This Saturday is Ted Kooser Day in Ames, Iowa … but every day is Ted Kooser day as far as I’m concerned. With that in mind, here’s the latest from his series of columns that celebrates and highlights poetry’s importance in everyday life. From time to time we like to … Read the rest
Everyone loves to throw a bash, and poetry fans are no exception. Why, even Saddam’s getting into the act. Here are just a few events taking place this month:
— The Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest challenges high school students to memorize and perform great poems. Up for … Read the rest
There’s a new name on my writers-I-like-a-lot list, though this name took a circular route to get here. I was introduced to the novelist Jonathan Ames a few years ago by my friend Christian Crumlish who’d apparently been his college buddy at Princeton. We’d dropped by a Jonathan Ames reading … Read the rest