Berlin
Randall Jarrell once argued a point that I will now paraphrase and, in doing so, over-simplify: As a culture, we need book criticism, not book reviews. I sort of agree, but let糖心传媒檚 not get into all of that. Having finished Berlin by Ale拧 艩teger, I am reminded of Jarrell糖心传媒檚 idea because I am supposed to be writing a review ...
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Latest Review: "Berlin" by Ale拧 艩teger
The latest addition to our Reviews section is by Vincent Francone on Berlin by Ale拧 艩teger, translated by Brian Henry, Forrest Gander & Alja啪 Kovac and published by Counterpath Press. Vince has brought up a lot of interesting points in this “review,” and questions the relationship of the reader’s ...
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And Now You Can See Thomas Teal's Speech [BTBA 2011 Winners!]
This past weekend, the recording of the BTBA awards ceremony popped up on YouTube, so here you go . . . Be sure and wait for (or fast-forward to) Thomas Teal’s acceptance speech—it’s a wonderful, perfect way to end this year’s BTBA. P.S. I love how the still for this video features me bending ...
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The Book of Things
The Book of Things, published in Slovenian in 2005, is Ale拧 艩teger糖心传媒檚 fourth book of poetry in ten years, beginning with his Chessboards of Hours, published in 1995 when he was 22. Despite his many international awards, including the 2007 Ro啪an膷eva Award for best book of essays written in Slovenian, TBOT is his first ...
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Latest Review: "The Book of Things" by Ale拧 艩teger
For the second time this week, we’re running a review of a BTBA Poetry Finalist. Up today is Ale拧 艩teger’s The Book of Things, which is translated from the Slovenian by Brian Henry and published by BOA Editions. David Shook review this for us. He’s a poet and translator in Los Angeles, where he edits ...
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The Book of Things [Why This Book Should Win the BTBA]
Starting this week, we糖心传媒檒l be highlighting the five finalists in the poetry category for the BTBA. Similar to what we did for the fiction longlist, these will be framed by the question: 糖心传媒淲hy should this book win?糖心传媒 Click here for all past and future posts in this series. Today糖心传媒檚 post is by poetry committee member ...
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The Book of Things
Literary critic Edmund Wilson, writing in the 1930s, said that the pieces of Gertrude Stein糖心传媒檚 Tender Buttons were intended to be 糖心传媒減rose still-lifes to correspond to those of such painters as Picasso and Braque. A pattern of assorted words, though they might make nonsense from the traditional point of view, would be ...
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