We keep you updated on the world of poetry with our news roundups.
Today's poetry news roundup takes a look at a discovery of poems by Daphne Du Maurier and the shortlist for this years CLiPPA Poetry Prize. New Poems By Du Maurier Discovered For several decades, Daphne Du Maurier has been one of the most popular writers of the 20th century. Her reputation in literary circles ...
Today on My Poetic Side we bring you two articles about awards from the Academy of American Poets and the poet laureates who have received them. Academy of American Poets Awards $50,000 to Philadelphia Poet Laureate The current poet laureate of Philadelphia, Rachel Salas Rivera, has been awarded the sum of $50,000 by the Academy ...
Today we take a look at a Shakespeare inspired painting that is to go on sale, the upcoming film on the life of J.R.R. Tolkien and the new poetry book from an award-winning author. Sotheby's to Offer Ode to Shakespeare for Sale Yesterday marked the day that is commonly accepted by scholars of the bard ...
Today in our poetry news roundup, we take a look at the National day dedicated to the poet Sadi. We also have an interesting article about the spelling of William Shakespeare’s name and how it has changed over the years. National Day of the Poet Sadi On Sunday aficionados of Persian literature ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with an article about a poet who has been accepted for the first-ever Cities of Literature residency in Ulyanovsk. We also take a look at the 81st death anniversary of the poet Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal, which took place over the weekend. Poet Gets Residency in Russia...
Our final poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at a play about the life of Aphra Behn, the watery addition to a play inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and finally the Erasure poets finding inspiration in the Mueller report. Stage Debut for the Life of Aphra Behn The ...
Today's poetry news brings you articles about the first bust dedicated to the poet Liu Xiaobo, the Victor Hugo novel that has climbed the best seller list, a rare Mexican poetry book at auction and finally the poetry book that will fund a play park. Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Honoured by Prague A bust in honour ...
Today"s poetry news roundup takes a look at the winner of this year"s Windham-Campbell Poetry Prize, the next Oxford Professor of Poetry and the push to save Walt Whitman"s house. 2019 Winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry Kwame Dawes, an MFA faculty member has been awarded the Windham-Campbell prize for poetry. The ...
In today"s poetry news, we take a look at the life of Stanley Plumly; a former poet laureate from Maryland who was an authority on the poet John Keats. Stanley Plumly Dies at 79 Stanley Plumly who served as the poet laureate for Maryland from 2009 t0 2018 ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the recent discovery of the exact address where William Shakespeare lived in London. We also take a look at Lord Byron's Don Juan which is to go on display in Scotland. Where did William Shakespeare Live? The exact location where William Shakespeare ...
