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StAnza reports are, naturally, now popping up in the Scottish literary blogomarble. Colin Will offers a StAnza insider’s point of view in his brief sketch. Rob A Mackenzie has two reports: one for the Friday* and one for the Sunday. Rachel Fox muses on her mixed feelings here; while Sorlil gives a StAnza first-timer’s view
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Perhaps I was too harsh on Rob Mackenzie’s schedule for reading Paradise Lost: I made it to the same point as him yesterday. Rob is doing a good job of summarising the poem and there are already a few interesting comments on his first post, so I won’t repeat what’s already on Surroundings. I have
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I know this is a bit behind the times, but there’s an interesting post on “official verse culture” over at Eyewear, on the back of the result of the TS Eliot Prize. One wonders whether Edwin Morgan–one of those whom Todd Swift and other bloggers (well, Rob Mackenzie at least) hoped would win those laurels–didn’t
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ReadySteadyBook reports that Geoffrey Hill‘s Collected Critical Writings is due out from OUP in March. I wouldn’t expect an easy read, of course, but perhaps his criticism might elucidate his poetic to some extent. Not having read any of it, I wouldn’t know, but it should be worth a look. Several of the essay titles
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I closed my first post on Tiel Aisha Ansari’s criticism of my new rhyme terminology by saying that the mention of structure brought me to her most fundamental objection. She is bothered that my nomenclature risks broadening the definition of “rhyme” to the point where it loses all usefulness. This comment grows out of her
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It’s good to see Tiel Aisha Ansari’s critique of my Reasoning Rhyme posts on her Knocking From Inside blog. This is the first time anybody has taken me to task on any elements of my rhyme terminology and analysis, and it’s envigorating. Ansari says there is a lot she likes about my terminology. However, she’s
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In the absence of the inclination or opportunity to say anything else at this moment, due to a bout of summer indolence, I’ll highlight a couple of additions to Tonguefire: A list of the poems of mine that are published online. A poll on the Forward best collection prize shortlist (top of the sidebar). Additions
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Salt has started a blog of coverage, readings etc connected to its Forward shortlisted authors. Can’t help but be chuffed to see they’ve linked to my comments on the shortlist. I’ll add the blog to the sidebar. Keep an eye on it: there seems to be something new every half hour or so! The latest
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My post on the back of part 1 of Yang-May Ooi’s interview with Rob Mackenzie is generating the most discussion yet on Tonguefire (still piddling by other blogs’ standards, I know). Katy Evans-Bush has reminded me that she addressed the same issues with Rob in an earlier interview for the e-zine Umbrella. Here’s the relevant
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It seems Matt Merritt will be recorded for Poetcasting at some point in the autumn. Alex Pryce, the brain behind the project, is planning a trip to Scotland in the summer and I’m hoping to be recorded. Perhaps HappenStance is poised for (virtual) world domination …
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Rob Mackenzie has gone and got himself interviewed by Yang-May Ooi of FusionView. Part 1 of the piece is here. I was intrigued by the two following questions and answers: Is being Scottish a strong part of your identity? What does being Scottish mean to you? I’m not particularly nationalistic, until someone criticises Scotland. I
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I’m sorry, but I just had to post this link. (Thanks to Yang-May Ooi of FusionView for posting it originally.)
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It seems something of a shame that my day job constrains me from blogging about this fascinating new era in Scottish politics. But there we go. Instead, I recommend to anyone interested in an analysis of developments the new blog by BBC Scotland correspondent Brian Taylor. His is a far more interesting, more entertaining analysis
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Salty ruminations on bad news from Bloodaxe. * Which come after Mark Ravenhill writes on arts funding vs sport funding in The Guardian. * Meanwhile, here’s a new poetry podcasting project. * And something else that could set poetry alight.
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Gists and Piths is a newish British poetry and poetics blogzine, which seems to lean towards the experimental. I haven’t read the poetry on the site, but I enjoyed “Some thoughts on the mainstream” and the review of Daljit Nagra‘s book (which I also haven’t read yet). Should be worth following this blog’s development.
Amy Jo Philip 