RIP Jenny Joseph – Poetry News January 19th

 

In our final poetry round up of the week we bring you the sad news that Jenny Jospeh, the poet who inspired the creation of the Red Hat Society has passed away at the age of 85. Poet Jenny Joseph Passes Away at the age of 85 The poet Jenny Joseph, who is perhaps best known for her poem “Warning”, died of natural ...

Margaret Atwood Backlash/Coach House Books/Philip Larkin – Poetry News Roundup January 18th

 

In today's poetry news roundup we take a look at the backlash caused by comments from the poet Margaret Atwood. We also look into an article on Coach House Books in Toronto, and finally, we look into the newly revealed correspondence from Philip Larkin. Poet Faces Backlash over #MeToo Remarks Margaret Atwood, the Canadian Poet and Novelist who is probably best known for ...

Danish Poet Arrested/National Culture Day/Jayadev Award – Poetry News Roundup January 17th

 

Today at My Poetic side our news roundup includes articles about the arrest of the Danish poet Yahya Hassan, The Romanian National Culture Day and the 2017 winner of the Jayadev National Poetry Award 2017. Danish Poet Arrested Following Twitter Post Yahya Hassan, a leading contemporary poet in Denmark was arrested at the weekend following an incident in which he posted a photo on ...

T.S Eliot/Poetry Ireland – Poetry News Roundup January 16th

 

In today’s poetry round-up we bring you the winner of the 2017 T.S Eliot Prize, Ocean Vuong the poet who shot into the spotlight when he won the Forward Prize. We also look at an article about the plans for a new home for Poetry Ireland. T.S Eliot Prize Winner 2017 Ocean Vuong, who won the Forward Prize towards the end of 2017, has ...

Typewriter Project/Keorapetse Kgositsile/Molla Panah Vagif – Poetry News Roundup January 15th

 

We begin the week with a news round-up that looks at the Typewriter project in Pensacola, the memorials that are planned for the South African poet Keorapetse Kgositsile and finally the 300th Anniversary of the poet Molla Panah Vagif. The Typewriter Project From next week residents in Pensacola will be able to take part in a poetry collaboration thanks to the Typewriter Project. The ...