Our final poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at the winners of this year's Windham-Campbell prize. We also bring you the news of the death of the poet Ashraf Siddiqui. Winners of the Windham-Campbell Prize for 2020 This year, women’s voices were certainly heard in the Windham-Campbell prize from Yale University. In total, seven women took home a total prize fund ...
Today’s poetry news round-up takes a look at the Brighton Festival, the Poet Laureates A-Z of poetry and finally Margaret Atwood's reading list for self-isolation. Fringe Postponed and Brighton Festival Cancelled Founded 53 years ago, the Brighton Festival has been cancelled for the first time ever in its history. The Fringe Festival has also been postponed. The festival, which was due to begin in ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we look at the Argentinian poet in the Google Doodle, how poetry events might be moving online temporarily and the winner of the 2020 Kobzar Literary Award. Google Doodle for Argentine Poet Yesterday's Google Doodle celebrated Olga Orozco - the Argentine poet - on the occasion of her 100th birth anniversary. Orozco was a master of all things ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the relationship of the Wordsworth siblings and the experience of Sakura. Relationship Between Wordsworth and his Sister Explored William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy were close, and the relationship between the two has often been debated. A new exhibition that has opened up at Wordsworth House and Garden has been put together to take a ...
We begin the week with a look at the Turkish poet who has been in prison for 26 years. We also have a short article about the new poet laureate of Lake County, California. The Turkish Poet in Prison for 26 Years At the age of just 22 İlhan Çomak, who was a student at Istanbul University, was arrested and put in prison, where ...