Report: "The 30-item collection includes newspapers and books from her lifetime that contain poems by Wheatley and references to her, as well as material documenting her literary afterlife."
(New York Times)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/arts/phillis-wheatley-smithsonian.html
Report: "After gaining federal permission, the family of a famed poet/author plans to trek to a remote corner of South Dakota in October to retrieve a century-old monument..."
(Nebraska Examiner)
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https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2023/09/25/family-of-famed-poet-plans-to-breach-century-old-monument-to-unlock-mystery-inside/
Review: "The poems in Removal Acts possess a caustic lyricism..."
(The Adroit Journal)
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https://theadroitjournal.org/2023/09/20/a-review-of-erin-marie-lynchs-removal-acts/
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Interview: "I think that for me, it always started with the body, which is where I begin as a dancer and a woman."
(Her)
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https://www.hercircle.in/engage/get-inspired/achievers/poetry-can-leap-across-time-with-just-a-line-tishani-doshi-5849.html
Report: Minneapolis is looking for its first poet laureate.
(MPR News)
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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/09/21/minneapolis-begins-search-for-firstever-poet-laureate
Interview: "Poetry is everywhere and everybody has it."
(LitHub)
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https://lithub.com/poet-and-translator-dong-li-on-the-common-tongue-of-poetry/
Interview: "...I think most, if not all, of my poems are haunted, but I’m the only one who can see the ghosts hanging around the edges."
(The Yale Review)
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https://yalereview.org/article/elisa-gonzalez-interview
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Announcement: "Poet Afaa Michael Weaver has won the Wallace Stevens Award, a lifetime achievement honor presented by the Academy of American Poets."
(Spectrum News)
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https://ny1.com/nyc/staten-island/ap-top-news/2023/09/19/poet-afaa-michael-weaver-wins-100000-award-for-lifetime-achievement
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