Obituary: "Nikki Giovanni, the charismatic and iconoclastic poet, activist, children’s book author and professor who wrote, irresistibly and sensuously, about race, politics, gender, sex and love, died on Monday in Blacksburg, Va."
(NYT)
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Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81
As a writer, she tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was also a public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.
www.nytimes.com
Profile: "Write the poem you’re afraid to write. That’s the mantra-like advice Jan Beatty has been prescribing to budding poets of all stripes for over three decades."
(Belt Magazine)
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Jan Beatty - Poet. Madwoman. Ally.
Write the poem you’re afraid to write. That’s the mantra-like advice Jan Beatty has been prescribing to buddin...
beltmag.com
Interview: "Somewhere at the bottom of these piles of poems is the overwhelmed little girl sitting in that minivan, I’m not necessarily trying to find her, I’m trying to pull her through the world."
(Only Poems)
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Interview with Luisa Muradyan: On Humor, Heritage, and Writing Between Worlds — ONLY POEMS
In this in-depth interview, poet Luisa Muradyan discusses balancing motherhood and memory, navigating Ukrainian heritage, ...
www.onlypoems.net
Profile: "I felt the weight of speaking to all of that in that moment, the weight of being authentically a Palestinian writer on that stage."
(Seattle Times)
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Redmond writer says she didn't expect National Book Award win
Tuffaha's National Book Award-winning poetry collection "Something About Living" features poems about the Palestinian experience.
www.seattletimes.com
Report: "No one thinks of Edinburgh as a great Gaelic city but it is. Gaelic poets have always lived here."
(BBC)
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Lewis-born Gaelic poet Peter Mackay appointed Scotland's Makar
Lewis-born Peter Mackay was named as the latest holder of the national poetry role at an Edinburgh event.
www.bbc.com
Report: "A portrait of Robert Fergusson has been discovered at a Scottish castle and could help shed new light on the celebrated 18th-century poet."
(The Herald)
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Historic painting of poet who inspired Robert Burns discovered at Scottish castle
A portrait of celebrated 18th-century poet Robert Fergusson has been discovered at a Scottish castle.
www.heraldscotland.com
Conversation: "I think, in a way, a queer childhood provides painful but valuable instruction on how to be a poet: we learn early the power—and often necessity—of solitude."
(Adroit)
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A Conversation with Matthew Gellman
Matthew Gellman’s first book, Beforelight, was selected by Tina Chang as the winner of BOA Editions, Ltd.’s A. ...
theadroitjournal.org
Essay: "Sylvia’s diaries, meticulously kept for almost every day from 1944 to 1949, reflect her early realization that you could broadcast your own life, as Jack Benny did on his radio show (another of her favorites)."
(Lit Hub)
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How a Young Sylvia Plath Found Her Literary Voice Through Diary Keeping
For two weeks in July 1944, Sylvia Plath attended Camp Helen Storrow at Buzzard’s Bay, Massachusetts, averaging a ...
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Retrospective: "He pointed out that, in the past, poetry books were bestsellers, and poetry needed to have its own category recognized. We voted and added poetry unanimously."
(Publishers Weekly)
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Looking Back at 75 Years of the National Book Awards
This year, the National Book Foundation celebrated the 75th anniversary of the National Book Awards. To mark the m...
www.publishersweekly.com
Essay: "Blind, alone, and reeling from the failures of the English Revolution, Milton wrote an epic reflection on political defeat and the possibility of hope."
(Jacobin)
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John Milton’s Paradise Lost Mourned a Revolution Betrayed
John Milton died 350 years ago, leaving behind Paradise Lost, a poem composed in a state of deep despair. Blind,...
jacobin.com
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