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Louise Imogen Guiney was an American writer of poetry and essays. As well as working in the Boston Public library as a cataloguer for a time she also edited the works of mostly Catholic writers of the English and Irish literary tradition. She was born on the 17th January 1861 in Roxbury, Massachusetts of Irish Catholic immigrant parents. They sent her to the Elmhurst ...
In today's poetry news round up we head over the Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to take a look at the 16th annual Sharjah Arab Poetry Festival as poetry becomes increasingly more popular in the Arab countries. Then we head to the US where the Rochester Institute of Technology has been given a grant to digitalise rare ASL poetry videos. Sharjah Arab Poetry Festival...
We begin the week here at My Poetic Side with an article about Mikhail Baryshnikov and his performance of the poetry of Joseph Brodsky. We also take a look at the Malawian poet Julius Jules Banda who has appealed to his fellow countrymen for financial support to attend a poetry festival in the UK later this year. Baryshnikov Brings Brodsky to the Stage Brodsky/Baryshnikov ...
Luis de Góngora y Argote was a lyric poet of the Spanish Baroque era and also a Catholic priest. His literary accomplishments place him amongst the greatest Spanish poets of his time and he wrote in a style that became known, with a nod to his name, as Gongorism. He was born Luis de Argote y Góngora on the 11th July 1561 in Córdoba, ...
In today"s poetry round-up we bring you a rather mixed bag of stories; The city of Cincinnati is searching for their next Poet Laureate; a mystery poem has appeared in protest at the site of a proposed quarry in Stanstead Abbots and finally the live performance of “Ask Your Mama” a poem by Langston Hughes at a tribute concert. Cincinnati Poet Laureate The city ...
Lydia Maria Francis Child was a 19th century poet, novelist and school teacher. She was, throughout her lifetime, enthusiastically involved with a number of campaigns of a political and social justice nature. Examples of these were Native American rights, women’s rights and the abolition of slavery and she was also against American expansionism of its territorial and political borders. She was never afraid ...
Today at My Poetic Side we bring you the sad news of the death of the National Poet Laureate and Political activist Keorapetse Kgositsile, who died just yesterday after a short illness. South African National Poet Laureate Dies at 79 2018 has not got off to a great start for the literary community with the news that the National Poet Laureate of South Africa ...
In today's poetry new round-up we take a look at Tony Walsh and his gift to the Forever Manchester Charity. We also take a look at the winner of the Costa Award for Poetry. Poet Gifts Poem to City Tony Walsh aka Longfella, the poet who shot to fame following the bombing of the Manchester Arena during the Arianna Grande concert in May has ...
"Ma" Rainey was an African-American writer of poetry and songs who was a pioneer in the field of blues songwriting and singing, often being referred to as the "Mother of the Blues". Her writing inspired others to follow her lead, with black American poets such as Sterling Brown and Langston Hughes forging their reputations in her wake. She became so well known ...
Madison Julius Cawein was an American poet, novelist and playwright whose poetic style led to his being referred to as the “Keats of Kentucky”. He was born on the 23rd March 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a herbalist. His education did not extend beyond high school and his first place of employment was in an establishment that doubled up as both pool ...
