This month, Coldfront, one of our favorite on-line journals, is celebrating the life and work of Paul Violi. Here's a taste of the first post. Click over to Coldfront to read the entire piece and bookmark the page so you can be up-to-date on the appreciation of this marvelous, life-affirming poet.
Shortly after Paul Violi’s death (04/02/2011), the Best American Poetry blog posted the moving feature “Remembering Paul Violi.” With the recent release of The Tame Magpie ( published posthumously) and the forthcoming Selected (1970-2007), Coldfront decided it was time to once again honor and celebrate the memory of Paul. Or to put it another way, in Barry Schwabsky’s excellent review of Paul’s posthumous book, he writes, “Paul Violi’s poetry has rarely been taken as seriously as it should be. Probably that’s because he never took the spirit of seriousness as seriously as many people do, especially when it comes to poetry.” Coldfront will attempt to be both serious and not-so-serious in our celebration of our dearly missed friend.
