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My mother, head in oven, died
And me, already dead inside
I was an empty tin
Where nothing rattled in.
Time magazine has an interview with Frieda Hughes, the daughter of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, on the occasion of the publication of 45, a new collection of poems. The title refers to Frieda Hughes’ age and the volume [...]
“If I keep listening to it, I won’t finish the revolution.”
-Lenin, regarding Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata
Inspired by an article from Frederick Smock and a viewing of the German film “The Lives Of Others,” Robert Peake considers what it is that makes tyrants and warmongers silence the voices of poets and other artists.
“The U.S. Treasury Department - which, among other things, handles cases of treason - recently warned American publishers against translating poetry from Iran. Such translations, they avowed, would be considered ‘trading with the enemy,’ and would be punishable by fines and jail time.”
Peake, in this quiet and thoughtful piece, argues for poetry and compassion and against demonization and propaganda. He reminds us why poetry matters now.
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Seven myths about writing and writers:
Learning to write is difficult, but many people make it more difficult than it is and get discouraged for the wrong reasons. It is not going to help if we fall into the trap of believing things about writing that aren’t true.
1. Real writers get it right the first time.
Most [...]
Modernist writers and poets were concerned with experience. They spoke about seeking out an intensification of reality. Traditional prose and poetry could only express what the poet ended up by saying. The modernists wanted to develop a language which would allow them to express meaning as they went along. They wanted meaning to reside in [...]
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