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Dear Readers,
We return to our prose series this week to present the Translator's Note to The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson.
"The gendered metaphor of the 'faithful' translation, whose worth is always secondary to that of a male-authored original, acquires a particular edge in the context of a translation by a woman of The Odyssey, a poem that is deeply invested in female fidelity and male dominance. I have taken very seriously the task of understanding the language of the original text as deeply as I can, and working through what Homer may have meant in archaic and classical Greece. I have also taken seriously the task of creating a new and coherent English text, which conveys something of that understanding but operates within an entirely different cultural context.  The Homeric text grows inside my translation, like Athena's olive tree inside the bed made by Odysseus, 'with delicate long leaves, full-grown and green, / as sturdy as a pillar.'"
Look for it here.
Enjoy this week's poems!
Warmest regards,
Don Selby & Diane Boller
2. Sponsor Messages
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
January 12-15, 2018, Atlantic City area, NJ. Presented by Murphy Writing of Stockton University. 24th year!
Featuring Pulitzer Prize winners Stephen Dunn and Gregory Pardlo. Join us for small, intensive workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction and memoir. Enjoy challenging and supportive sessions, insightful feedback and an encouraging community. Scholarships available. Register early and save: www.stockton.edu/wintergetaway
Vermont College of Fine Arts MFAs in Writing
Vermont College of Fine Arts offers a traditinal low-residency MFA in Writing programÂnow celebrating its 35th yearÂalong with a residential MFA in Writing & Publishing program.
2017 UNT Rilke Prize
Wayne Miller's Post-, published by Milkweed Editions, has won the 2017 UNT Rilke Prize. The $10,000 prize recognizes a book written by a mid-career poet and published in the preceding year that demonstrates exceptional artistry and vision.
The judges also selected three finalists for this year's Rilke Prize: Christopher Bakken's Eternity & Oranges (University of Pittsburgh Press), Ruth Ellen Kocher's Third Voice (Tupelo Press), and Dana Levin's Banana Palace (Copper Canyon Press).
Wake Forest University Press proudly announces our fall titles.
David Wheatley’s The President of Planet Earth brings an experimental sensibility to bear on questions of land and territory, channeling the messianic ambitions of modernism into rich and subversive comedy. Frank Ormsby, in The Darkness of Snow, covers vast territory in five parts, from meditations on art to insightful poems on life with disease. And in his eleventh collection, Angel Hill, Michael Longley explores familiar Irish landscapes as well as vignettes from the Western Scottish Highlands. http://wfupress.wfu.edu/
Palm Beach Poetry Festival
January 15-20, 2018, Delray Beach, Florida
Deadline to apply for workshops: November 10
Workshops, readings, interview, gala and performance events with Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Chard deNiord, Beth Ann Fennelly, Ross Gay, Rodney Jones, Phillis Levin, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Tim Seibles. Admission is by application. For more information, visit www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org or email srw@palmbeachpoetryfestival.org
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Perugia Press Prize
A prize of $1000 and publication by Perugia Press is given annually for a first or second unpublished poetry collection by a woman. Submit manuscripts for the 2018 prize with a $27 entry fee between August 1 and November 15, 2017. Both online and paper submissions are accepted. Visit our website for complete guidelines.    Â
The 2017 winner, Starshine Road, by L. I. Henley, is now available from Perugia Press.
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3. Poetry News Links
News and reviews from around the web, updated daily: Rebecca Foust introduces "Eye of the Storm, Pescadero Coast, 1972" by Christina Hutchins. (Women's Voices for Change) Leah Willingham profiles Donald Hall. (Concord Monitor) Elegies and Valedictions, by Burton Hatlen, edited by Virginia Nees-Hatlen, reviewed by Dana Wilde. (Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel) Wyatt Mason on the classicist Emily Wilson and her new translation. (The New York Times Magazine) The Flayed City, by Hari Alluri, reviewed by Mark Young. (Los Angeles Review of Books) Andrew McCulloch introduces "Trace Elements," by Chris Wallace-Crabbe. (The Times Literary Supplement) Elizabeth Flock on a short film based on McKayla Robbin's collection, we carry the sky. (PBS NewsHour) And more ...4. New Arrivals
These new arrivals are available for purchase via Poetry Daily/Amazon.com.
Concerto al-Quds, Adonis / tr. Khaled Mattawa (Yale University Press) Selected Proverbs, Michael Brooks Cryer (Elixer Press) Landscape with Sex and Violence, Lynn Melnick (YesYes Books) Live Streaming, Conor O'Callaghan (The Gallery Press) Vault: a poem, Kathleen Pierce (New Michigan Press) Unmark, Montreux Rotholtz (Burnside Review Press) Ask Again Later, Nancy White (Tiger Bark Press) Translucent when Fired: Poems New & Selected, Deena Linett (Tiger Bark Press) Pricking, Jessica Cuello (Tiger Bark Press) Fancy's Orphan, George Drew (Tiger Bark Press) Be Quiet, Kuno Raeber / tr. Stuart Friebert (Tiger Bark Press) Too Quick for the Living, Walter Bargen (Moon City Press)5. This Week’s Featured Poets
The work of the following poets will appear as Today's Poem on the days indicated:
Monday - Jacqueline Osherow
Tuesday - Eric Pankey
Wednesday - Federico Garcia
Thursday - Erin Adair-Hodges
Friday - Jennifer Nelson
Saturday - Shane Seely
Sunday - David R. Slavitt
6. Featured Poets October 23, 2017 - October 29, 2017
These and other past featured poets may be found in our archive:
Monday - Hadara Bar-Nadav
Tuesday - WS Merwin
Wednesday - Jeffrey Skinner
Thursday - Donika Kelly
Friday - Jared Harel
Saturday - Katie Willingham
Sunday - Emily Jungmin Yoon
7. Last Year’s Featured Poets
These poems will be retired from our archive during the coming week.
Christopher Buckley, "Heart Failure"
Harry Clifton, Two Poems
Michael Homolka, Two Poems
Emily Leithauser, "Haiku for Insomnia"
Lynne Knight, "Survival"
John Bargowskin, "Star Party"
Gregory Kimbrell, "The Advance of the Glacier"
8. Poem From Last Year
Haiku for Insomnia
When I couldn't sleep,Â
the large coffee table book'sÂ
unwieldy, chalky,
gorgeous Edo prints:Â
cats gnawing cherry blossoms;Â
red banners trailing
the confettied streets;Â
snow lining bark like shadows.Â
Only time for one,
and I would promiseÂ
not to turn ahead. But justÂ
as you were closing
Hiroshige shut,Â
you would cheat. A rakish grin.Â
Tomorrow night's will
amaze you. I'm gratefulÂ
now you taught me that suspense:Â
art that waits for you.
Emily Leithauser
The Borrowed World
Able Muse Press
Copyright © 2016 by Emily Leithauser
All rights reserved.
Reproduced by Poetry Daily with permission
Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved.
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