News
February 17, 2012: Dallas Poetry Slam’s Youth Slam project, every 2nd Saturday at WordSpace, hosted by Alexandra Marie at 5 pm.
February 14: Great article on former WordSpace board president, Ben Fountain’s work and new book–Get Ready! Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. Here’s another one from Bite the Book.
February 10, 2012: UNT’s $10,000 Rilke prize winner announced: Laura Kasischke
December 28, 2011: “Towering Townes” by John Nova Lomax--includes a great interview with Jeff Liles who tells of meeting Townes at (WordSpace OG) Roxy Gordon‘s home.
December, 2011: SMU announces its 2012 Literary Festival line-up. March 21-23:
Martha Rhodes, Green Rose Prize, Corey Marks, editor of American Literary Review, Tyehimba Jess, poetry book of the year by Black Issues Book Review, Eduardo Corral, winner of both the 2011 Yale Series of Younger Poets and a Whiting Award. WordSpace will open the Southern Methodist University Literary Festival with WordSpace Student Readings and reception on the 21st.
December 6, 2011: Magical Paper Sculptures from the ‘Library Phantom’-Delightful!
November 17, 2011: Kell Robertson, 1930-2011: Cowboy-poet celebrated ‘guns, guitars and women’. Former Fort Worth resident, Caravan of Dreams inner-circle writer, Kell Robertson, from Santa Fe New Mexican, by Steve Terrell.
John Modica: 2-6-48 to 11-10-11: ”part of the Joe Stanco’s Poetry Roundtable of recovering Catholics, veterans and other wounded angels, that led down the long road to all things SolstiCelebration. Carry on my wayward son, John. You were brave with great passion…”-Amy Martin
October 4, 2011 Ben Fountain’s new book is due out in May!
Art and Seek takes a peek.
Aug. 8, 2011: University of North Texas English Department announces Rilke prize of $10,000.
June 4, 2011 Ben Fountain on The Kessler: Read about our favorite club in the NY Times
July 31, 2010 Dallas Morning News: Ben Fountain on Robert Trammell
The Dallas Morning News published this great piece on Robert Trammell by Ben Fountain.
May, 2010: More on the upcoming Dallas-based Paris Records release of Tim Robbins performing Hunter S. Thompson’s The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved, from The End of Being.
October, 2009: Evergreen Review article on Dallas-based spoken word label Paris Records. Paris Records‘ discography includes Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Terry Southern, Kathy Acker, Ed Sanders, Ira Cohen, Gregory Corso and celebrity readings of Edgar Allen Poe. Hunter S. Thompson’s The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved is scheduled for May 2012 release.
