Sylvia Plath

I am currently reading The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath by Ronald Huffman. Has anyone read it?


~Genevieve

Words of Wisdom

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.


~Rainer Maria Rilke

East Village

Friday, April 29 2011 10:00pm
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe
The Friday Night Poetry Slam
Hosted by Mahogany Browne
current spotlight slammers here:
www.nuyorican.org/poetryslam.php
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd Street (Avenues B/C)
$10
www.nuyorican.org 212-505-8183
Subway: F to 2nd Avenue,
R to 8th Street,
4/5 to 14 Street,
6 to Astor Place

Words in Williamsburg

Friday, April 29 2011 7:00pm
Pete's Candy Store
Deborah Landau & Dara Wier
Hosted by Dorothea Lasky
Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street @Manahattan/Union Aves
Williamsburg (Brooklyn)
free dottielasky@gmail.com
Subway: L to Lorimer Street

Words of Wisdom

A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.

~Ezra Pound (1885-1972)

Stormy and Poignant

I'm listening to Sylvia Plath's poems. I've listened to them several times. They are stormy and poignant and has so much depth and pain in them. I'm still trying to undrstand the depth of Plath's poems. I read somewhere that her work was speaking of her own demise but I'm going to investigate that claim. What I do see is the clash of two persons; Sylvia Plath, the poet; and Sylvia Plath, the person. When two persons clash in side of the heart, one's spirit can be torn asunder. ~Genevieve

Words of Wisdom

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers. ~Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)

Sylvia Plath Audio Book

I requested an audio book of poems read by Sylvia Plath from the public library. She has caught my interest because of the metaphors and descriptions of landscapes that she used in her writings. Her life ended tragically in 1963 at the age of thirty. Having read some of her poems, I sense that there was much more to Sylvia. Perhaps when I listen to the audio book, I may be able to understand what she is feeling. ~Genevieve

Monday, April 11 2011 7:30pm Greenlight Bookstore Poetry of Loss, Memory, and Optimism: Judith Baumel & Jacqueline Jones LaMon Greenlight Bookstore 686 Fulton Street @South Portland, Brooklyn free www.greenlightbookstore.com 718.246.0200

For Activists

Sunday, April 10 2011 12:00pm Activist Poets’ Roundtable Valentino’s Market—balcony in the rear 74 Fifth Avenue @13th/14th Streets free A space for activist poets and friends to gather and share poetry with each other. Time will be allocated equally for all participants to read original work, or poems that you admire written by another. There is no limitation on style or content — though poetry based on themes of peace, social justice, and human solidarity is a focus.

Book Release Party

April 8th, 2011 @7pm Jon Sands Book Release Party Jon Sands & friends Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery @ Bleecker $8 www.bowerypoetry.com

Words of Wisdom

A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard. ~Herman Melville (1819-1891)

Love All The Arts

One of my favorites newspapers is the Brooklyn Rail. Though I'm interested in poetry, essays, and nonfiction, I enjoy many forms of the arts. I love plays, classical music from time to time, art, and theater. It does expand my horizons. The Brooklyn Rail has some intelligent and thoughful articles. ~Genevieve www.brooklyn.org