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Letters at 3AM
Poetry is an act of faith.
"...The discovery that you love poetry is, at its root, the discovery that poetry loves..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin International Poetry Festival
"...into the institution category. The seventh annual Austin International Poetry Festival, which takes place this week, follows a deceptively..."

April 16, 1999 Books Feature

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections
"...O'Connor, Carson McCullers, and Truman Capote; Leitman no less poetically and eloquently mines the same territory. - Claiborne Smith..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

South by Spoken Word
No Slam, Thank You, Ma'am
"...Danny Solis, Wammo, and Hilary Thomas are the Austin Poetry Slam Team. In past years, the South by Southwest..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature by Phil West

Postscripts
Texas politicians just decided who the state's next poet laureate is.
"...Poets Laureate Appointed..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Soldier: A Poet's Childhood
"...Soldier: A Poet's Childhoodby June Jordan..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Books Review by Craig Arnold

Boss Cupid
"...in combat boots is a gesture typical for the poet: challenging, unfashionable, and a bit mischievous. In the late..."

June 16, 2000 Books Review by Craig Arnold

Handicapper's Guide
Slam-O-Rama
"...Arbor teams typically have a more academic style of poetry. They also have two wicked, tough, opening-round bouts...."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature by Michael Bertin

Local Anthologies Take Root Growing Up
"...Although poetry is a highly individualized art form, it's one that..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Arts Feature by Phil West

Slam Sisters
The Women of the World Poetry Slam brings Austin a spoken-word contest that's about more than scores
"...Every slam poet has a conversion story. For Lacey Roop, it all..."

March 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Words Are Bonds
Worlds intersect at the 17th annual Austin International Poetry Festival
"...forgiven for not knowing that Austin also hosts a poetry festival, and an internationally notable one at that. Poetry..."

April 17, 2009 Books Feature by Michael Agresta

Texas Book Festival
Photos by John Anderson
"...to do. I popped into a panel of women poets speaking about popular culture in their work. Ex-cop Sarah..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Another Beauty
"...Adam Zagajewski is a critically acclaimed poet who, living in both Paris and Houston (where he..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Review by Lissa Richardson

Figures of Speech: Poems of Enrique Lihn
"...most fascinating stories from the evolution of Latin American poetry in the 20th century seem to come, quite unexpectedly,..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Books Review by David Garza

The Poetry of Pain
The Fires
"...she is the recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize). When Ella finds her grandfather dead, a suicide,..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Review

The Chronicle’s Favorite Austin Albums of 2023
Ten music writers reflect on the records they loved this year
"...Dead Yet; Sun June, Bad Dream Jaguar; Tele Novella, Poet's Tooth; Tender Things, That Texas Touch; Wild Child, End..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation
"...Anyone who really knows poetry knows that nobody reads Rilke. That is, nobody picks..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Books Review by David Garza

Ted Hughes Obituary
"...On October 28, Ted Hughes, the Poet Laureate of England, died at the age of 68..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Books Feature

In With the Old, In With the New
"...The latest pile of poetry to hit the Chronicle reflects a current trend in..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Books Feature by Phil West

10 in Focus
Alma
"...earlier films. 3/17, Union, 5:30pm Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Unrepentant Truths
Talking with Tammy Gomez
"...B.A. in psychology and pre-legal studies, and began her poetic journey. That path would include a summer spent at..."

June 27, 1997 Books Feature

The Life and Times of an Emotional Transient
Poetry Festival Salutes Albert Huffstickler
"...the full-scale "Tribute to Albert Huffstickler" at this year's Poetry Festival, that too will pass. He says, "It'll be..."

March 28, 1997 Books Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Inside the Small Presses Driving Austin’s Literary Scene
Meet the local small presses committed to publishing diverse literature
"...performance series her friend Jennifer Lewis launched in 2013. Poetry readings are a “longstanding literary tradition” on the West..."

May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson

Taking a Tour of Freedom House
Poet KB Brookins talks their new full-length book Freedom House
"...KB Brookins, author of Saguaro Poetry Prize winning How to Identify Yourself With a Wound,..."

Dec. 17, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, February 19-25
"...the Divine as offered down through the ages by poets, novelists, philosophers, and theologians. For example, poet Stéphane Mallarmé..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, Februry 12-18
"...AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I've adopted some lines from poet Walt Whitman for you to use in composing a..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 17-23
"...of desks. But long before there were standing desks, poet Rainer Maria Rilke and children's author Lewis Carroll wrote..."

April 17, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Star Turns
The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Love, In Your Shoes Elise Pekarek, Illusory Impressions D. Poet Powell, True Story Ashley Lynn Sherman, “Desire”/Hamlet..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Letters At 3AM: Karen Holden's This Music
This Music, Karen Holden's new poetry collection, expresses the connection between the self and the world
"...alone in the same modest apartment. Cavafy was a poet. That is, he was an indefinable being, even more..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Film
Actor Chris Doubek and his comedy of riches
"...at SXSW this year – Paul Gordon's The Happy Poet and Bryan Poyser's Lovers of Hate – and now..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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