Poetry & Poets in Rags
The 50th anniversary of the publication of Jack Kerouac's On the Road is over a week away, and some superb articles are already coming out on this great writer who empowered our lives, while turning the tables on world cultural establishment. It's turning into a great celebration and a collective learned look at this loving genius who revolutionized world culture. We begin with two of them in News at Eleven, and Powells gives us a third in our Great Regulars section. Some double-takes too. Occurring twice in News at Eleven, are Charles Simic items with poems. John Ashbery articles appear once on our Back Page, and again in Great Regulars by Meghan O'Rourke. One of my favorite poets, whose poetry books I never pass up, Grace Paley died, and we have one on her in News at Eleven, and another in Poetic Obituaries. Great Regular Robert Pinsky gives tribute to poet Liam Rector who died earlier this month, add his usual Poet's Choice and we have two by him. Two New Yorker poems appear, and this week, a double-double, four Your Poems by students in the Pennsylvania/New Jersey area.
Two weeks ago, we headlined with the assault on poet, writer, physician, radical feminist, human rights activist, and secular humanist Taslima Nasrin (also, Taslima Nasreen). This week, this woman who risks her life to take on the Holy Hell of the establishment, is profiled in our third article. That article provides links to some excellent Nasrin resources. Last night, I compiled a quickie blog post, and invite you to do the same. Let's review her work, and spread the word. Taslima is important to the world: pass it on.Yours,
Rus
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1 comment :
Kerouac was my first literary hero and my opinion of him has not changed. :-)
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