News that stays news…
“Literature is news that STAYS news.” ~ Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading. London: Faber 1961 [1934], p.29.
Here I’ll post links to any (mostly non-academic) sites or stories about poetry that catch my attention over the semester. If you find something interesting that you think belongs here, please let me know (and boost your participation grade!).
The right poem for the wrong time: WH Auden’s ‘September 1, 1939’ – a Guardian article on Auden’s poem about the outbreak of the Second World War, and the relation of poetry to politics, and to honesty.