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IthacaLit: Lit with ArtIn the guise of a beggar Odysseus returned to Ithaca.
News & Notes: We begin our journey into the inaugural issue of IthacaLit with endings. Here in the Northeast, the blossoms will finish their heady display, the leaves will "rage against the dying of the light" with a full force show of color, & we'll begin settling in, shoring up our minds for the long days inside. In this issue, you will find art, poetry and two insightful interviews that may speak to you, edge you forward, expand your perception and simply entertain your mind as we all rage against the dying of the light in our day-to-day. Thank you for being with us at the beginning. Michele Lesko, Editor |
Issue One, Autumn"poetry begins with the body, living pulse, real bloodbeat"
Featured Poet: Appearing September 21st, Issue One features the work of former Tompkins County Poet Laureate, Katharyn Howd Machan, whose books include The Wings, The Vines: Poems, When She's Asked to Think of Colors, Delilah's Veils, Sleeping with the Dead, Dreaming How the House of Love Begins, Of Redwing and many others. She is a professor of Women's Studies & Writing at Ithaca College. Her work appears in many journals in print & online. Of poetry she says, "The best poetry begins with the body, living pulse, real bloodbeat. Breath rhythm. Words come together; ideas and feelings form. Metaphor emerges as the most elemental music." Look for her work as well as an interview with Katharyn in Issue One. |
Helen Frankenthaler. Abstract Painter.
Helen Frankenthaler. DeChillo: NY Times
Helen Frankenthaler, the abstract painter who shaped a movement in art, died this week at age 83. There is “no formula,” she said in an interview in The New York Times in 2003. “There are no rules. Let the picture lead you where it must go.” Ms. Frankenthaler was known as a second generation Abstract Expressionist.
She passed away in her home in Darien, Conn. after a long illness.
in her studio on Contentment Island in Darien, Conn., in 2003, with her work, "Blue Lady," acrylic on paper.
By GRACE GLUECK Published: December 27, 2011
She passed away in her home in Darien, Conn. after a long illness.
in her studio on Contentment Island in Darien, Conn., in 2003, with her work, "Blue Lady," acrylic on paper.
By GRACE GLUECK Published: December 27, 2011
TOMAS TRANSTRöMER 2011 NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Paula Tranströmer/AP
Tranströmer is a writer, poet and translator. He plays the piano and worked as a psychologist until 1990. Born in Stockholm in 1931, he is one of the most important Scandinavian writers post World War II. He has numerous awards to his credit, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, The Petrarca-Pries in Germany, and the Swedish Award from International Poetry Forum.
A poet hasn't been awarded a Nobel Prize since 1996. Tranströmer writes surreal, imagistic poetry that is imbued with a core of music and nature. His 15 collections of poetry have been translated into over 50 languages. The best place to start reading Tranströmer is the collection, Tomas Tranströmer: Selected Poems, 1954 - 1986, edited by Robert Haas.
Many Tranströmer articles are available on his website linked here through his name.
A poet hasn't been awarded a Nobel Prize since 1996. Tranströmer writes surreal, imagistic poetry that is imbued with a core of music and nature. His 15 collections of poetry have been translated into over 50 languages. The best place to start reading Tranströmer is the collection, Tomas Tranströmer: Selected Poems, 1954 - 1986, edited by Robert Haas.
Many Tranströmer articles are available on his website linked here through his name.
Commemorating Ten Years of Giving Voice to Freedom
ICOA makes Ithaca one of four U.S. cities networked to support writers whose lives and creativity are at risk. Ithaca’s sister cities in this network are Pittsburgh, Miami, and Las Vegas. In the past ten years the writers supported by ICOA include: Yi Ping from China, Reza Daneshvar from Iran, Sarah Mkhonza from Swaziland, and Irakli Kakabadze from Georgia. While highlighting these four writers, the brochure also provides basic information about the organization, its funding partners, and the volunteers who work on its behalf. ICOA looks forward to continuing its work providing asylum in Ithaca.
Read about the first ten years of their history by clicking here.
Ithaca City of Asylum (ICOA) is a community organization dedicated to providing sanctuary to writers whose works are suppressed, whose lives are threatened, whose cultures are vanishing, or whose languages are endangered.
Read about the first ten years of their history by clicking here.
Ithaca City of Asylum (ICOA) is a community organization dedicated to providing sanctuary to writers whose works are suppressed, whose lives are threatened, whose cultures are vanishing, or whose languages are endangered.