Sirena: poetry, art and criticism

Semana Poética X Makes the News!

campbele — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:43:35 +0000

Dickinson’s 10th annual Poetry Week made the news in Prensa Latina thanks to an announcement made by Víctor Casaus! Take a look:
http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?optio…

Eco-Friendly Paper Books

campbele — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:18:56 +0000

Margaret Atwood has been concerned about sustainability and the environment for years, and now her new book–In Other Worlds–will be printed on Eco-friendly straw paper!

Read more about the project here: http://www.phillyburbs.com/blogs/book_ch…

The Big Read

campbele — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:51:29 +0000

Margaret Atwood will be giving the keynote address at The Center For Fiction’s month-long series, “The Big Read: A Wizard of Earthsea.” The keynote event is on Wednesday, October 21st in New York City, and the entire Big Read celebration begins this upcoming Monday!

If you’re a fan of fiction (particularly science fiction and fantasy), be sure to attend one of the events.

Find out more about The Big Read here: http://centerforfiction.org/the-big-read

Sirena Poets coming to Dickinson College

campbele — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:43:00 +0000

This year is a big year for Sirena. We are currently in the midst of preparing our latest issue for publication, and we are in a unique position to welcome four Sirena poets to Dickinson College!

Noel Luna, Víctor Casaus, and Eduardo Jordá will be arriving in a little over a month for Dickinson’s annual Semana Poética. Noel Luna will be a part of the opening reception and ceremony on Sunday, October 23rd, Eduardo Jordá will speak on October 25th, and Víctor Casaus will present the following day. To learn more about these poets and the others visiting for Semana Poética, take a look at this website: http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/progr…

We will also have Margaret Atwood visiting this semester! Margaret is the 2011 recipient of The Harold and Ethel L. Stellfox Visiting Scholars and Writers Program award. She will be presented with the award in ATS on Tuesday, November 29th, at which time she will give a reading. Learn more about Margaret Atwood’s visit here: http://www.dickinson.edu/news-and-events…

Check back here (and on our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sirena-Poe…) for updates on these poets, campus events, the Sirena publishing process, and news about the worlds of poetry and art.

The Poetry Society of America

aldrich — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:06:29 +0000

Today The Poetry Society of America celebrates 100 years of existence. There will be a reading and celebration this evening at Cooper Union in New York. No less than five poets laureate will participate in the reading. Actress Maria Tucci will perform Robert Frost’s “A Servant to Servants.”

http://www.poetrysociety.org/

Poetry in the News

aldrich — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:41:12 +0000

Don’t miss this report on the Dodge Poetry Festival: http://nyti.ms/9PaTCd

Our Facebook Image

aldrich — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:47:14 +0000

For our Facebook icon we have chosen the illustration poet Michael Augustin contributed for the cover of our inaugural issue back in 2004. Over the years Michael and poet Sujata Bhatt have developed close connections to Sirena. They have also participated in Dickinson’s annual Semana Poética. Listen here to the Michael’s wonderful “Some Questions Regarding Poems”:

watch?v=Wjh_FStea7g

Sneak Preview

aldrich — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:14:12 +0000

Readers of SIRENA will soon be able to enjoy some of Kristin Dykstra’s translations of Cuban poet Ángel Escobar. Not too long ago a few of her translations appeared in Jacket.

http://jacketmagazine.com/38/escobar-poems.shtml

Ana Merino Interview

aldrich — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:52:59 +0000

If you read Spanish, please take a look at this fascinating interview with poet Ana Merino. Some of Ana’s poems appear in the new issue of SIRENA.
http://revistaliterariaazularte.blogspot…

Welcome! Bienvenidos!

aldrich — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:09:20 +0000

Welcome to the Sirena blog. On October 27th we present the 2010.2 issue of Sirena here at Dickinson College. This issue is dedicated to the poet Manuel Alcántara. In addition to an ample selection of his work, we include essays by Juvenal Soto, Teodoro León Gross, and Francisco Ruiz Noguera. The issue also features poetry by Ángel Escobar, Ana Merino, and Félix María de Samaniego.

Manuel Alcántara