"Brian Henry on Slovenian Poet Tomaž Šalamun"
"Šalamun recalled that his 'first five poems came in half an hour, and felt like stones falling from the sky.' After he had written just twenty poems, he was elected editor of the subversive literary journal Perspektive, which, along with his poem 'Duma 1964,' led to his arrest. He was told that he’d spend twelve years in prison, but due to international pressure, was released from prison after only five days."
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What Sparks Poetry:
Liza Katz Duncan on "The Uncles"
"'The Uncles' are not actual people but attempts to personalize the tragedy of Superstorm Sandy through memories, anecdotes I had heard from neighbors and read in the news, bits of conversation, and places and images that continue to haunt me to this day. I chose the sestina’s six ending words to drive home exactly what was being lost, and what we continue to lose, both concrete (bay, fence, birds) and abstract (home, ways of knowing)." |
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