Blogs about: David Ferry

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Soul by David Ferry

dhoopkinaray wrote 2 days ago: What am I doing inside this old man’s body? I feel like I’m the insides of a lobster, Al … more →

Tags: English, Age, aging, Bewilderment - a collection, Professor, Winner of National book award for poetry

Ferryman by Daniel Bosch

anagnori wrote 4 days ago: From: Ferryman by Daniel Bosch, Berfrois, http://www.berfrois.com When his second book of poems, Str … more →

Tags: Poetry, Books, Writers, Classics, death, daniel bosch, Ferryman, Latin, The Aeneid

David Ferry to speak at James Reaney memorial lecture

alumnaetheatre wrote 3 weeks ago: Playwright James Reaney’s namesake son sent me a note that:  The fourth James Reaney memorial lectur … more →

Tags: 2012/13 season, The Killdeer, Alumnae Theatre, Dr. Ballad, James Reaney, James Reaney Memorial Lecture, Madam Fay, Stratford Public Library, Susan Wallace

Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations (Ferry)

cellenbogen wrote 1 month ago: At first, I was going to go the obvious route and suggest that the title of this collection reflecte … more →

Tags: Poetry, national book award winner, Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations

Family holds vigil for murdered teen, offers $5,000 reward

Mark Green wrote 2 months ago: [ooyala code="Y1ZTQzYTpCv66vnMLpl5w1AUeAyAMBlX"] DRAPER, Utah — A vigil was held Sunday night … more →

Tags: News, Crime, homicide, Annie Kasprzak, Dennis Kasprzak, riverton murder, riverton teen killed, 5, 000 reward

Timely and timeless: Virgil's translator

Call of the Siren wrote 2 months ago: I’m not trying to be morbid — but I do tend to think of the health and welfare of George … more →

Tags: myth, Poetry, Virgil, University of Chicago Press, Aeneid, ferry, YouTube, PBS NewsHour, GEORGICS

Man accused of murdering Riverton teen no longer a person of interest

Mark Green wrote 2 months ago: [ooyala code="90bjN5OTrVLIAI0iuEl316ovxSE3Ux7o"] DRAPER, Utah — The Draper Police Department a … more →

Tags: News, body in jordan river, Kasprzak, teen murdered

Come on, boys. Turn me loose.

JAT wrote 5 months ago: First I marked out the words and then marked out The music that I wrote to go with the words. Eclogu … more →

Tags: Virgil, Translations, Virgil, National Book Award, GEORGICS, Aeneid, Ulysses, Vergil

Beginnings

JAT wrote 5 months ago: The goal is to write. I can accomplish this goal if I give myself something to write about. Incentiv … more →

Tags: what's the point, jat, Mary Karr, Maureen McLane, Virgil, E. E. Cummings, Poetry, Pasadena, writing

On Year 3: December's Poems1 comment

Anne Britting Oleson wrote 5 months ago: Sometimes an amazing thing happens.  You are plugging away, sharing the news article of the week, as … more →

Tags: Poetry, Reading, Billy Collins, Chris Llewellyn, David Shumate, Dorothy Parker, Emily Dickinson, Fragments from the Fire, frederick seidel

National Book Awards - Photos and Interview

Jessica A. Kent wrote 5 months ago: The National Book Award Foundation recently posted pictures from the award dinner on their site, whi … more →

Tags: Books 2, Books, National Book Awards, Authors, Poets

"The Birds"1 comment

tnailor wrote 5 months ago: Recently I’ve been reading 2 books; the first, Japanese author Haruki Murakami’s The Win … more →

Tags: Core Values, rwa, ready willing able, Learning, Social Justice, Reading, Fear, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, JVC

National Book Award Winners Are Here!

hooray4books wrote 5 months ago: The results are in! On November 17 at the National Book Awards Ceremony the winners in each category … more →

Tags: Ages 12-14, Ages 14 and Up, Ages 10 - 12, Adult fiction and non-fiction, Booksellers Diary, Ages 12 and up, Ages 10 and up, Poetry, Award winners

Wednesday, 11/21/12

musicclipoftheday wrote 6 months ago: Happy (108th) Birthday, Hawk! Coleman Hawkins, tenor saxophonist, November 21, 1904-May 16, 1969 … more →

Tags: reading table, jazz, Saxophone, radio, Music Clip Of The Day, Coleman Hawkins, WKCR-FM, William Burroughs, gus van sant

Tuesday, 11/20/12

musicclipoftheday wrote 6 months ago: what you’d be listening to if you were 21* Kendrick Lamar, “Bitch, Don’t Kill My V … more →

Tags: reading table, hip-hop, Music Clip Of The Day, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar

The Waiting

Chris Bronsk wrote 6 months ago: The recent news that 88-year-old poet David Ferry won this year’s National Book Award for Bewilderme … more →

Tags: Journal, News, Books, Poem, Reading, striking passages, writing

National Book Award Winners1 comment

dinasbookshelf wrote 6 months ago: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! The National Book Foundation held it’s annual National book Awar … more →

Tags: Books, Industry, Books 2, Children's Books, to read, Awards, Poetry, Industry News, National Book Foundation

Winner!3 comments

soosieq wrote 6 months ago: Here are the National Book Award winners for 2012: Fiction: Louise Erdrich, The Round House Non-fict … more →

Tags: contest, Louise Erdrich, National Book Award Winners, the round house, Katherine Boo, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Bewilderment, William Alexander, Goblin Secrets

National Book Award Winners 2012 Announced #nbaward121 comment

Nicole M wrote 6 months ago: Competition was so stiff in 2012, the finalists alone read like a Pulitzer Prize Hall of Fame and th … more →

Tags: Books, Best Books 2012, Dave Eggers, Elmore Leonard, Junot Diaz, Katherine Boo, Louise Erdich, National Book Awards 2012, national book awards winners 2012


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