Today’s poetry news round-up looks at an honorary degree for Nikki Giovanni and the museum dedicated to a poet that is in the middle of a dispute over ownership of artifacts.
Best Selling American Poet, Nikki Giovanni, Awarded Honorary Degree
The University of the South highlights the accomplishments each semester of a range of accomplished professionals from a range of very diverse fields. ...
We begin the week with a look at the backlash to a commemorative look at the life of Robert Burns with a less than favourable opinion, and the launch of a poetry collection at Expo 2020 in Dubai.
“Trashing” of Poetry Legacy Receives Backlash
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An argument has broken out following the commemoration by the Scottish Poetry Library of the work of ...
Today's poetry new round up takes a look at the Bob Dylan Centre First Artist-in Residence, the farm linked to Robert Burns and why Amanda Gorman prepared for a shooter during the inauguration ceremony last year in the US.
Joy Harjo Named as Bob Dylan Centre First Artist-In-Residence
The current US poet laureate Joy Harjo is now the inaugural Artist-In-Residence at Bob Dylan's Centre ...
We begin the week with a look at an article about the poet Robert Burns, and the death of the Russian poet Anatoly Naiman.
Letters Reveal Robert Burns Advised not to Write in Scots
A selection of letters that are part of a project being carried out by the University of Glasgow indicate that the poet Robert Burns was advised not to use ...
Today in our poetry news round up we look at an item related to Robert Burns that is up for auction, the winner of the poetry category in the Costa Book Awards and the annual Japanese poetry ceremony.
Plaque of Robert Burns Goes up for Auction
In the run up to Burns Night, a cast of the face of Robert Burns will be ...