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Valzhyna Mort (again), Jorie Graham, the dangers of speaking to poets at readings

14 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
This is a postscript to my last piece on Valzhyna Mort and Factory of Tears.  A London audience heard her a couple of years ago at Poetry International on the South Bank.  She...

Factory of Tears

14 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
That is the title of a collection by Valzhyna Mort.  What a wonderful title.  A poet�s work, poems� work, life, one�s homeland�  The last poem in the book has the same title, and...

Moon poems by Sidney and Laux

14 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
Last year I was obsessed with the full moon.  How come it�s still possible to write poems about the moon, after all those years of people doing it, from Shakespeare to Wordsworth to...

Invitation to 2 poetry readings; films in strange settings; the new MPT website

14 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
I�m reading at the Torriano next weekend, along with Jane Speare and Kate White, hosted by Lisa Kelly.  Do come along: Sunday 8 May at 7.30, first half is open mic.  The annual...

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