Profile: "While Nutter’s acclaim as a poet and educator was already well-established, his daughter Elaine introduced his work to a new audience through TikTok."
(K. Mag)
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"Poet Dad of TikTok" - How Geoffrey Nutter Redefines Modern Creativity
Known to many as the “Poet Dad of TikTok,” Geoffrey Nutter has become a symbol of the enduring power of poetry and creativity.
www.kmagazine.org
Profile: "Grefenstette stresses that all of these initiatives are meant to showcase, on both a local and national level, that 'Pittsburgh is a great literary city.'"
(Pittsburgh Magazine)
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The International Poetry Forum Is Back
The International Poetry Forum returns after a 14-year hiatus to revive the Steel City’s role in showcasing renowned writers.
www.pittsburghmagazine.com
Essay: "Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is big business – and you can thank the likes of Edgar Allan Poe and other Romantics for contributing to the hype."
(University of Missouri)
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Poetry, parties and prestige: Mizzou professor researches the literary soirées that fueled Valent...
University of Missouri Professor John Evelev explores Valentine’s Day’s evolution within New York’s 1830s-40s literary culture.
showme.missouri.edu
Profile: "Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise."
(Smithsonian)
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When This Brilliant Author Died, She Left Behind a Legacy of Grief, Haunting Poetry and Surprising...
Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long journey of depression
www.smithsonianmag.com
Report: "A recently discovered poem by Robert Frost, written in 1918 and published for the first time in The New Yorker's Anniversary Issue."
(New Yorker)
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Lost and Found: A Newly Discovered Poem by Robert Frost
“Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.
www.newyorker.com
Announcement: 2025 Kingsley Tufts Poetry
Award, 2025 Kate Tufts Discovery
Award Winner, and finalists announced.
(CGU)
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Winners & Finalists — Tufts Poetry Awards
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Report: "On Monday, February 3, Governor Maura Healey signed an Executive Order creating the position of Poet Laureate for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."
(Somerville Times)
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Profile: "I would find some very beautiful poems brought to me by people who didn’t understand themselves to be poets. That was one of the delightful parts of the role."
(Emerson Today)
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Emersonian Laureates Shape Boston’s Poetry Scene - Emerson Today
Boston has had three poet laureates, and all three have been Emerson alums or professors.
today.emerson.edu
Essay: "What is Hell, these days? 'New and Collected Hell', a book-length poem by Shane McCrae, is an audacious effort to stage a tour of the underworld in an almost painfully post-millennial context and vernacular."
(New Yorker)
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The Poet Shane McCrae Goes Back to Hell
McCrae’s work obsessively retreads paths through Heaven, history, and eternal torment. What can we learn from his ...
www.newyorker.com
Report: "Year six and Year seven pupils at Forres Sandle Manor took part in breaking the record for the world's largest ever poetry lesson, joining more than 43,000 pupils across the globe in contributing ideas to form a poem."
(Yahoo News)
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