John Heath-Stubbs, British poet famed for his poetry inspired by classical myths and winner of the 1973 Queen"s Gold Medal for Poetry, died this morning at the age of 88. His most famous poems include his long poem on King Arthur, Artorius, in 1972, and a series of poem sequences written for Hearing Eye Publications between 1987 and 1994. Heath-Stubbs was born in 1918, and educated at Worcester College for ...
There"s been a round of interesting happenings and writings around the poetry world this week. Some of them are fascinating little tidbits to sprinkle into your conversation when you want to sound erudite. A few speak so well for themselves that any commentary from me would be completely superfluous. Check out a few of these links and find out what"s been news in ...
"Poets don"t just come out of an overwhelming emotional experience. They come out of study and hard work." -Gregory Donovan, co-editor Blackbird magazine A grad student at Virginia Commonwealth University has unearthed a previously unpublished sonnet by Sylvia Plath. The poem was apparently written in Plath"s senior year at Smith College, and was written in reaction to the poet"s reading of F. Scott ...
What is news about an economist doing on a blog about poetry? Because occasionally, I find something that I believe is so important, everyone should hear it and know it. This is one of those things - not just the announcement about the award of a Nobel Peace Prize, but the person and organization that was chosen, and the reason for ...
In case you missed it, yesterday, October 5, was National Poetry Day in the UK. I"ve been poking around at the various bits of news and note that came out of the day with interest, and find it both amusing and surprising. Perhaps it"s because I"ve been immersed in poetry and its world for most of my life, but when people speak of ...
