http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:56:53 -0700 Sat, 09 May 2009 11:05:20 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m5d9-Niedeckers-Way?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner Niedecker has even re-emerged lately on Facebook. "Lorine Niedecker is the best living poet. No one says so much with so few words. Dickinson is good much of the time, but Niedecker is good all of the time." —Basil Bunting I&rs... Sat, 09 May 2009 11:05:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m5d9-Niedeckers-Way?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m5d5-Poetry-Spotlight-Ben-Evans-of-Fogged-Clarity?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner  Recently I spoke with Logan Square resident Ben Evans who is editor of the brand new online literary journal Fogged Clarity about his new site, Lolita, the New York Times, and his future plans for FC, which includes sound files as well as the... Tue, 05 May 2009 08:58:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m5d22-Poetry-Spotlight-Ben-Evans-of-Fogged-Clarity?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m4d21-Good-bad-poetry?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner Most poets have written at least one resounding howler. Boom-lay, Boom-lay ...    There’s nothing like a guilty pleasure. As I once again promise myself to finish reading Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell, a novel that... Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:06:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m4d27-Good-bad-poetry?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m4d26-Dont-let-the-weather-stop-you?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner Look how happy poetry made Gary Snyder.  Don’t let the weather stop you. Precip that isn’t snow is a cause for celebration around here and I’m still reveling in the fact that birds are singing and leaves are appearing, finall... Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:27:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m4d26-Dont-let-the-weather-stop-you?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m4d24-What-makes-the-Chicago-poetry-scene-great?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner Adam Fieled represents. (photo by Amy King)  What makes the Chicago poetry scene great? I do know that we are pleasantly overrun with journals, reading series, sites, and possible performance spaces where things are “happening” on a... Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:10:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m4d24-What-makes-the-Chicago-poetry-scene-great?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m4d21-Allegrezza-and-Anderson-Bleeding-into-Focus?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner Joe Judd: Owner of the literary oasis in Wicker Park, Myopic Books  Being curator of the Myopic Books Poetry Series has its perks—I get to hear some of the best poets in Chicago read their new work! This past Sunday was no exception. Bil... Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:06:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m4d21-Allegrezza-and-Anderson-Bleeding-into-Focus?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m4d20-The-Bookslut-Reading-Series-Triplicate-Kristys?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner Andersonville's Hopleaf: Home to poetry, fiction, a groovy menu,and a long list of formidable beers.  In the most recent chapter of the Bookslut Reading Series at the Hopleaf in Andersonville, I was happy to catch Kristy Odelius, Kristy Bowen,... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:17:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m4d20-The-Bookslut-Reading-Series-Triplicate-Kristys?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Poetry-Spotlight-Jessa-Crispin-on-the-Bookslut-Reading-Series?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner Jessa Crispin in her natural habitat. I recently attended a poetry reading in the much-lauded (deservedly so) Bookslut Reading Series, which primarily features fiction, and enjoyed hearing two local poets, Kristy Odelius and Kristy Bowen, and also ... Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:04:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8277-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Poetry-Spotlight-Jessa-Crispin-on-the-Bookslut-Reading-Series?cid=exrss-Chicago-Poetry-Scene-Examiner