American Academy’s Poet Chancellors Named/Levine Prize Winner Announced – Poetry News Roundup February 8th

 

Today’s poetry news roundup looks at the new Chancellors for the Academy of American Poets and the winner of the 2022 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. Academy Of American Poets Chancellors Named Patricia Smith, a visiting professor of creative writing from the Lewis Centre for the Arts and the Princeton Atelier ...

Linda Pastan Dies/ Poet Sculpture Gets Planning Permission – Poetry News Roundup 6th February

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the death of Linda Pastan and the sculpture for a poet that his widow wasn’t consulted about. Poet Linda Pastan Dies at 90 The poet Linda Pastan whose published works include 15 collections of poetry, has died at the age of 90. Her cause of death was confirmed by her daughter, the novelist Rachel Pastan ...

Yeats Trail/Dylan Thomas Long List/ Australian Laureate Search – Poetry News Roundup February 1st

 

Today's poetry news-related round-up looks at the new WB Yeats trail, the longlist for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the search for an Australian poet laureate. WB Yeats Trail Opens A new cultural trail that will celebrate the works and life of WB Yeats, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, has recently been launched. The trail which can be downloaded as ...

Ledbury Competition Winner/Sissay Awarded Freedom Of London/Russian Protestors Risk Arrests At Poet Sites – Poetry News Roundup January 30th

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the winner of the Ledbury Poetry Competition, another honour given to the poet Lemn Sissay and the poet statues being used as memorials in Russia. Ledbury Poetry Competition Winner 2022 The winner of the £1,000 Ledbury Poetry Competition for 2022 is Naoise Gale, and the winning poem in s “How (Not) to Say Impossible Things”.  The ...