Poems to Stop Bulldozers

ARTICLES: December 4, 2009 Vermin: A Notebook BY JOHN KINSELLA Poems can stop bulldozers. Washington, DC, Poetry Tour Our nation’s capital through the eyes of its great poets. MORE FEATURES Absolute Necessities BY JEFF GORDINIER The recession confession of a poetry shopaholic. Anne Bradstreet: “To My Dear and Loving Husband” BY EMILY WARN Anne Bradstreet became a cultural icon for speaking out. Anne Hutchinson was banished. Mina Loy: “Lunar Baedeker” BY JESSICA BURSTEIN The poet navigates the unknown world. What is poetry? A video series that asks the tough questions. BEST SELLERS LIST Contemporary Best Sellers for the week of November 22, 2009 1 Leavings BY WENDELL BERRY (Counterpoint) 2 Evidence BY MARY OLIVER (Beacon Press) 3 The Shadow of Sirius (paperback) BY W.S. MERWIN (Copper Canyon Press) 4 Red Bird (paperback) BY MARY OLIVER (Beacon Press) 5 Dearest Creature BY AMY GERSTLER (Penguin) MORE BEST SELLERS » Abigail Deutsch finds Marianne Moore in the Village Voice. Travis Nichols asks if experimental poetry can save the earth. John S. O’Connor wonders if school is the place for creativity. Amber Tamblyn investigates the poetry of Twin Peaks (and Charles Manson). Edwin Torres wonders if its possible to reclaim a slur. MORE ENTRIES » The Power of Here and Now The poetic legacy of James Schuyler. Kenneth Koch: Essential American Poets Recordings of poet Kenneth Koch, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in 1960 and 1976, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. MORE PODCASTS » A selection of upcoming events from the Poetry Foundation. Poetry Off the Shelf: Rae Armantrout Thursday, February 4, 6:00 PM Disturb the Universe: The Avant Garde and Modernism Thursday, February 4, 6:00 PM MORE EVENTS » New poems from Franz Wright, Diane Seuss, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Nate Klug, Valzhyna Mort, Daryl Hine, Patty Seyburn, David Roderick, Hailey Leithauser, Philip Levine, Amy Beeder, James Lasdun, Jordan Davis, and William Logan; reviews from Christina Pugh and Peter Campion; new prose from John Kinsella and D.H. Tracy; letters to the editor. READ THE ISSUE » Bad-bad poetry vs. good-bad poetry. The Robert Burns zombie cottage in Atlanta. Carl Sandburg makes nonsense. Resurrecting Edgar Allan Poe. Give the gift of Poetry. Treat your friends and family to the best contemporary poetry, reviews, and essays. Buy 1 gift, give a 2nd gift for FREE! GIVE POETRY »

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