a panel for ADVICE TO BEGINNING WRITERS. Here are my notes fro...