Here's the 2020 longlist for the National Book Award for Poetry

Posted on 09/17/2020 at 01:56 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The longlist for the National Book Award for Poetry came out today. All of the poets on the list are...

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Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Poetry

Group wants French poets Rimbaud and Verlaine in the Pantheon

Posted on 09/10/2020 at 10:12 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The next time you visit Paris, there may be some new faces (so to speak) in the Pantheon. Agence France-Presse...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, Poetry

T.S. Eliot estate sends a large donation to the Brontë Parsonage Museum

Posted on 09/08/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Brontë Parsonage Museum launched a crowdfunding campaign in July in hopes of closing a forecasted year-end deficit of £100,000...

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Tagged As: Charity, Classic literature, coronavirus / COVID-19, Literary tourism, Poetry, The Guardian

Meet the 4-year-old poet whose work will be published next year

Posted on 07/23/2020 at 10:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You can definitely call the latest British poetry sensation a wunderkind. After all, Nadim Shamma-Sourgen — whose collection of poems...

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Tagged As: Poetry, The Guardian

Singer John Prine becomes the honorary poet laureate of Illinois

Posted on 07/02/2020 at 12:27 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Illinois has its first ever honorary poet laureate: the late John Prine. The singer died April 7 of complications from...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Poetry, Pop culture

Poetry Foundation’s president and board chair resign

Posted on 06/11/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Critics of the Poetry Foundation’s response to George Floyd’s killing and its aftermath have received one of their wishes. Foundation...

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Tagged As: Diversity, Poetry

94-year-old poet beats COVID-19

Posted on 06/10/2020 at 08:48 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Seems safe to say that most of us could use a pick-me-up, no matter how your morning has been going....

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Poetry

Poetry Foundation faces backlash over its response to recent police violence

Posted on 06/08/2020 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Poetry Foundation is under fire for its response to the ongoing racial justice protests. Hundreds of poets, including past...

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Check out these bookish games from the safety of your home

Posted on 06/06/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Need a break from reading but want to keep your entertainment literary? We have a few suggestions. Poetry In America...

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Poetry provides a peek into the mind of post-Black Death Europe

Posted on 06/04/2020 at 07:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One of our lockdown pastimes (and one that we share with many folks, we’re sure) is wondering what the world...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, History, Poetry