In our final poetry news round-up of the week, we take a look at the $100,000-lifetime achievement prize awarded to Rita Dove, the vigilant fighting bad parking with poetry, and the poet laureates for the city of Eureka. Rita Dove, Former US Poet Laureate Wins Lifetime Achievement Prize The poet Rita Dove, who ...
Today's poetry news roundup takes a look at the poet laureate of Guam who has died aged 77, the winner of the 2020 Miller Williams Poetry Prize and the poet honoured by Holyrood. Poet Laureate of Guam Dies at 77 Frederick B. Quinene, the Poet Laureate of Guam has passed away at the ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the Romanian Poetry Library, the 14th Laureate of Malaysia and the search for a Poet Laureate for San Diego. The Poetry Library on a Bucharest Tram A tram in the Romanian capital will be hosting an interactive poetry library from 10th September to 1st October. ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the BBC Radio 3 Christmas Carol competition, the new web series on Emily Dickinson and the book to celebrate the bicentennial of Herman Melville. New Work by Dharker Revealed on BBC Radio 3 Yesterday the acclaimed poet Imtiaz Dharker, who turned down the chance to be ...
Our first poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at the debut of the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize. We also have a short story about the former house of a poet laureate that is up for sale, and finally, the Google Doodle celebrating what would have been the 100th Birthday of a Punjabi poet. Walcott Poetry Prize Debuted...
