August | 2017 | word pond

A fine enough poet but I believe the best mind of Matthew Zapruder comes through in this excellent new book of essays — really one long essay — on the same subject of why poetry, why poets, why is there air, and he even scores points on Auden’s much over-used ragged line “poetry makes nothing happen” . . . with a delightful twist, Zapruder will show the reader that is exactly right: poetry MAKES nothing happen. A big word that “nothing.”

In these essays Zapruder shows forth as a natural born teacher.

Take up this book.

[ BA ]

Source: A Longhouse Birdhouse: WHY POETRY ~

2017: 08/30
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Counting Days Until Sheep Return to a Manhattan Churchyard – The New York Times

2017: 08/30
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Sea Shepherd says it will abandon pursuit of Japanese whalers | Environment | The Guardian

Captain Paul Watson accuses ‘hostile governments’ in the US, Australia and New Zealand of being in league with Tokyo

Source: Sea Shepherd says it will abandon pursuit of Japanese whalers | Environment | The Guardian

2017: 08/30
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk – I Eye Aye – YouTube

2017: 08/24
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Exclusive: In new book, Hillary Clinton reflects on the 2016… | MSNBC

Hillary Clinton reflects on the 2016 campaign in her new book ‘What Happened.’ Morning Joe has an exclusive first look.

Source: Exclusive: In new book, Hillary Clinton reflects on the 2016… | MSNBC

2017: 08/24
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Young, Gifted, and Black: On the Politicization of Nina Simone | Literary Hub

Nina Simone credited her friends of the black intelligentsia for facilitating her political education in the 1960s, offering a set of strategies for critical analysis of the cultural situation.

Source: Young, Gifted, and Black: On the Politicization of Nina Simone | Literary Hub

2017: 08/24
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TAGS: Baldwin
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Evers
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Nina Simone Feeling Good – YouTube

2017: 08/18
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Ain’t Got No, I Got Life – Nina Simone – YouTube

2017: 08/18
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