Tag Archives: poetics

Historical Hipster San Francisco Poetry

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Liz Henry

As I was reading up on the controversy about Blue Bottle Coffee putting a generator-drive truck with espresso machines into Dolores Park, I came across this mock documentary by “Kenita Burns” about the battle between Ritual Roasters and Blue Bottle … finish reading Historical Hipster San Francisco Poetry

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Programming languages and science fiction!

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Liz Henry

Cat Valente, Tiptree-winning author of The Orphan’s Tales, wrote up a brilliant comparison of programming languages to literary genres. She covers a lot of ground here as a cultural and critic, and she’s witty as hell. If the bits I’m … finish reading Programming languages and science fiction!

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Sonnet, twittered

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Liz Henry

Drum roll… a moment in Twitter history… Twittered by allaboutgeorge aka George Kelly, for Sarah Dopp. The poem is better for having been twittered. I like it backwards, and getting the punchline first and then cycling back through it. The … finish reading Sonnet, twittered

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Code that isn’t at all poetry, but that is structure & patterns

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Liz Henry

Happy Poetry Month! Rather than poeting, for the past few days I’ve been twiddling with code. It is much the same state of mind as translating, or basic composition, but for me at least, not quite poetry. It does require … finish reading Code that isn’t at all poetry, but that is structure & patterns

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Carmen Berenguer wins Ibero-American Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Liz Henry

Happy Poetry Month! Congratulations to Carmen Berenguer who has won the 2008 Premio Iberoamericana de Poesía Pablo Neruda. I am very happy for her! And for everyone who will now read her marvelous poems! It makes me extremely happy that … finish reading Carmen Berenguer wins Ibero-American Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize

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April: National Poetry Month. Post 1: Nestor Perlongher in translation

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Liz Henry

a Originally uploaded by Liz Henry I’m going to try to post every day in April on poetry and poetics. This blog has got some poetry in it, if you dig deep underneath the feminist eyerolling and disability rights and … finish reading April: National Poetry Month. Post 1: Nestor Perlongher in translation

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Long poems last for a long time

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Liz Henry

Lately, poetry is all coming in floaty long phrases. It’s all endless stretching introductions full of commas. I think it’s because I’m in a beginning, and don’t have the clarity to send down a full stop sort of root into … finish reading Long poems last for a long time

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A bit of a poem by Adrienne Rich

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Liz Henry

I’ve been looking in my books for a particular poem that I remembered copying into a notebook about 20 years ago, and found it finally tonight: The world tells me I am its creatureI am raked by eyes    brushed … finish reading A bit of a poem by Adrienne Rich

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Gender and genre in blogs

Posted on December 21, 2006 by Liz Henry

In her paper on Gender and genre variation in weblogs Susan Herring and her team hypothesized differences between male- and female-authored blogs. I haven’t read the paper closely enough to get the detail, but the gist of it is they … finish reading Gender and genre in blogs

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Trivium, twittering, gregarious behavior

Posted on December 14, 2006 by Liz Henry

twittering Originally uploaded by Liz Henry. Some rambling thoughts on twitteration, or twitteritude: Twitter is fun. It’s a microblogging site; your entries are strictly limited to just a couple of lines of text. You can friend people and get their … finish reading Trivium, twittering, gregarious behavior

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