Today we look at articles on the Zimbabwean poet who has been commissioned to write a poem for a documentary, and the literary philanthropist who has passed away at the age of 103.
Zimbabwean Poet Commissioned for Poetry for National Lottery Funded Documentary
Munnya Usuwana, the UK based spoken word Zimbabwean artist has been commissioned by the National Lottery to write a poem for “Digging ...
In today’s poetry news round-up we look at the winner of this year’s Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Google doodle dedicated to Maya Angelou and the widow of Liu Xiabo who is still under house arrest.
Winner of Anisfield- Wolf Book Awards Announced
Established in 1935 by the poet Edith Anisfield Wolf the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards are awarded each year by Ohio based community foundation ...
Today’s poetry news roundup has articles on the army recruits who are studying poetry, the Google Doodle dedicated to a Filipino poet and the Papal preacher who quoted T.S Eliot in his Good Friday address.
The Army Poetry Readings
It would seem that poetry can be found pretty much anywhere nowadays but is perhaps a little surprising to discover that the army is asking ...
We begin the weeks with two poetry news articles. The first looks at the winner of the Walt Whitman Award debut books, the second a poet who has been unable to travel to the U.S following the travel ban put in place by President Trump.
Walt Whitman Award for Cincinnati Poet
Emily Skaja, a Cincinnati living poet has been awarded this year’s Walt ...
In our final news round-up of the week, we take a look at the winner of the Ted Hughes Poetry Award and we also have an article about a meeting that took place in Austria about the poet Rumi.
Ted Hughes Poetry Award Won by Jay Bernard
A London based poet, Jay Bernard, has beaten six other shortlisted entrants to win the Ted ...
