Walt Whitman Celebration/Carnegie and Greenaway Medal Winners/Pashto Poet Passes – Poetry News Roundup June 19th

 

Today in our poetry news roundup we take a look at one of the events celebrating Walt Whitman. We have the winners of the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals and the Pashto poet who has passed away. Walt Whitman’s Beard Brooklynites are currently celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of the poet ...