Posted on June 2, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency is mixing the old with the new to create some great literary humor. Specifically, Walt Whitman's poetic...

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Posted on June 2, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past day ... or take a deeper dive into each story....

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Posted on May 25, 2023 at 7:48 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A single complaint has led to restrictions on who can read Amanda Gorman's The Hill We Climb at a Florida...

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Posted on April 11, 2023 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

April is National Poetry Month, and NPR's latest piece to commemorate it is the very definition of inclusive. Scott Detrow...

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Posted on February 15, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

On this day in 2010, writer, poet, and activist Maya Angelou was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Then-President Barack...

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Posted on February 14, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those who believe Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was murdered appear to officially be right. Neruda's nephew told a Spanish news...

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Posted on February 12, 2023 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Meena Kandasamy recently completed a new translation of one portion of the Thirukkural — an ancient collection of verses...

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Posted on February 3, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The contenders for the new incarnation of the Rathbones Folio Prize have been announced. For 2023, the prize has expanded...

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Posted on February 1, 2023 at 2:08 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When the Europa Clipper spacecraft heads out to Jupiter's second moon, it will bear something very special: a poem written...

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Posted on January 17, 2023 at 1:54 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Congratulations are in order for Anthony Joseph, whose Sonnets for Albert won the 2022 T.S. Eliot Prize. Britain’s most prestigious...

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Tagged As: Awards, Poetry, The Guardian