Friday April 11, 2014
Tavern of Fine Arts
313 Belt Ave, 63112
Reading 7pm sharp will be:
Ben Moeller-Gaa
Nicky Rainy
Catherine Rankovic
The Tavern has new art on the walls and a great menu, the inserts are printed on 'pink lemonade' paper this time, and Edition 6 = Three Years of Architrave! I hope you'll come help celebrate.
beautifully printed poems, sold individually
Showing posts with label Catherine Rankovic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catherine Rankovic. Show all posts
3.15.2014
1.23.2012
Answering Ben Cameron - Part 1
One of Ben Cameron’s talks [available in four parts on YouTube] was instrumental to the creation of Architrave. I encourage anyone interested in making art happen to give him a listen, and not just because he’s the Executive Director of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Listen to him because he listens to all the artists and organizations that he encounters. He listens to the people who consume art, too, so he has lots of good advice to help us navigate our changing world. During this particular talk, Mr. Cameron asks four pithy, pesky questions about why what we do should matter to anyone else. It’s good exercise:
Question 1: What is the value of [your art form]?
1.12.2012
Self-Portrait In Greyhound Bus - Catherine Rankovic
NB: In order to promote Architrave poems and poets, this blog will release both poet bios and my comments on their poems into the wild. Enjoy~
Read the full text of the poem by clicking the image or purchase it here.
The Poem:
We've all been this grumpy traveler: over-hot, overtired and lugging baggage that's as heavy as this poem's long, long lines. But in that exasperated moment it's hard to grasp one's own contribution to the unpleasant atmosphere. That's when William Wordsworth's idea of poetry as "emotion recollected in tranquility" is most useful. It's only afterward, when we've disembarked from the bus, after we've finished the poem - that word "Ugly" right at the end, sticking with us as we return to the title - that we make the necessary connection.
The Poet:
Catherine Rankovic is the author of Meet Me: Writers in St. Louis (2010),Island Universe: Essays and Entertainments (2007), and Fierce Consent and Other Poems (2005). A Pushcart Prize nominee and winner of first-place poetry awards in 2009 and 2010, she has published poems inBoulevard, River Styx, Gulf Coast, Natural Bridge, 13th Moon and other journals, and online in Umbrella and The St. Louis Beacon. She has taught university creative writing courses since 1989 and is a mentor and editor for new authors at BookEval.com. She has an M.A. from Syracuse University and an M.F.A. from Washington University.
Read the full text of the poem by clicking the image or purchase it here.
The Poem:We've all been this grumpy traveler: over-hot, overtired and lugging baggage that's as heavy as this poem's long, long lines. But in that exasperated moment it's hard to grasp one's own contribution to the unpleasant atmosphere. That's when William Wordsworth's idea of poetry as "emotion recollected in tranquility" is most useful. It's only afterward, when we've disembarked from the bus, after we've finished the poem - that word "Ugly" right at the end, sticking with us as we return to the title - that we make the necessary connection.
The Poet:
Catherine Rankovic is the author of Meet Me: Writers in St. Louis (2010),Island Universe: Essays and Entertainments (2007), and Fierce Consent and Other Poems (2005). A Pushcart Prize nominee and winner of first-place poetry awards in 2009 and 2010, she has published poems inBoulevard, River Styx, Gulf Coast, Natural Bridge, 13th Moon and other journals, and online in Umbrella and The St. Louis Beacon. She has taught university creative writing courses since 1989 and is a mentor and editor for new authors at BookEval.com. She has an M.A. from Syracuse University and an M.F.A. from Washington University.
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