This is the second of a series of guest posts on Book Patrol featuring the four poets who will be sharing the stage with W.S. Merwin at the upcoming "W.S. Merwin and Friends" benefit for Copper Canyon Press at Seattle's Town Hall.Valzhyna Mort hails from Belarus, a country carved out of the former Soviet Union. The Irish Times called her "A risen star of the international poetry world.” Her first book released in America Factory of Tears, published by Copper Canyon Press, is the first Belarusian/English poetry book to be published in the U.S. She has garnered an international reputation...
Ben Lerner on W.S. Merwin
Ben Lerner is the author of two collections of poetry The Lichtenberg Figures, which won the 2003 Hayden Carruth Award, and Angle of Yaw, which was finalist for the National Book Award. Both are published by Copper Canyon Press. His third book, Mean Free Path, also published by CCP, is due to be released any day now. Publishers Weekly pronounced that Lerner is "among the most promising young poets now writing."Lerner teaches in the writing program at the University of Pittsburgh.On February 4 poet Lerner will take part in the W.S. Merwin & Friends reading to benefit Copper Canyon Press....
W.S. Merwin & Friends: Four Poets Share the Stage and Their Thoughts
The pressmark of Copper Canyon Press.The Chinese character for poetry. Comprised of two parts: word and temple.One of the edicts of Copper Canyon Press is to publish books "by both revered and emerging American poets."On February 4, this commitment comes to life when two time Pulitzer Prize winning poet W.S. Merwin will read with four younger poets from the Copper Canyon stable in a benefit for the press. Joining Merwin at Seattle's Town Hall will be Ben Lerner, Erin Belieu, Matthew Zapruder and Valzhyna Mort.To celebrate the event Book Patrol has asked each of the younger poets to share a...
Mac in a Book: BookBook Got You Covered
The folks at Twelve South have just unveiled their latest Mac accessory, the BookBook, and it brings a whole new meaning to e-books.The BookBook is a hardback leather carrying case for your MacBook or MacBook Pro."Zip it closed and your baby is nestled between two tough, rigid leather hardback covers for a solid level of impact absorbing protection. The rigid spine serves as crush protection for an additional line of defense. BookBook creates a hardback book structure that safeguards your MacBook like few other cases can." These one-of-a-kind designs come in two colors; Classic Black or Vibrant Red and retail...
The Unbearable Whiteness of Book Covers
Meet Sticky. He's the guy third from the right and one of the main characters in the The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart.Now here's a close up of Sticky from the illustration that appears on the dust jacket of the latest book in the series.Ironically enough, the title of the latest book in the series is The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma, which given that Sticky's color is locked away between the boards sheds a whole new light on the term 'Prisoner's Dilemma'.Here's the product description as it appears on Amazon:Join the Mysterious Benedict Society...