Poetry Is Dead recently caught up with Elisabeth De Mariaffi and Carey Toane of the Toronto Poetry Vendors to find out more about these sneaky little vendor machines, dropping out poetry for your coins. You can join them on Facebook here to follow their progress as poetry vendors.
Poetry Is Dead: What compelled you to start this project?
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Poetry Is Dead is an ongoing sponsor of The Cross-Border Pollination reading series, started by poet Rachel Rose. The next reading will feature Ray Hsu, Marguerite Pigeon, Camille T. Dungy, Mary Cornish, and David Zieroth. The reading will be May 4th in Vancouver and you can find more information on the Facebook event page. For future readings you can join the fan page. Poetry Is Dead recently caught up with Marguerite Pigeon to discuss her most recent book of poetry Inventory.
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Poetry Is Dead is an ongoing sponsor of The Cross-Border Pollination reading series, started by poet Rachel Rose. The next reading will feature Ray Hsu, Marguarite Pigeon, Camille T. Dungy, Mary Cornish, and David Zieroth. The reading will be May 4th in Vancouver and you can find more information on the Facebook event page. For future readings you can join the fan page. Poetry Is Dead recently caught up with Ray Hsu to discuss his unique approach to readings and the future of poetry.
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Reprinted with permission from Megaphone Magazine.
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Poetry Is Dead is working with Geist magazine on the Jackpine Sonnet Contest. Milton Acorn, who coined the Jackpine Sonnet, has left behind him a legacy in form. Poetry Is Dead met up with Acorn’s longtime friend and fellow poet James Deahl to talk more about his work and what he left behind.
Poetry Is Dead: Where did you and Milton Acorn become acquainted, and how did each of you affect each other's poetry?
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Reposted from the blog "Poetics" of Geist.com
Geist recently caught up with the poet Peter Pereira who is a family physician in Seattle, and was a founding editor of Floating Bridge Press.Peter Pereira known for his playfulness and attention to line breaks, and we asked him a few questions on poetry, line breaks and his work.
Geist.com: What interested you about doing a cross-border reading?
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