Yehuda amichai biography of alberta
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Today's Reading:
"In summer by the sea" by Yehuda Amichai from THE GREAT TRANQUILLITY, published by Sheep Meadow Press (1997). "More Idleness" by Tom Hennen from CRAWLING OUT THE WINDOW, published by Black Hat Press (1997).It's the birthday of poet TESS GALLAGHER in Port Angeles, Washington, 1943. Her collections include Stepping Outside, Portable Kisses, and Instructions to the Double.
It's the birthday in Edmonton, Alberta, 1911, of the writer and critic MARSHALL McLUHAN – who said, "It is the medium that is the message because the medium creates an environment that is indelible and lethal." In the mid-1960s came out with his books Understanding Media, and The Medium is the Massage. He believed that the way we acquire information affects us more than the information itself; since TV involves more of our senses than reading, he believed the printed book to be doomed.
It's the birthday in the Chicago suburb, Oak Park, of ERNEST HEMINGWAY, born in 1899, and a
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Benjamin Zephaniah’s urgent, imperative “To Michael Menson” was written when he was a poet in residence at a human rights barrister in England. His poem resonates with his repeated calls for justice for a murdered Black musician — not a justice that is gullible, impotent, or hopeless but one that is clear-eyed, collaborative, and mighty.Benjamin Zephaniah was born and raised in Birmingham, England. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including City Psalms, Propa Propaganda, and Too Black, Too Strong. In 2000, he was poet in residence for the chambers of human rights barrister Michael Mansfield, where he worked on numerous cases, including the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Zephaniah appeared on the TV show Peaky Blinders and is also known for his poetry books for children.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.We’re pleased to offer Benjamin Zephaniah’s poem and invite you to subscribe to Pádraig’s weekly Poetry Unbound Substack newsletter, read the Poetry U
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Trying Again to Stop Time
"...it will be easy for readers to connect with Barzanji's writing, because his words seep with humanity's universal emotions and occurrences." ~Safa Jinje, Quill & Quire
On the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list (Edmonton Fiction) for the week of May 8, 2015 ~Edmonton Journal
Today's book of poetry believes that poetry connects us, makes us more human.... Barzanji has been part of an oppressed minority in his own country, an exile, a refugee and an immigrant…. By illuminating his world of exile Barzanji shines a light on the whole world. His poems are witness and journey…. Barzanji has a surprisingly light touch considering the depths he is mining, it surprises the reader again and again.... Jalal Barzanji's story fryst vatten a familiar one but it fryst vatten not often shared, rendered into art. These poems shine." ~Michael Dennis
"The poetry itself is political, personal and interrogating. It asks questions of governments, of individuals in