Today in our poetry news round up we look at the Guam poet who has won the National Book Award, the purchase of Reading Gaol and the Palestinian poet who has been released from detention. Guam Poet Wins National Book Award for Poetry Craig Santos Perez, a poet who has roots in Guam, has been awarded the 2023 National Book ...
We begin the week on My Poetic Side with a look at the protest against the use of a famous poem in a film, a Seamus Heaney study and the sanitised versions of Chaucer’s works. Poet’s Family Protest Use of Anthem AR Rahman, the winning composer and singer, has been the subject of significant backlash for his rendition of the anthem known ...
Today's poetry news roundup looks at the boycott of the Poetry Foundation, the death of David Ferry, and the crisis faced by the Haiku. Writers and Poets Boycott the Poetry Foundation Over 200 writers and poets have made a pledge to boycott both the Poetry Foundation and “Poetry”, its poetry journal. The reason for their boycott is due to the ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the winner of the 2023 David Cohen prize. We also look at a recent event attended by Ada Limon. Winner of David Cohen Prize 2023 Announced The Scottish memoirist, poet and novelist John Burnside has been announced as this year's winner of the David Cohen Prize. Burnside, who has published ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we bring you articles about the poet who refused an invitation from the President and the rare Yeats book with an unusual provenance. Poet Turns the President Down The poet Rupi Kaur, who shot to fame several years ago with her Instagram poetry posts and subsequent self-published poetry book “Milk and Honey” has once again ...
