Susan Crowe

Elizabeth Bishop blog

www.elizabethbishopcentenary.blogspot.com
If you’re a Bishop fan, check out this great blog. Next year is the centenary of her birth, and Nova Scotia will host a variety of events to mark it.

Answers

In response to recent questions:

I found my little coffee maker on-line. You, too, can find it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=espresso+maker So far, I’ve tried it three or four times and have not yet found the perfect coffee to water ratio.
It cost $60.00. Well, it is electric, you see.
It’s a little larger than I expected, but worth packing anyway [...]

Three Valentines for Elizabeth Bishop

Here are the details, as promised, for the EB event coming up. It’s a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Oh, and if you wonder about the italics below, they are all titles of or phrases from Bishop poems.
THREE VALENTINES for ELIZABETH BISHOP
Celebrate Elizabeth Bishop’s Birthday
Date: Sunday, 7 February 2010
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Place: [...]

One Art – Elizabeth Bishop

One Art - Elizabeth Bishop

The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster,
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and [...]