Comments for Close Calls With Nonsense http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com A poetry blog by Stephen Burt Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:41:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on ignatz! by Updates on Monica Youn, The Terminator, Taglines, Video Games, Hugh Hefner and Brunello di Montalcino | ducksanddrakes http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2010/03/02/ignatz/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Updates on Monica Youn, The Terminator, Taglines, Video Games, Hugh Hefner and Brunello di Montalcino | ducksanddrakes Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:41:16 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?p=215#comment-484 [...] “The rawhide thighs of the canyon straddling the knobbled blue spine of the sky:” Check out these springy selections from Monica Youn’s Ignatz, poems inspired by George Herriman’s Krazy Kat cartoons (h/t Stephen Burt) [...] [...] “The rawhide thighs of the canyon straddling the knobbled blue spine of the sky:” Check out these springy selections from Monica Youn’s Ignatz, poems inspired by George Herriman’s Krazy Kat cartoons (h/t Stephen Burt) [...]

]]> Comment on don’t get around much? by Writezilla http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/12/07/dont-get-around-much/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Writezilla Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:07:23 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?p=172#comment-476 <strong>30 Books in 30 Days: Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry, by Stephen Burt...</strong> Each day leading up to the March 11 announcement of the 2009 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member James Marcus discusses criticism finalist Stephen Burt's Close Calls with Nonsense: Read... 30 Books in 30 Days: Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry, by Stephen Burt…

Each day leading up to the March 11 announcement of the 2009 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member James Marcus discusses criticism finalist Stephen Burt's Close Calls with Nonsense: Read…

]]> Comment on time out! by admin http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/03/25/time-out-2/comment-page-1/#comment-474 admin Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:39:01 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?p=74#comment-474 Trinculo! (From Shakespeare's Tempest-- the quotation comes from Auden's The Sea and the Mirror.) Trinculo! (From Shakespeare’s Tempest– the quotation comes from Auden’s The Sea and the Mirror.)

]]> Comment on time out! by Jerry Ottaway http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/03/25/time-out-2/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Jerry Ottaway Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:03:06 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?p=74#comment-472 What is the name of the boy who had his hat stolen by the north wind? What is the name of the boy who had his hat stolen by the north wind?

]]> Comment on About Stephen Burt by Close Calls With Nonsense / te whiore o te kuri http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Close Calls With Nonsense / te whiore o te kuri Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:43:06 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?page_id=2#comment-469 [...] About [...] [...] About [...]

]]> Comment on About Stephen Burt by Poet Stephen Burt explains the Massachusetts heartbreak | Passing Comments http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Poet Stephen Burt explains the Massachusetts heartbreak | Passing Comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:27:13 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?page_id=2#comment-464 [...] on the Democrats losing the Senate race last Tuesday in Massachusetts, there’s a good one by Stephen Burt, a local resident himself, in the London Review of Books (“The People’s Seat” Jan 20, [...] [...] on the Democrats losing the Senate race last Tuesday in Massachusetts, there’s a good one by Stephen Burt, a local resident himself, in the London Review of Books (“The People’s Seat” Jan 20, [...]

]]> Comment on sorry about massachusetts by cmjones http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2010/01/20/sorry-about-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-463 cmjones Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:57:25 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?p=191#comment-463 Re your reading at Fordham: If you'll be talking about Irish poetry, please oh please give a shout out to Wake Forest U Press. Irish poetry is ALL we do. Thanks. Re your reading at Fordham:
If you’ll be talking about Irish poetry, please oh please give a shout out to Wake Forest U Press. Irish poetry is ALL we do. Thanks.

]]> Comment on giant adamantium claws by Will http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/12/26/giant-adamantium-claws/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Will Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:18:30 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?p=181#comment-461 I had a very spirited debate with a good friend on whether or not Friday Night Lights was superior to The Wire. I was arguing that FNL was indeed better than The Wire. He was incredulous. Seasons 3 and 4 have been quite good as well, fyi. I had a very spirited debate with a good friend on whether or not Friday Night Lights was superior to The Wire. I was arguing that FNL was indeed better than The Wire. He was incredulous. Seasons 3 and 4 have been quite good as well, fyi.

]]> Comment on 10 you are by Allan Peterson http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/12/21/10-you-are/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Allan Peterson Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:37:03 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?p=178#comment-452 Glad to hear it. Congratulations Steve ! Glad to hear it. Congratulations Steve !

]]> Comment on pastoralisms by Katie Fowley http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/12/11/pastoralisms/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Katie Fowley Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:01:00 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?p=176#comment-449 That's funny--my boyfriend is the red sheep in the upper right corner! That’s funny–my boyfriend is the red sheep in the upper right corner!

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