en-US Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:02:50 -0800 60 144 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo_144.jpg /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/252353-double-narrative Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:02:50 -0800 /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/252353-double-narrative Could someone explain to me "the New Narrative branch of the New Formalism"? Me and Wikipedia must keep in different hemispheres.

posted by Rodney Koeneke on December, 16 ]]> /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/250284-dept-of-wow Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:59:05 -0800 /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/250284-dept-of-wow "What interests me, however, is not the poison, but the culture of poison that made a song like this seem like medicine, at least to someone."

posted by Rodney Koeneke on December, 16 ]]> /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/248142-mirror-world Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:49:10 -0800 /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/248142-mirror-world "Such considerations have meant that while it is usually not difficult for Arab authors to be published—quite a few publish their books themselves—it is much more difficult to gain a public profile or readership, and it is almost impossible to make a living from writing books. As a result, Arab authors almost always have full-time jobs, often in the large bureaucracies that are a feature of Arab countries, reserving their writing for their spare time. It is well known, for example, that span

posted by Rodney Koeneke on December, 15 ]]> /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/246101-laugh-in Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:08:49 -0800 /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/246101-laugh-in Are you one of those "loud laughers" at readings? Check this out (plus the exchange in the comments).

posted by Rodney Koeneke on December, 16 ]]> /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/244593-current-mood Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:01:49 -0800 /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/244593-current-mood Safavid.

posted by Rodney Koeneke on December, 08 ]]> /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/240046-rejiggering-the-bard Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:33:49 -0800 /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/240046-rejiggering-the-bard "A fan of Shakespeare, he is working on rejiggering the Bard's 154 sonnets…"

posted by Rodney Koeneke on December, 08 ]]> /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/236719-jen-coleman-david-wolach-in-portland-11-24-09 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:54:00 -0800 /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/236719-jen-coleman-david-wolach-in-portland-11-24-09 If Not For Kidnap Poetry, in their home near Reed College. November's installment brought David Wolach down from Evergreen State to read with local hero of a year now, Jen Coleman. I love house readings of any stripe, and Jamalieh and Donald's was pretty much the quintessence of the genre, with PBR boxes and serve-yourself wine; pictures on the wall by Ashley d'Avignon Goodwin, who's involved with The...

posted by Rodney Koeneke on December, 06 ]]> /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/234057-butterball Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:41:41 -0800 /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/234057-butterball Remember that commercial from the '70s or '80s where two pilgrims, one of whom looks like or might even be the first Darrin Stephens from Bewitched, appear in a modern-day kitchen as a golden turkey's slid effortlessly from the oven? Darrin Stephens Pilgrim turns to his wife: "Thou never served so juicy a bird."
Pilgrim Wife: "Thou never brought home a Butterball."

I can't find it from the usual sources (10 minutes on YouTube and Google), but that little exchange has been lodged in my head for ...

posted by Rodney Koeneke on November, 30 ]]> /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/228162-stevens-the-blogger Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:38:25 -0800 /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/228162-stevens-the-blogger "Did we expect to live in other lives?"

posted by Rodney Koeneke on November, 27 ]]> /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/227538-stephanie-young Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:39:26 -0800 /author/show/159626.Rodney_Koeneke/blog/227538-stephanie-young Since Blogger unleashed the "dynamic blogroll," I've been culling blogs that hit "1 year ago." Last week, those fell words appeared under . It won't get culled. The Well Nourished Moon was one of the first poetry blogs I was ever aware of, and I remember how it changed my sense of connection to the events and readings I haunted back then. Things suddenly seemed more personal and significant; I thought more about phrases and more about shoes. Even slow poetry nights took on a ...

posted by Rodney Koeneke on December, 01 ]]>