Free
Ferry and
the Getz-Gilberto Connection
DougRamsey highlights Free Ferry in Rifftides, his award-winning jazz blog. His liner notes on the Getz-Gilberto reissue CD inspired Free Ferry’s opening. “In the post-Elvis Presley era,” he writes, “the
track by Getz and the Gilbertos achieved something nearly unimaginable for a
sensitive jazz performance; it became a hit.”
That was “The Girl from Ipanema,” sung by Astrud
Gilberto, the housewife who became an unlikely diva, and an intro- ductory voice to Free Ferry. The book, Doug says, evokes “the myth of Orpheus
and Eurydice with 20th and 21st century realities of weapons-grade plutonium,
Cold War anxieties, episodes from everyday life and, sometimes, humor.”
Many thanks to Doug, winner of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jazz Journalist
Association, for allowing me to use his CD notes in Free Ferry.
The Hero at translation event
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| Hélène Sanguinetti |
On September 30 at 1:30pm, I will participate
in a JCC on the Hudson event by sharing from my translation of Hélène Sanguinetti’s The Hero forthcoming from Chax Press. George Kraus will read his translations of Borges, Vallejo, and 16th century Spanish poets; Ann Lauinger, her translations of Italian poet
Fillippo Naitana, who will also present his work; and Beth Gersh-Nešić, poems
by André Salmon, close friend of Pablo Picasso during the heyday of Cubism. Please drop by for a great afternoon of translation!
Alparegho announced for September 2019
The
Operating System’s 2019
catalog is now live, and I am excited to have my translation of Hélène Sanguinetti’s Alparegho, like nothing else be part of
its Unsilenced Texts series. Hélène’s work is finally catching fire here in the
US. When you read it, you will find it truly is “like nothing else.”
Work in Poetry
Salzburg
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| Claude Rains (1889-1967) |
Thrilled to learn my poems, “Invisible Man" and "Origins of Horror,” respective tributes to Claude Rains and Lon Chaney Jr., will appear in Poetry Salzburg Review 34.
Thanks to Dr. Wolfgang Görtschacher, who encourages everyone to subscribe to the journal or explore
further collections on its
website. I’ll have to go to Patisserie Salzburg with my copy for a full experience!
American Sign Language Poetry at CUNY
On September 13,
at 6:30pm, the CUNY Graduate Center will present Publishing American Sign
Language Poetry.
Poets Douglas Ridloff, Peter Cook, Kenny Lerner, and John Lee Clark will read original work
in American Sign Language. An exercise in translation by Adrean Clark and discussion by Sara Nović will follow. Free. Please
click here to RSVP to this event.
Kathe Gregory in Boston Voyager
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| Kathe Gregory |
Congratulations to my cousin, artist Kathe Gregory, on her
interview in Boston Voyager. Kathe reflects on her uber-creative upbringing,
with her father, mid-century architect Jules Gregory, and mother Nancy, an avid
horticulturist. Even I learned things about Kathe I did not know—such as a
youthful art heist perpetrated by grad school friends! If you appreciate or
make art, this is a must-read.
The
Kindergarten Teacher
This Sara Colangelo film, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and debuting on Netflix October 12, is a suspense-filled drama around the importance of poetry. “Kaveh Akbar and
Ocean Vuong wrote the movie’s poems,” says poet Linda Simone, who shared the trailer. Thanks, Linda! Looking
forward to this!
Creative opportunities
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| Andrés Cerpa |
Poetry contest on theme “Something to
start with” judged by Paul Mariani – send by December 2
Poets Salon
meets second Saturdays each month at the Fairfield
Library
Presence call for poems by October -- send to mmiller@caldwell.edu
Symphony
Anthology – send up to three poems and brief bio by October 31 to symphonypoems@gmail.com
Writingthe Poetry You Love to Read with Andrés Cerpa, September
22, 12:30-4:30pm, $124
Writers’ Guide to
Investigative Research Workshop with Donna Zucker, five sessions, September 24,
$450
Cauliflower Pizza Casserole
Thanks to poet
Terry Dugan for this healthy recipe which she suggests for the cooler days of
fall! Serves four. Enjoy!
