Conversation: "I wanted to situate my grandmother’s small individual story within the larger forces that shaped it, such as immigration, war, colonialism, capitalism, and history overall."
(McSweeney's)
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Short Conversations with Poets: Rick Barot

In Moving the Bones, Rick Barot’s newest, the project is both catastrophe and praise. But it begins, paradoxically...

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Announcement: "Raymond Antrobus, Carl Phillips and Karen McCarthy Woolf are among the poets shortlisted for the 2024 TS Eliot prize."
(The Guardian)
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TS Eliot prize for poetry shortlist contains ‘a strong strain of elegy’

The authors include Gboyega Odubanjo, whose debut collection was published posthumously, Carl Phillips and Karen McCarthy Woolf

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Interview: "I want my poems to be responsive, permeable. When something seems to just present itself to me—whether a striking sight or an image in a dream, I have to take note."
(Poetry Society)
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An Interview with Rae Armantrout

Conversations with poets, editors, and artists.

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Announcement: "This year’s winners, announced Tuesday, range from ages 39 to 75, and their occupations include poet (Jericho Brown), violinist (Johnny Gandelsman), [and] cabaret performer (Justin Vivian Bond)."
(Washington Post)
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Meet the 2024 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners

This year’s list of MacArthur “genius grant” fellows includes author Jason Reynolds and “Reservation Dogs” co-creator Sterlin Harjo.

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Essay: "Part of what draws me to retranslation, for example, is its conversational dynamic. I enjoy the process of engaging with and adding to other takes on a primary text."
(LARB)
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Why (Re)translation Matters | Los Angeles Review of Books

Paul Reitter discusses the aesthetic and cultural value of “retranslating” classic texts.

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Announcement: "ARIANA BENSON’s collection Black Pastoral (University of Georgia Press, 2023) has received the LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE." (Academy of American Poets)
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The Academy of American Poets Announces the 2024 Winners of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and...

New York, NY (September 26, 2024)—The Academy of American Poe

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Report: "The Dickinson Homestead today is fielding fans from a new source. The house is dotted with items from Dickinson, which aired on Apple TV+ from 2019 to 2021."
(Atlas Obscura)
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How a TV Show Brought New Fans (and Furniture) to Emily Dickinson's House

The poet’s home-turned-museum has embraced its pop-culture moment.

www.atlasobscura.com

Essay: "Perhaps beyond a poetry classroom that isn’t within the confines of prison, these students needed an outlet for their intelligence, one that allowed them the freedom to be the teacher."
(Whale Road Review)
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Swapping Student-Teacher Dynamics in Juvenile Detention Centers

Each spring, our county’s Juvenile Detention Center organizes a seven-segment poetry workshop for a small group of ...

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Interview: "I don’t approach writing about political subjects, but instead approach writing poems, and political subjects sometimes happen to occur."
(Only Poems)
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Essay: "Poetry in Australia has long been an afterthought in the broader afterthought of literary policymaking, and an artform that ... has largely failed to attract a dedicated general readership."
(The Guardian)
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Australia will get a poet laureate next year. Here’s what needs to change first | Sarah Holland-Batt

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www.theguardian.com