Beat poet and City Lights publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti turns 100 on March 24. Here’s a reading list to celebrate the centenarian.
poetry
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What Is Poetry?: A Non-Lecture
Lawrence Ferlinghetti delivered this ars poetica in 2003, upon receipt of the Frost Medal.
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“How common is the lightning?” Gabrielle Bellot on Yeats, Walcott, and Finding Inspiration
“I want someone to remember even just one of my songs, especially when a night is too silent, and that old gray curls back around me like a shroud, making me wonder, again, if any song of mine will be worth recalling at all.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘Rhyming Was No Longer a Symptom, But a Cure’: From Stroke Survivor to Rap Legend
For stroke survivor Sherman Hershfield, rapping and rhyming kept his seizures under control.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Commentary, Culture, Current Events
Remembering Ntozake Shange
The poet, novelist, and playwright Ntozake Shange died Saturday, October 27.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Story
The Horse Was a Lie (The Horse Is Here With Us Now)
In Mario Chard’s “Land of Fire,” was it the truth or a lie that killed the migrants in the desert? And what if that’s the wrong question? What if we say it was a horse?
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Silence is a Lonely Country: A Prayer in Twelve Parts
A personal essay in which poet Sadia Hassan reflects on finding her words in the face of injustice.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Silence is a Lonely Country: A Prayer in Twelve Parts
A poet reflects on finding her words in the face of injustice.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Silence is a Lonely Country: A Prayer in Twelve Parts
A poet reflects on finding her words in the face of injustice.
Posted inNonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
Rita Dove on Creating a ‘Collage of American Consciousness’ with Poetry
“The sole criterion is, how does it move us? Does it pull us out of our everyday trot?”