Me and the young 'un passing through San Francisco, 2011
So, the new issue of the online poetry place the Passionate Transitory is live. I have a little set of poems up there (my page is here) and I especially like the editor's introduction on the current issue page. Lots of interesting things to read.
Which reminds me... back at the beginning of 2012 I read Langston Hughes' "Not Without Laughter" and mentioned it on here. One commenter suggested I read Bonnie Greer's book about Hughes ("Langston Hughes - the Value of Contradiction") and I did recently just do that. It's a good overview of Hughes' life (including a lot of background detail on his family and their history) and it just shows... it may take a while to get round to reading recommendations but I get there in the end!
4 comments:
Pleased that Passionate Transitory is doing so well Rachel - the power of blogland eh?
Thanks for mentioning the new issue, Rachel, and I'm glad you like the 'editorial'! I'm so pleased your own poems are in there. I like them very much indeed.
To my shame I've never come across Langston Hughes before. You've got me reading him online. At first glace he seems like a cross between Bukowski and Vachel Lindsay - but I like it.
Glad to have introduced you then! It doesn't matter when we get to a great writer... as long as we get there in the end.
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