Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears

Brian Spears bio ↓  ·  January 30th, 2010  ·  filed under Other

Philip Pullman writes about Blake’s poetry, and argues that it can be appreciated separate from the illuminations.

Thermos interviews Katy Lederer, who we reviewed nearly a year ago.

Anindita Sengupta on Indian English Poetry.

Inferno, the video game. It’s Dante in the same way “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” is Homer. Except it’s a video game. And Beatrice is in hell.

More on gender, race and poetry in this post at Harriet. And some good advice as well–advice I plan on taking as Poetry Editor here.

And on that note, would you like to write about poetry for The Rumpus? What was the last book or poem you loved? Send me a write-up, no length requirements, and I’ll publish the best of them. poetry-at-therumpus-dot-net.

Brian Spears

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Brian Spears's first collection of poetry, A Witness in Exile is now available through Louisiana Literature Press. He is the Poetry Editor for The Rumpus, and has just relocated to Iowa. More from this author →

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