Cool-looking authors No. 10

Arthur Rimbaud (French poet, stopped writing around age of 21; died at age 37 in 1891)
(Photo by Etienne Carjat)

Pulitzer

And this year's winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry is Kay Ryan. Here's a brief but good interview. Her brevity and skills at rhyme are to be admired. Wall Street Journal: Kay Ryan AND an example of her work: "Bait Goat."

Facts

Even the poetry at The New Yorker gets fact-checked. From New York Observer.

Hefty

Not only is this book 10,000 pages.
It's in one volume. 10,000 pages.
And it's a book of poetry.
Wow.

Nostalgia

The days
when Hemingway
was on par
with movie stars

is long gone.

— Dave Gessner
http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/we-are-all-poets-now/
http://collinkelley.blogspot.com/2010/04/tinkers-tailors-soldiers-poets.html

Billy Collins Action Poetry

Forgetfulness

Eternity

Eternity and poetry.

Poetry

Poetry is not a lost art.
Poetry is better than ever. ...
The short story is also not
a lost art, but I would agree
it is a good deal closer
than poetry to the lip
of the drop
into extinction's pit.
-- Stephen King, introduction to "Everything's Eventual"