Meet your Poem-a-Day curators for 2020

Posted on 12/05/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Academy of American Poets has revealed the monthly curators of daily poetry for 2020. These twelve guest editors, all...

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Tagged As: Poetry

Baltimore's Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum becomes a literary landmark

Posted on 12/05/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Baltimore has celebrated its Edgar Allan Poe connection for years, and now it’s receiving some official recognition. United for Libraries,...

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Tagged As: Horror, Literary tourism, Poetry, Short story

Congratulations to the 2019 National Book Award winners!

Posted on 11/21/2019 at 07:09 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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The National Book Foundation handed out the 2019 National Book Awards last night. The following five books emerged from a...

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Tagged As: Awards, Children's literature, Literature in translation, Nonfiction, Poetry

Extra stanza of Baudelaire's "The Jewels" becomes public

Posted on 11/15/2019 at 07:26 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

An extra stanza of Charles Baudelaire’s erotic poem “The Jewels” has been made public for the first time in more...

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Tagged As: Memorabilia, Poetry, The Guardian

Nonprofit buys writer Elizabeth Bishop's Key West home

Posted on 11/13/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Bookworms might want to ask for airfare to Key West for their Christmas present this year. Poet and short-story writer...

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Tagged As: Literary tourism, Poetry, Short story, The New York Times, Women in literature

Read early reviews of Apple TV's show "Dickinson"

Posted on 10/30/2019 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The first three episodes of Apple TV’s Dickinson — the quasi-modern adaptation of poet Emily Dickinson’s life — come out...

Tagged As: Poetry, Pop culture, TV adaptation

John Lithgow chats about his new political protest book

Posted on 10/24/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Actor John Lithgow has officially thrown himself into the political fray. While in the past, his involvement was just artistic...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Poetry, Politics, Pop culture, The New York Times

Writer pays for part of license renewal with a book of her poetry

Posted on 10/22/2019 at 02:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Once again, don’t let anyone tell you that words aren’t powerful. Writer Jane Marla Robbins found herself short $4 in...

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Tagged As: Just for fun, Poetry

Fragments of 13th-century erotic poem found in diocese's archives

Posted on 10/09/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

This post is safe for work, but the discovery it addresses isn’t exactly clean. The oldest surviving pages from a...

Tagged As: History, Memorabilia, Poetry

Here's the 2019 longlist for the National Book Award for Poetry

Posted on 09/18/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The longlist for the National Book Award for Poetry came out today. Among the ten honorees is a political strategist:...

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Tagged As: Awards, Poetry