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Dear FiveBooks Readers,
In honour of National Poetry Month in the U.S., this week was Poetry Week on
FiveBooks. We brought you interviews with poets from all corners of the
United Kingdom and Ireland; they recommended their favourite collections and
anthologies, and discussed the challenges and rewards of their chosen
profession. You’ll find all six of them at the links below.
If poetry isn’t your thing – or if you’ve read all the interviews listed
here, and want something new – then be sure to check out today’s interview
with [1]Michael Billington, the veteran theatre critic who’s been writing
for _The Guardian_ since 1971. He tells us about his print debut (which came
when he won a £10 _Observer _prize at university), and explains why he finds
Peter Hall’s theatre diaries addictive.
Links:
1. http://[LINK//thebrowser.com/interviews/michael-billington-on-20th-century-theatre]
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[2]Gillian Clarke on Poetry
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gillian-clarke-on-poetry
Monday, April 4th
The National Poet of Wales tells us why many teachers are better than actors
at reading poetry, and calls Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney and R S Thomas “the
gods of poetry” [3]Continue reading…
Links:
3. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gillian-clarke-on-poetry
[4]Jackie Kay on Poetry
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jackie-kay-on-poetry
Tuesday, April 5th
The Scottish poet and novelist chooses a life-affirming anthology, new
women’s voices, a former mentor, contemporary black British talent and a
poet with a quirky take on everything [5]Continue reading…
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jackie-kay-on-poetry
[6]Roger McGough on Poetry Anthologies
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/roger-mcgough-on-poetry-anthologies
Tuesday, April 6th
The poet, broadcaster and "patron saint of poetry" says all children are
poets and reveals why daydreaming is good for you. Here he chooses
anthologies for all ages, which have "a fresh look and a fresh listen"
[7]Continue reading…
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/roger-mcgough-on-poetry-anthologies
[8]Frieda Hughes on Poetry
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/frieda-hughes-on-poetry
Thursday, April 7th
Wit, intelligence, compassion and an ability to shock are the qualities
valued by the poet, author and painter, who talks about taking advice from
Dad (Ted Hughes) and why she didn’t write for ten years [9]Continue
reading…
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/frieda-hughes-on-poetry
[10]Sinéad Morrissey on Poetry
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sinéad-morrissey-on-poetry
Friday, April 8th
The award-winning Northern Irish poet reveals why the inimitable Sylvia
Plath is not always a good influence on young poets and why sublimation of
the self is sometimes better than self-expression [11]Continue reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sinéad-morrissey-on-poetry
[12]John F Deane on Poetry
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-f-deane-on-poetry
Saturday, April 9th
The Irish poet and writer finds inspiration in the work of friends and
fellow poets who combine relishing the wonders of the physical universe with
a mystic, religious side – all best discussed over a few pints [13]Continue
reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-f-deane-on-poetry
[14]German Soldiers Describe Nazi War Crimes
Links:
14. http://b.rw/ehAlM5
Jan Fleischhauer | Spiegel | 8 April 2011
German researchers find and publish Allied archive of covertly-recorded
conversations among German prisoners of war, in which the soldiers "trade
astonishingly detailed accounts of the atrocities they witnessed and
committed"
Featured Topic
[15]Autism
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/topics/autism
Leading academics, and parents with their own personal experiences of
autism, discuss what best to read on the disorder. Accompanied by a
selection of must-read articles
Book of the Week
[16]Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Times by Neil Astley (editor)
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/staying-alive-real-poems-unreal-times-by-neil-astley-editor-0
Jackie Kay says: “This is an international anthology of 500 life-affirming
poems. It explores the human and spiritual, connecting our hopes and fears
with poetry and helping us to ‘stay alive’. Anyone interested in poetry
should own it.”
Video of the Week
[17]Forest Xylophone
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/videos/forest-xylophone
Hats off to NTT Docomo. A wooden cellphone is pretty cool to begin with. And
then this advertisement
Quote of the Week
[18]W.H. Auden, on truth
Links:
18. http://feeds.poetryfoundation.org/~r/HarrietTheBlog/~3/jNy0T4SAUlc
"What makes it difficult for a poet not to tell lies is that, in poetry,
all facts and all beliefs cease to be true or false and become interesting
possibilities"
Reader Recommendations
[19]@zachprague Stanley Kubrick’s Chicago, 1949 -- amazing photo gallery
[20]bit.ly/gGgz5L [21]#browsings
Links:
19. http://twitter.com/zachprague
20. http://bit.ly/gGgz5L
21. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
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