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Today’s Lady News: Remembering Poet Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)

Jessica WakemanMarch 29, 2012 //
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  • Here’s some of the many remembrances of the poet, essayist and feminist activist Adrienne Rich, who died yesterday at 82. In particular, I point you to this beautiful, spare poem by Marge Piercy in honor of Ms. Rich. [NY Times, NYMag.com, The Millions]
  • Arizona’s State Senate defeated the bill that would have allowed employers to refuse to offer health insurance that covers birth control for their employees if it conflicted with the employer’s own “moral or religious beliefs.” [Think Progress]
  • A committee in Oklahoma’s State House voted yesterday to advance a so-called “fetal personhood” bill that would criminalize all abortions by declaring a fertilized egg a “person.” [NECN]
  • Well, somebody had to tell all of Esquire‘s female readers to stop being so uppity. [Esquire] Keep reading »

If Pinterest Was Real: A Cautionary Poem

Winona Dimeo-EdigerMarch 22, 2012 //
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I love Pinterest, but sometimes browsing through all the bright, shiny pictures and endless tips and tutorials feels like exploring a different world–a world where thighs don’t touch and every meal is cooked in a crockpot and served in a mason jar with a ribbon tied around it. The best way to describe the weird, wacky, wonderful world of Pinterest? In a poem, of course… Keep reading »

Dr. Maya Angelou’s Advice To Her 15-Year-Old Self

Jessica WakemanFebruary 23, 2012 //
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Here is the poet Dr. Maya Angelou, age 83, reading a letter she wrote to her 15-year-old self. “Find a beautiful piece of art,” she says. “Realize that was created by a human being just like you. No more human, no less.” Gorgeous. Definitely worth a listen. [CBS News]

5 Love Poems Inspired By Celebrity Couples

Winona Dimeo-EdigerFebruary 7, 2012 //
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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and love is in the air. Certainly there’s no better way to convey your deepest emotions than a romantic poem. We channeled a few of our favorite celebrity couples and wrote some lovey-dovey poetry on their behalf. Click through to check out the results, including a haiku for Kristen Bell and a sonnet for Beyonce…

Sarah Palin Is A Poet And Didn’t Know It

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comJune 23, 2011 //
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The 24,000 emails that Sarah Palin sent and received while she was governor of Alaska didn’t turn out to be filled with salacious and incriminating tidbits, like many reporters had hoped. But as editor Michael Solomon discovered, they were full of beautiful verse. And thus, Michael has put together a collection of 50 Palin poems in the volume Hope Like Heck: The Selected Poems of Sarah Palin.

After the jump, two lovely selections. Keep reading »

Common Reads Poetry At The White House, Sarah Palin Whines About It

Jessica WakemanMay 12, 2011 //

Sarah Palin, the mother of the world’s most famous plastic surgery laden, reality show-starring teen mom, pitched a fit this week because First Lady Michelle Obama invited the hip hop artist/actor/poet, Common, to perform poetry at the White House.

See, some of Common’s lyrics are not as G-rated as everything the Palin family does, like killing animals, surgically altering their facial features “for medical reasons” and getting knocked up whilst still in high school. Keep reading »

NYU Welcomes Professor James Franco To Their Staff

Amelia McDonell-ParryMarch 30, 2011 //
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Oscar-nominated actor, performance artist, writer, aspiring film director, Yale Ph.D student, and now … college professor. James Franco does it all! New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts (my alma mater and the school where Franco is working on his MFA in film production) has hired him to teach a graduate level course on adapting poetry into short films. I’m unsure what qualifies him to teach this course. Oh, wait. Now that I think about it, he did play Allen Ginsburg in “Howl” so he must be an expert on poetry! Keep reading »

Thank You, Emily Dickinson

Ami AngelowiczDecember 1, 2010 //

This past weekend, I got to visit the Emily Dickinson museum, which is basically just the house she was born and died in Amherst, MA. I’ve always been a fan of Emily, but walking through her house and hearing more of the personal details of her life made me appreciate her more. Perhaps what struck me the most was her little, white house dress that was on display. It was a perfectly tailored white button-down frock, the kind of thing that women wore to sleep in or to do chores around the house. But what was interesting about it was that Emily wore it out in public, which was grounds for ridicule back in the late 1800s. Keep reading »

Calling All Bad Poetry Submissions!

Jessica WakemanAugust 17, 2010 //

Calling all Frisky readers! Tomorrow, August 18, is Bad Poetry Day and we need your worst adolescent scribblings for our most epic, embarrassing post ever.

Don’t worry, we Frisky staffers will humiliate ourselves for your entertainment by sharing our terrible poems in a separate post. But it’s time for you readers to do your part, too. Send your baddest-of-the-bad poetry and the estimated age you penned this masterpiece to {encode=”jessica@thefrisky.com” title=”jessica@thefrisky.com”} by noon (EST) on Wednesday for inclusion in a very special post of poetry by our dear Frisky readers. Your identity will be kept totally anonymous. Simply include your commenter handle or the name/pseudonym that you’d like us to publish. (All submissions that don’t clarify what name to use will by default be credited to “Anonymous.”)

Your privacy may be protected, but your dignity will be hung out to dry with the rest of us. Keep reading »

James Franco Sexes Up Scraggly Poet Allen Ginsberg In “Howl”

Jessica WakemanJuly 22, 2010 //

I cannot, cannot wait to see James Franco in “Howl.” He actually makes Beat poet Allen Ginsberg kinda hot, instead of hairy and creepy. It gives the famous lines from Ginsberg’s iconic poem, also named “Howl,” a whole new meaning: I saw the best minds of my generation, starving, hysterical, naked …

Oh, did I mention JON HAMM IS IN THIS MOVIE, TOO?! Yes, he is, looking all hot as a lawyer battling obscenity charges. You win, casting department! Unforch, we have to wait until “Howl” debuts September 24. Keep reading »

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