2 heads cauliflower, cut into florets
2/3 cup organic pizza sauce
Himalayan salt, to taste
Ground black pepper, to taste
2 cups shredded mozzarella, divided
2/3 cup grated parmesan, divided; more for garnish
1/2 cup sliced black olives
1/2 cup onions, divided
1 tablespoon oregano, divided
2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes, divided
Fresh parsley, for garnish
Heat oven to 350°F. Blanch cauliflower 3
minutes. In large bowl, toss cauliflower with pizza sauce until coated. Season
with salt and pepper. Place half the cauliflower in baking dish; top with half
of mozzarella, parmesan, olives and onions; sprinkle with oregano and red pepper.
Add rest of cauliflower to dish and repeat topping process. Bake until
cauliflower is tender and cheese bubbly, about 30 minutes. Cool slightly.
Garnish with parsley and parmesan.
Poetry / literary events
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| Anne Carson |
HVWC, September 14, 7pm, Erika
Meitner, Blas Falconer, Nicole Cooley; September 28, 7pm, D. Nurkse, Sally
Bliumis-Dunn, Alison Jarvis; October 5, 7pm, Anne Carson, Lafcadio Cass, $10
Norwalk Library, September 6, 7pm, Charles Rafferty, Jonas Zdanys; October 4,
7pm, Amy Nawrocki, Brian Clements, Poets in Conversation with Norwalk Poet Laureate
Laurel Peterson
Open Door Tea, September 14, 6:30pm, SheSpeak event, writers, actors and
audience collaboration
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| Brenda Shaughnessy |
London,
J. Chester Johnson on Auden, the Psalms and Me: Sept. 20: St. Philip’s Church, 6pm; Oct. 14: Grosvenor Chapel after
service; Oct. 23: Southwark Cathedral, 7pm, rsvp; Oct. 25: St. Mary Magdalene Paddington, pm (check time); Oct.
28: St. Peter’s Church 11:15am; Oxford: Oct. 11, St. Giles Church, 12:30pm
Katonah
Library, September 23, 4pm, Brenda Shaughnessy, $10
’Round the
Net
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| Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) |
Translator Anne
Appel for celebrating Women Translators Month
Memoirist Sarah
Bracey White for a great interview on John McMullen’s radio show and on being selected for the Best of the Best 650 Reads
Poet Terry Dugan on her upcoming chapbook, I’m the Reason the Kids Are Dead (Moonstone
Press)
Art Historian Laura Morelli for her TedTalk on the difference between
art and craft
Astrophotographer Olivier Prache for this amazing photo of the M31 galaxy
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| M31 photo by Olivier Prache |
Playwright Elizabeth
Primamore on winning the Bernard and Shirley Handel Playwriting Award from the Woodstock
Byrdcliffe Arts Colony
Poet Natalie
Safir on poems in The Same, Ginosko
Review, and Westchester Review; and essay,
“Unveiling the Stone,” in the anthology What
Remains (Gelles-Coles Literary Enterprises)
Poet and artist Linda Simone on being featured in The Chapbook Interview; having her essay,
“TripTych,” also accepted in the What
Remains anthology; and for sharing this hilarious video of mean reviews
My summer
with Marcel
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| Marcel Proust (1871-1922) |
How did you spend your summer? I traveled to
Combray and Balbec, fictitious places in France, thanks to Marcel Proust. Yes,
I plowed through all seven volumes of In
Search of Lost Time, also known as Remembrance
of Things Past. Reading it, I was alternatively riveted and bored, amazed and
heartbroken. The voice, so personal and authentic, made me feel I knew
Marcel—is that possible, across a century? That he walked Paris avenues I once
did gave me a delicious frisson. And
that’s why it’s a masterpiece; its complex messages around longing,
aristocracy, and art are so immediate. Do you love extra- ordinary writing? Take
the plunge! The beach at Balbec calls.
Until next time,
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