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  • 1667

    Abraham Cowley – On July the 28th, 1667 Abraham Cowley passes away in Chertsey, United Kingdom [Chertsey, United Kingdom]

  • 1844

    Gerard Manley Hopkins – Gerard Manley Hopkins was born in 1844 in Stratford, Essex. He was the first of nine children to Manley and Catherine Hopkins. His father founded an insurance firm and at one point was British consul general in Hawaii. [Stratford, Greater London, United Kingdom]

  • 1866

    Beatrix Potter – On the 28th of July 1866, Beatrix Potter is born in London, England [London, United Kingdom]

  • 1913

    D.H. Lawrence – On the 28th of July 1913 Lawrence meets tramp poet W. H. Davies [London, United Kingdom]

  • 1913

    William Henry Davies – On the 28th of July 1913 Davies meets D. H. Lawrence [Kent, United Kingdom]

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Black Ice Dies / Nigeria Prize Poetry Longlist – Poetry News Roundup July 24th

This week in our poetry news round up we look at the death of the pioneering spoken word artist Black Ice and the newly announced poetry longlist for the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature. Spoken Word Pioneer Black Ice Dies Aged 54 [caption id="attachment_20768" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images[/caption] Black Ice, the Philadelphia poet who did as much as anyone to carry spoken word from the back rooms of open mic nights onto television ...


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