Interview: "The book was born out of that impulse... What do I do with all these memories, and how do I preserve them in one place?"
(The Creative Independent)
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On keeping memories alive in your work
Author Natasha Rao discusses poetry as a chance to slow down, fossilize feelings, and as a site of transformation.
thecreativeindependent.com
Announcement: Roger Reeves has won the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize.
(Griffin Poetry Prize)
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2023 Griffin Poetry Prize Winner - Griffin Poetry Prize
TORONTO – June 7, 2023 –The Griffin Poetry Prize is pleased to announce the 2023 winner, Best Barbarian by Roge...
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Essay: "George was not an ordinary boss and Shakespeare and Company was not an ordinary bookshop."
(The Millions)
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Becoming a Writer at Shakespeare & Co.
I wanted to write. How could I not? The shop itself was a writer, generating hundreds of stories everyday.
themillions.com
Review: "The history—or histories—contained in Li’s collection are a cutting-together of the past in both the singular and plural, the part and the whole trapped together in a hall of mirrors."
(LARB)
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Cutting Together a History: On Dong Li’s “The Orange Tree”
Peter Myers reviews Dong Li’s “The Orange Tree.”...
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Interview: The Toronto Star talks with the five finalists for the Griffin Poetry Prize about their writing processes.
(Toronto Star)
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How much of yourself do you reveal in a poem? Griffin Poetry Prize nominees weigh in
TORONTO - All five poets shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize this year write in the first person, oftentimes ...
www.thestar.com
Report: "U.S. poet laureate Ada Limón on Thursday revealed her poem that will fly to Jupiter's moon Europa aboard NASA's Europa Clipper mission."
(Axios)
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Read the poem NASA is sending to Europa next year
Ada Limón's new poem connects Earth and the watery world
www.axios.com
Profile: "I do think that artists in general have an openness and a need to receive the world."—Ada Limón
(CBC)
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U.S. poet laureate Ada Limón celebrates nature, family and human connection in The Hurting Kind |...
Limón's sixth collection, The Hurting Kind, is shortlisted for the $130,000 Griffin Poetry Prize.
www.cbc.ca
Conversation: "I have learned that the right time to write love poetry to a burning world is when it is burning—and it’s always burning."
(McSweeney's)
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Short Conversations with Poets: Katie Farris
“Why,” asks Katie Farris in the title poem of her new book’s opening poem, “write love poetry in a burni...
www.mcsweeneys.net
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