This week we welcome Bruce F. Kawin as our guest blogger. Although he published chapbooks
in 1964 (Breakwater) and 1970 (Slides), Bruce did not publish a book of poems until 2012, when Thames River Press (London)
brought out Love If We Can Stand It. He has also published nine more or less
scholarly books on literature and film, of which the most recent is Selected Film Essays and Interviews
(Anthem Press, 2013), as well as the last seven editions of Gerald Mast's A Short History of the Movies.
In other news . . .
Book Giveaway: The Collected Poems of Ai (Norton, February 2013). Tell us about your earliest memory of poetry for a chance to win one of five copies of Ai's recent collection. You can write your story in the comment field. Read Sharon Preiss's review of The Collected Poems of Ai here.
-- sdh
The first time I remember reading poetry was at my grandfather's cabin. There were old books all over the place, including several in the room my siblings & I slept in when we stayed there. I used to stay up late reading a few pages of each, never a whole book, until I fell asleep in a pile of pages. I don't remember the poets whose work was kept in that room, but I remember being fascinated by the shape of poetry on the page.
Posted by: Timothy | April 23, 2013 at 09:58 PM
When I was very little and afraid of thunderstorms, my mother would tell me to keep reciting the first line of the poem "Achamillai Achamillai" (I have no fear, I have no fear) by the Tamil poet Subramania Bharati. I never learnt the poem in its entirety; but that refrain remains with me to this day.
Posted by: Sharanya Manivannan | April 28, 2013 at 03:53 AM