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  • 1374

    Giovanni Boccaccio – On the 19th of July Boccaccio\'s friend Petrarch passes away [Padua, Italy]

  • 1603

    Sir Walter Raleigh – On July the 19th 1603 Raleigh is again imprisoned in the Tower of London [London, United Kingdom]

  • 1955

    Weldon Kees – On the 19th of July 1955 Kees car is found deserted [San Francisco, California, United States]

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Gibson Passes Away / BSL on Forward Shortlist – Poetry News Roundup July 18th

This week on My Poetic Side, we look at articles about the death of the poet and performance artist Andrea Gibson, and the shortlist for the Forward Poetry Prize. Andrea Gibson, Poet and Performance Artist, Dies Aged 49 The poet and performance artist Andrea Gibson, who had been the Poet Laureate of Colorado since 2023 and used they/them pronouns, has died at the age of 49, four years after being diagnosed with cancer. A statement ...


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