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 ...
