Category/Genre Forums: Poetry Books
Book Requests
I would love to see more contemporary poetry offered on DailyLit. I'm a huge fan of contemporary poetry and I think it lends itself especially well to the DailyLit installment format.
Author suggestions: Galway Kinnell, Billy Collins, John Ashbery
Thanks so much for all the great work!
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Baudelaire would be wonderful!
Jun 7, 2009 3:05 pm
by dreamdust -
Note that we have Baudelaire (in French) available. If you're thinking of an English translation, we'd need to find one where rights have been made available (e.g. through Creative Commons) or we'd need to acquire the rights.
Jun 7, 2009 7:25 pm
by susandanziger (admin) -
English, please. Many thanks!
by dreamdust -
If you are fortunate enough to read French, (or had it drummed into you as a kid), then it gives an extra dimension to the books of authors like Andre Gide or Flaubert that cannot be fully expressed in English. Likewise I should think for Russian readers when delving into Lermontov & Tugenev. The language expresses the soul of the country.
Jun 8, 2009 9:24 am
by MANICHAEAN