New Fable club: The Beat Generation! First read is Scratching the Beat Surface: Essays on New Vision from Blake to Kerouac.
First two follow-ups will be “Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, The Beat Generation And America” by Dennis McNally, “Understanding Jack Kerouac” by Matt Theado.
Link if you‘re curious! https://fable.co/club/the-beat-generation-with-aurelie-lagrange-449625541661?inv...
I wanted to share a few more favorites. I tried to pick a diverse selection. These are from prostitutes, soldiers, political activists. (I think all the ones in this picture were written around WWII). A lot of the haiku in this collection hadn‘t been translated into English previously.
pickThis April I started writing haiku. Partially as a mindfulness exercise and partially as a way to write SOMETHING. As I wrote more, I became aware of how most of what I know about haiku was taught in grade school, or I had picked up through hearsay.
I began to wish for a resource that could help me write haiku respectfully. Then one day at the library like a shining beacon I came across this. It is literally everything I had wished for.
I am totally in love with this book. About halfway through it and I just wanted to share a few of my favorites so far…
Especially the last one by Hasegawa Sosei, who after being a war correspondent and being present at the “Rape of Nanjing” wrote when he got news he was being sent back home to Japan.
Sometimes I can't get a thought out of my head. Friday it was, “wait are we a greek Chorus on Taylor Swift's new album?“ And here we are. https://youtu.be/_wWM3xuShR4
pickHirsch‘s love of poetry is infectious. I am in awe of his ability to look at poetry analytically. To discern metaphor through the poem‘s form, to see allegory in the word choice, to look at a poem as a work of art yet not be desensitized to its power. What else is great about this book? How many new poets I have discovered and how many wonderful poems Hirsch includes here.
Time to hit up the library and check out like half their poetry section!
repost for @TheSpineView:
Here are the January prompts for #PoetryMatters
Everyone is welcome to join in. To play, post a picture of a poem, song, quote, or whatever you feel matches the prompt. Don't forget to tag me in your post.
Have fun and Happy New Year!
original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2685548
pickI‘m not the biggest fan of poetry, but this is an excellent overview for Victorian poetry. The editors of Broadview always add helpful notes and intros in their anthologies that help make the works more accessible to a modern audience. #TBRTarot Choose a Book Which Has the Word “And” in the Title.
