tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post7907068339587762334..comments2024-03-06T10:39:37.128+00:00Comments on Tania Writes: Source of Lit: Billy CollinsTania Hershmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-82567492056664216552009-06-22T10:30:18.187+01:002009-06-22T10:30:18.187+01:00Avril, exactly. We musn't look too much for ex...Avril, exactly. We musn't look too much for external validation from those who don't really enjoy what it is we want to do. That is doomed from the start!Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-54138684146923700602009-06-22T10:23:27.507+01:002009-06-22T10:23:27.507+01:00Perhaps we were naive but fast becoming cynical! I...Perhaps we were naive but fast becoming cynical! I guess the only thing to do is carry on with the writing - that and the support of other writers is what really counts.<br /><br />AvrilAvrilhttp://www.avriljoy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-55018538476628603992009-06-18T14:46:07.496+01:002009-06-18T14:46:07.496+01:00Avril, I am right there with you re not sure if I ...Avril, I am right there with you re not sure if I can call it poetry, but do it anyway. Interesting to hear about your Orange Prize story, I find that shocking but perhaps we are naive? When the main judge made that comment about enjoying the longlist and calling them all " first novels" perhaps I should have wondered about what she actually did read and what she didn't! Or perhaps she likes to call short story collections "novels", maybe she's coining a new term :) Ah, cynical, moi?Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-13948578786493059052009-06-18T14:39:00.814+01:002009-06-18T14:39:00.814+01:00Nik - you must!
Barbara, your blog post is great,...Nik - you must!<br /><br />Barbara, your blog post is great, it must have been astonishing, both of them, I cant even imagine!Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-34619225075667900612009-06-18T14:36:45.159+01:002009-06-18T14:36:45.159+01:00I am also going to check him out. I have just star...I am also going to check him out. I have just started writing poetry as well as prose - but don't quite know if I can really call it poetry yet - so new poets are a great find for me - thanks<br /><br />I was very interested in your Orange Prize award evening story - I have an Orange Prize story that is also very disappointing - it concerns the judging process - I was in the comapny of one of last years judges who was very dismissive of certain o fthe novels on the short list and then indicated she had not really read all of them!! Maybe I or my colleague who was involved will blog that one!<br /><br />AvrilAvrilhttp://www.avriljoy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-64026325196731454812009-06-18T13:54:49.850+01:002009-06-18T13:54:49.850+01:00I discovered Billy Collins last summer, when I saw...I discovered Billy Collins last summer, when I saw him read in Ireland at the John Hewitt Summer School, with Seamus Heaney. I was lucky enough to hear his work before reading it, and I, of course, went and bought his books on the strength of what I heard. I was totally impressed! I <a href="http://intendednot2b.blogspot.com/2008/07/billy-collins-seamus-heaney.html" rel="nofollow"> blogged</a> about it at the time, and I remember just how much the audience laughed at his work: his gentle humour carries everything along so well. He's a good poet to read.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-23626409657012623802009-06-17T19:21:24.460+01:002009-06-17T19:21:24.460+01:00Cool - I'll check him out. Not heard of him be...Cool - I'll check him out. Not heard of him before so this could be an exciting discovery!Nik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-54383628798222270162009-06-17T19:03:45.804+01:002009-06-17T19:03:45.804+01:00Chris, how wonderful, I bet it opens them up to po...Chris, how wonderful, I bet it opens them up to poetry in the best way!<br /><br />Sue, I totally believe it. Did he give you permission personally or just by reading his work? Glad to be in the club - me, you and Sue B-F? Should we have T-shirts! Headed notepaper!Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-3695590740171848412009-06-17T18:57:30.977+01:002009-06-17T18:57:30.977+01:00Well, now you've found my secret. Billy Colli...Well, now you've found my secret. Billy Collins is my hero and my muse. He was the one who gave me "permission" to write the sort of poetry write. And, of course, his connection to Anam Cara has given me endless hours of inspiriation. Welcome to the AC/BC Club (of which I think there are 3 members:-) )Sue Guineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556228394020314560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-4819135648977001372009-06-17T18:40:54.868+01:002009-06-17T18:40:54.868+01:00When I get to poetry in my "Introduction to L...When I get to poetry in my "Introduction to Literature" class, I have have 25 worried faces. Those who are brave say they "don't get poetry." I tell them to be patient. I offer them a Billy Collins poem. They laugh. It's not so bad.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07873176321671466213noreply@blogger.com