We keep you updated on the world of poetry with our news roundups.
In our round up today we take a look at the poets who are fighting back against sexual harassment with poetry and we look at the Poetry in Potato Bags Project. Don’t be Sorry to be a Woman Says McKayla Robbins It is hard not to tune into the news at the moment without hearing the stories of sexual assault that are emerging in ...
John Jay Chapman was an American writer who was a passionate abolitionist and who wrote in strong terms about the “get rich quick” attitudes of those who sought to profit from a post-Civil War America, during the so-called “gilded age”. He was also a practicing lawyer for ten years of his life. He was born on the 2nd March 1862 in New York ...
Today’s round up brings us stories from Poland, Wales and Canada as once again we travel around the globe looking at poetry related stories that have made the news. Zbigniew Herbert to be Honoured 29th October marked the 93rd anniversary of the birth of the Polish poet, Zbigniew Herbert. The poet, essayist and playwright is considered by the Polish parliament to be one of ...
John Howard Payne was a US poet, songwriter, playwright and actor. His most well known piece of work was a song written in 1822 called Home! Sweet Home! An Englishman wrote the music for this piece which was part of Payne’s opera Clari, or the Maid of Milan and the words “…be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home” are very ...
John Hoskins was a Greek scholar and poet from England. This extremely learned man also served as a Member of Parliament on a number of occasions. Having been called to the bar he served as a lawyer and then a circuit judge. He was eventually granted the distinction of being appointed to the distinguished body of barristers that meant he could call ...
We start the week here at My Poetic Side with the sad news that the poet Fay Chiang, who was a champion of Asian-American culture has passed away. RIP Fay Chiang, Poet and Visual Artist The poet, visual artist and activist Fay Chiang, who was born in Bronx, New York on 27th January 1952, passed away on 20th October. She was living in a ...
John Perreault was an American conceptual and performance artist and art critic who occasionally delved into poetry, although art was his primary interest. He was born John Lucas Perreault on the 26th August 1937 in the Manhattan district of New York City but raised by his French-Canadian parents at several New Jersey locations including Belmar where his father was in the catering business. ...
Our final news round-up of the week offers up stories about Norman Nicholson the Millom poet, The Nebraska Book Award for Poetry 2017 and the news that Dareen Tatour, the Arab-IsraeLi Poet may hear next week if she will be sent to prison for an incident that happened in 2015. Norman Nicholson – Millom’s Most Famous Son When people thinks of poets and ...
John Pierpont was an American poet and Unitarian minister. He was also a pioneering teacher, abolitionist and a some-time member of the law profession. He was born on the 6th April 1785 in Litchfield, Connecticut and received a good education, graduating from Yale College at the age of 19. He later returned to his studies in 1816, initially in Baltimore and then at Harvard ...
While freedom of speech is generally promoted today, this wasn’t always the case, and a lot of poets have caused a stir with their unfiltered approach. Controversial topics and unfavourable connections have landed many poets in hot water, so much so that a few of them have ended up behind bars because of it. Of course, there are a number of poets that have gone to jail for reasons ...
