http://www.miamipoetryreview.com Famous Poet Profiles & Literature News - Miami Poetry Review en-us (C) 2005-06 www.miamipoetryreview.com info@rlinedesign.com [FADE IN: No sound, save for a quiet, almost subliminal sighing of wind, as the Indian Ocean rushes just beneath the camera's viewpoint. We come up on the island of Sri Lanka. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/03/2008_clarkes_final_odyssey.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/03/2008_clarkes_final_odyssey.html Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:39:36 -0500 Os Davis Ira Levin, well-known playwright and novelist, died of natural causes on Monday at his New York Home. Levin, 78 was best known for his novels "Rosemary's Baby," "The Stepford Wives" and "The Boys From Brazil." http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/11/post_5.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/11/post_5.html Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:36:14 -0500 Thomas Hanson Much to the pleasure of gay readers across the world, JK Rowling has revealed the long-suspected sexual orientation of Albus Dumbledore. Rowling outed the headmaster of Hogwarts on Friday while taking questions at Carnegie Hall, in New York. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/10/rowling_reveals_sexual_orienta.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/10/rowling_reveals_sexual_orienta.html Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:06:09 -0500 Thomas Hanson Saturday was a banner day for the J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. On Tuesday it was announced that the seventh and final installment in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows," sold 8.3 million copies in the U.S. and 2.65 million copies in the U.K. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/07/harrypotter-usanduk-salesrecords250707.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/07/harrypotter-usanduk-salesrecords250707.html Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:16:56 -0500 Hugo "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is 784 pages long. At that length, one would think readers would prefer not to have the ending spoiled by having the plot line revealed publicly. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/07/harry-potter-plotline130707.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/07/harry-potter-plotline130707.html Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:23:05 -0500 Thomas Hanson There is no doubt that the most exposure poetry has had in recent years is through Russell Simmons' "Def Poetry Jam," (now known simply as 'Def Poetry') which has been airing on HBO since 2001. The show is now entering its 6th season and it has maintained an audience by featuring both established hip hop artists and up-and-coming poets which share their verse on a stage before a demanding and animated audience. For those who haven't seen the show, think: the Apollo meets spoken word (without the clown). http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/04/writtenverse-spokenword-defpoetry270407.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/04/writtenverse-spokenword-defpoetry270407.html Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:01:26 -0500 Carlos David Garcia When all our roads are lighted - By concrete monsters sited - Like gallows overhead, - Bathed in the yellow vomit - Each monster belches from it, http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/04/john-betjeman-poetry240407.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/04/john-betjeman-poetry240407.html Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:52:10 -0500 Thomas Hanson Outside there are sirens. Someone's been run over. The century grinds on. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/margaret-atwood-poetry290307.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/margaret-atwood-poetry290307.html Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:34:51 -0500 Thomas Hanson Sheldon Allan Silverstein, born September 25, 1930, is considered to be a renowned poet, playwright, and songwriter. The author is best known for two popular children's books, "The Giving Tree" and "A Light in the Attic, "books that have made him one of the best-loved children's authors of all time. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/shel-silverstein-poetry280307.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/shel-silverstein-poetry280307.html Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:29:38 -0500 Thomas Hanson The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel which suddenly becomes one you have never read, never even heard of, http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/billy-collins-poetry230307.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/billy-collins-poetry230307.html Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:56:46 -0500 Thomas Hanson Today I was reading about Marie Curie: she must have known she suffered from radiation sickness her body bombarded for years by the element she had purified. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/adrienne-rich-poetry160307.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/adrienne-rich-poetry160307.html Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:34:31 -0500 Thomas Hanson What name do I have for you? Certainly there is not name for you, in the sense that the stars have names that somehow fit them. Just walking around, http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/john-ashbery-poetry150307.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/john-ashbery-poetry150307.html Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:04:54 -0500 Thomas Hanson Life is voracious, it swallows all the dead. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/jane-hirshfield-poetry080307.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/jane-hirshfield-poetry080307.html Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:30:05 -0500 Thomas Hanson Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd: http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/whauden-poetry-profile050307.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/whauden-poetry-profile050307.html Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:26:33 -0500 Thomas Hanson It wasn't very long ago that I was sitting in a modern poetry course at Florida International University. The course covered everything from Robert Frost to contemporary poets. On the last day of class, the professor made a poignant yet somewhat diluted point about the state of poetry today when he asked the class to call out the names of people who make a living from poetry alone. The only correct answer was Billy Collins. So, what was the professor trying to say? After all, he was passionate about poetry and even spent his free time working on recovering lesser-known poets. (Recovering poetry basically consists of finding worthy, out of print poets to reprint.) My course concentrated on recovered poet Sarah Piatt, a writer that should have been, at least, as revered as Silvia Plath. Consequently, the course ended on a tone suggesting that even if you're a good poet, time can forget you and if you're a great poet, you'll never make a living at it. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/state-of-poetry030307.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2007/03/state-of-poetry030307.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:53:12 -0500 Carlos David Garcia