Hurricanes and Anniversaries

Four years after Hurricane Katrina tore the lid off New Orleans' poverty and inadequate levee system, Federal Aid is finally flowing in. Imagine that. Check out our colleague, teacher, and fellow-writer's personal essay. Nicole Cooley on her home town:
http://penamerica.blogspot.com/

THE REST OF OEDIPUS ...

(after “Oedipus at Colonus” by Sophocles…)
Queens College Dept.
of Drama, Theatre, and Dance
The premiere production
Thursday, Sept. 10 @ 7 pm
Friday, Sept 11 @ 5 pm
QC Campus: LeFrak Concert Hall in the Music Building
free admission
(for info and reservations, call: 718-997-3075)

Poets! (this includes you, Ann!)

Poetry Society of America
Chapbook Contest
Submissions for the 2010 chapbook fellowship will be accepted between Oct. 1 and Dec. 22. See site for guidelines:
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-chapbook.php

CORRESPOND WITH FORMER POET LAUREATE…

ROBERT PINSKY on the ‘Fray’
http://www.slate.com/
It’s ‘Classic Poem’ time on SLATE again. Once a month, Robert Pinsky posts a poem with a brief introduction—anyone can read this on the website by clicking ‘Arts’ then proceeding to the poem. If you would like to join the forum, you will need to register which is easy enough: after the poem you will see ‘Join the Fray: Our Reader Discussion Forum.’ If you click on ‘Post a Message,’ you will be led to register with your own name or a pseudonym. Suggestion: once you have registered, have a password, etc. it’s a good idea to check out the ‘Read Messages’ and look over the topics before contributing--this way you can decide whether you wish to add to an already-active topic OR begin a new one.
AND while you're thinking about poetry, click on this: www.favoritepoem.org