too bloody right, mate ... Kinsella's the real deal
On 6/9/07, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I should bloody hope so! The Wild Colonial Boy - it's in our national
> character, mate. (Priscilla or no Priscilla ...)
>
> Andrew the Linfen Larrikin
>
> On 10/06/07, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I enjoyed John Kinsella's refreshing seminar & reading at Georgetown
> > University in Washington DC, but if I'm evaluating the overall reception by
> > the rest of the audience accurately, they viewed him as a bit of a "wild
> > man". Barry
> >
> > On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 02:28:14 +1000, Jennifer Compton
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > >well i wish that jk was so respected back where he was born
> > >
> > >----Original Message Follows----
> > >From: Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: John Kinsella
> > >Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 18:26:11 +0200
> > >
> > >One more note I feel the List deserves.
> > >
> > >John Kinsella is highly esteemed by me. Not only do I feature him on
> > >the Poets' Corner:
> > >http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?
> > name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=199
> > >
> > >I also have here his latest poetry book:
> > >The New Arcadia by John Kinsella
> > >New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2005.
> > >
> > >from which I translated several poems:
> > >http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?
> > name=poetsonpoets&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=36
> > >
> > >I was able to introduce him on Rai 2, the national Italian Radio and
> > >on the local newspaper Alto Adige, here is my note on my blog:
> > >http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/2006/08/langolo-della-poesia-john-
> > kinsella.html
> > >
> > >I remember that on that occasion to the work I suggested for the poet,
> > >I had to add the translation of The Silos, which was finally accepted.
> > >The usual problem we had to face in the choice of both poets and poems
> > >was to detect poems that could be easily understood by the listeners.
> > >Out of say 30 maybe five were accepted. In this case, thanks to my
> > >pressure to have John Kinsella featured, I was given a second chance,
> > >and that is when I suggested The Silos.
> > >
> > >
> > >I think this commitment shows all my respect for the founder of Poetryetc.
> > >
> > >Best wishes,
> > >
> > >Anny Ballardini
> >
>
>
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