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Remembering Jack Gilbert, Moby-Dick Marathon, and More [1]

by
Evan Smith Rakoff
11.14.12

Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:

Poet Jack Gilbert has passed away at age eighty-seven. The Los Angeles Times touches on Gilbert's singular life and career [2].

In memory of Jack Gilbert, Tin House posted Gilbert's poem "Tear it Down [3]" yesterday on its Tumblr.

"Amazon wriggles out of paying corporation tax in the UK and other European countries by channeling its European business through a Luxembourg-based parent company. [4]" Melville House looks at the recent scrutiny politicians in the United Kingdom have focused on Amazon.

"I keep copies of the novel in a knapsack under the waiter’s station just for moments like these." Balls author Julian Tepper recounts giving a copy of his first novel to one his regular restaurant customers—novelist Philip Roth [5]. (Paris Review Daily)

Brain Pickings offers a few food recipes from famous authors, including Allen Ginsberg's borsch [6], and John Keats's porridge.

If you haven't seen the new James Bond film, Skyfall, it features a few lines from Tennyson’s "Ulysses." [7] (Harriet)

In New York City, a massive Moby-Dick marathon-style reading [8]begins in two days.


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/remembering_jack_gilbert_mobydick_marathon_and_more [2] http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jack-gilbert-20121114,0,332360.story [3] http://thetinhouse.tumblr.com/post/35660176287/rip-jack-gilbert-1925-nov-13-2012 [4] http://mhpbooks.com/uk-politicians-slam-amazon/ [5] http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/11/13/in-which-philip-roth-gave-me-life-advice/ [6] http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/11/14/john-keatss-porridge-favorite-recipes-of-american-poets/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+brainpickings/rss+%28Brain+Pickings%29&utm_content=Google+Reader [7] http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2012/11/spoiler-alert-tennyson-poem-featured-in-skyfall/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HarrietTheBlog+%28Harriet%3A+The+Blog%29 [8] http://mobydickmarathonnyc.org/