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Poetry Anthology To Be Published/ Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation Celebrations – Poetry News Roundup 13th September

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at a new anthology of poetry and the 30th anniversary of the Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation. New Anthology of Poetry to be Published by Ada Limon   A new book which has been edited by Ada Limon, the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States and published in association with ...

New Award For Rita Dove/ Poetry Scroll Welcomed At Hamilton Library – Poetry News Roundup September 11th

 

We begin the week with a look at the latest award for the poet Rita Dove and the Japanese Scroll that has become the most recent addition to the Hamilton Library. Honorary National Book Award Medal for Lifetime Achievement for Rita Dove The National Book Foundation, which is a non-profit organization, has announced that this year, the winner of their ...

Youth Awards/ Poetry Fellows / Laurel Prize – Poetry News Roundup September 6th

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we bring you news about the Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards, the Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows and the shortlist for the Laurel Prize. Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards The seventh annual Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards, which celebrates young writers from Illinois, has announced the 2023 winners....

Seamus Heaney Centre Plans/ Kavanagh Festival Schedule Revealed – Poetry News Roundup September 4th

 

Today, in our poetry news round-up, we look at the plans for a new Seamus Heaney Centre and the schedule for the annual Patrick Kavanagh Festival. New Seamus Heaney Centre Announced by Queen’s University Close to the Lanyon Building, which is part of the main campus, the space will be located at the listed buildings that are on Mount Charles ...

Sillerman Prize Winner Announced/Poetry Fellow Finalists Revealed – Poetry News Roundup 9th August

 

On today's poetry news round-up, we take a look at the winner of the 2023 Sillerman First Book Prize and also one of the shortlisted poets for this year’s Poetry Fellowships. Winner of 2023 Sillerman First Book Prize Announced The poet Abu Bakr Sadiq is the winner of 2023's Sillerman First Book Prize. He was awarded the prize for “Leaked ...

Ginsberg AI Works/New Oxford Poetry Professor/Cowboy Poetry – Poetry News Roundup 7th August

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the poetry of Allen Ginsberg, reinvented using AI, the new Oxford ProAugustfessor of Poetry Canon and the 35th Annual Cowboy Poetry Festival. Ginsberg Poetry Given New Life Using AI   The estate of Allen Ginsberg, the countercultural icon and acclaimed American poet, will be bringing his poetry to life thanks ...

Georgian Poet’s Exhibition/Tennyson Outrage – Poetry News Roundup August 2nd

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the exhibition that remembers a Georgian poet and the inclusion of Alfred Lord Tennyson on a list of notable LGBT figures. Exhibition to Remember Georgian Poet A new exhibition has opened up in the Georgian capital, which commemorates the poet Paolo Iashvili, a prolific writer who, during the Stalinist purge, took his ...

Yeats Prize/ Poet Laureate Fellows / Heaney’s Tribute to O’Connor? – Poetry News Roundup July 31st

 

We begin the week with a look at the winner of the inaugural Yeats Poetry Prize, the 2023 Poet Laureate Fellows in America and the Tweet mistakenly attributed to a deceased poet. Winner of the Inaugural Yeats Poetry Prize Announced Sara Berkley has been named as the winner of the inaugural Yeats Poetry Prize for “The Last Cold Day”. The ...

Oppenheimer Poetry Link/ Gingko Prize/ Burns’ Holiday Cottage – Poetry News Roundup 26th July

 

Today in our poetry news round up we look at the poetry links to the Oppenheimer film, the winner of the 2023 Gingko AONB Prize and the Robert Burns Holiday cottage. The Influence of Poetry on Oppenheimer With the opening of the film Oppenheimer this last weekend, a film which looks at the man who played a leading role in ...

The Laureates That Never Were – Poetry News July 23rd

 

We begin the week with a look at the interesting history behind the appointments that were made to the post of poet laureate during the 1960s to 1980s. The Poets, Who Were Not, Laureate Released by the National Archives in Kew, official papers shed some interesting light on the rather bitter backbiting and infighting that took place around the names ...