New Site Warehouses Poetry Readings
Shelby (who seems to have much more poetry information at her fingertips than I do, odd) just sent me this NPR link, concerning a story, in short, about The Poetry Archive, a hothouse for poetry recordings. Lynn Neary's article looks a little like this:
The newest addition to poetry sites on the Web has the lofty goal of becoming the first port of call for poetry lovers around the world. Launched by British poet laureate Andrew Motion, The Poetry Archive boasts an extensive collection of poets reading their own work.
Motion says the idea for the archive came about one day when he was recording some of his own poetry and struck up a conversation with audio engineer Richard Carrington in the process.
Their idea is to include both existing readings by poets as well as new recordings. Motion envisions a site that will be constantly updated and eventually will be the premier site for hearing poets in their own voices.
On a curious side note, there are several links of other poetry matters on this website, including one reviewing the new poetry collection of deposed Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic, indicted for his role in a 1995 massacre in Srebrenica and the 1992 siege of Sarajevo. The article states: "He remains in hiding" … but still he gets his poetry out into the blogworld. Interesting.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:05 am
I heard that piece, too–the Archive seems decidededly British, old chap, and I can’t listen to the recordings until I get back to Lansing; Compuware’s firewall won’t let me (bastards). I think the Academy of American Poets’ website has some recordings on line, but as I haven’t been there in awhile, I don’t remember…
Anyway, another few hours of something that looks like work and I’m off, driving back to Lansing, four days off. Here’s much holiday cheer to you and Shelby, and I’ll probably catch you in the New Year…
December 22nd, 2005 at 10:01 am
Thank you, Sam! I hope the winter roads have been heavily salted (which makes it sound like some sort of Norse fish product) and you make it back to Lansing without troubles. I hope you have a lovely weekend and holiday and we should all get together and have a post-reading party of some sort … or perhaps a shin-dig? I always wanted to have a shin-dig.