Report: "After 12 years of publishing marginalized BIPOC and queer writers, the nonprofit Nomadic Press announced on Jan. 30 that it will be closing."
(KQED)
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Nomadic Press, a âChosen Family‘ For Queer and BIPOC Writers, Closes Up Shop
The Oakland publisher has become an invaluable hub for marginalized authors over the last 12 years â but founders say it's no longer sustainable.
www.kqed.org
Essay: Elisa Gabbert writes on the beginnings of poems.
(NYT)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/04/books/review/as-wallace-stevens-once-put-it-hi.html
Conversation: "I wanted to write a book about looking at the world."—Alex Dimitrov
(McSweeney's)
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Short Conversations with Poets: Alex Dimitrov
The poetry of Alex Dimitrov stays in the present. It’s the essence of contemporary. A living voice, an urban...
www.mcsweeneys.net
Obituary: "Linda Pastan, whose elegantly simple poems found beauty and, sometimes, pain in the ordinary sights and moments of life, died on Jan. 30 at her home in Chevy Chase, Md. She was 90."
(NYT)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/books/linda-pastan-dead.html
Profile: Carmen Maria Machado speaks with Poet Laureate Ada Limón.
(Elle)
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Can Poetry Heal a Broken World?
Ada Limón, the first Latina poet laureate, believes that the power of words can help us navigate this time of crisis.
www.elle.com
Review: "For Andrew Fitzsimons, translating Matsuo Basho’s haiku was both a physical and internal journey."
(Japan Times)
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Matsuo Basho's complete works reveal the sensuality and innovation of a master poet
Andrew Fitzsimons offers carefully considered translations of the poet’s works, including his famous haiku about a...
www.japantimes.co.jp
Announcement: The National Book Critics Circle has announced the finalists for its 2022 awards.
(NBCC)
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NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2022 - National Book Critics Circle
NBCC launches Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize and NBCC Service Award; Joy Harjo, City Lights receive lifetim...
www.bookcritics.org
Report: "[Limón's] poem, to be released in the coming months, will be engraved on the Europa Clipper spacecraft. It will travel 1.8 billion miles..."
(LOC Newsroom)
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A Voice Among the Stars: Poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Will Ride to Europa on NASA Spacecraft
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, who is known for work that explores the human connection to the natural world, is...
newsroom.loc.gov
Report: "Even the bathroom is devoted to literature, with black-and-white photographs of writers covering the ceiling and available wall space."
(Curbed)
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A Writer’s Book-Stuffed Greenwich Village Studio
A photo of Rimbaud looks down from the bathroom ceiling.
www.curbed.com
Review: "...the poet, fiction writer, and translator John Keene has gradually and unassumingly established himself as one of the preeminent writers of experimental literature in English."
(Chicago Review)
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On John Keene’s Punks
By Peter Myers
www.chicagoreview.org
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