Sidekick Books offers up the first of their fixes:
Paul Muldoon is one the foremost contemporary Irish poets. He has more than 30 anthologies of poetry under his name and has won
numerous awards including the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He has worked at a number of universities and has now
been appointed as distinguished professor within the department of English and creative writing at Lancaster University.
He takes up his position in September.
www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/people/qa-with-paul-muldoon/2013671.article
Isobel Rodgers asks Don Paterson and John Glenday about editing poems
isabelrogers.org/2014/06/04/editing-poems-john-glenday-and-don-paterson/
Just One Poem essay from Kim Moore at Poetry School
To announce the Forward Prize shortlists, Jeremy Paxman talks about the perception of poetry
www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/01/jeremy-paxman-poets-engage-ordinary-people-forward-prize
Katy Evans-Bush has written the following in reaction:
http://baroqueinhackney.com/2014/06/02/paxman-poets-and-the-pellety-nest/
George Szirtes also has a few words to say on the matter
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/02/jeremy-paxman-poetry-newsnight
A reply from Memphis Barker in the Independent
www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/poetry-should-readers-be-trying-harder
Howard Jacobson has his say in the Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/why-should-poets-engage-with-ordinarypeople-they-dont-exist-9499712.html
Martin Newell adds his take on the subject
http://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/480958/Martin-Newell-Harsh-words-for-dire-poets
The poet, who died 30 years ago, was a hero and prophet.
His matchless lyricism and love of the past went to the heart of what it means to be English.
Poet, canal laureate, blogger, one-time organiser of National Poetry Day and tireless supporter of poetry, Jo Bell, has drawn up a list of people
who 'really make poetry happen in the UK – the publishers, the event organisers, the evangelists and activists who keep plugging away, year
after year, to keep poetry healthy and diverse and thriving.'
Read about the awards on here blog here: belljarblog.wordpress.com
The Writing Platform have compiled a useful list of online tools for writers
Poet, lecturer and researcher Anthony Wilson discusses the poetry blogs that float his boat.
www.anthonywilsonpoetry.com
Camille Rankine asks whether poetry has to be about anything on the Poetry Foundation blog.
The Huffington Post asks 5 American Poets 5 questions
A blog for words written and unwritten
Source text - "Lying Lips" by William Le Queux
Erasures - Kevin Reid
Added text - George Szirtes & Jo Bell
Illustrations, photographs & images - Sonja Benskin Mesher, Dean Pasch , Mike Powell and Kevin Reid
http://morethanerasureii.tumblr.com/
Helena Nelson writes about whether poetry pamphlets should be themed on the HappenStance Press website
