Today My Poetic Side looks at the street named after Audre Lorde, the Walt Whitman films and the poetry recording to help save Reading Gaol. Audre Lorde, Warrior Poet, Given Her “Way” 30 years after her death Audre Lorde, who described herself as “Black, lesbian, mother, and warrior poet” has been honoured by the city of New York. The ...
Today's poetry news roundup looks at the Ted Hughes collection acquired by the University of Huddersfield and the Legion D’Honneur awarded to Patti Smith. Major Ted Hughes Collection Acquired by University A rather unique collection of valuable and rare items linked to Ted Hughes, the former poet laureate, has been acquired for the University of Huddersfield. Described by ...
Today"s news round up looks at a new biography about TS Eliot and a portrait of DH Lawrence. TS Eliot’s Life Seems Grim in New Biography “Eliot After The Waste Land” is the second volume of a biography by Robert Crawford that looks at the life of the poet TS Eliot. It moves on from the aspects of ...
In this week"s news, a poem project has been given the People"s Book Prize. We also have details of a commencement address being given by a poet, and the winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize. People’s Book Prize Given to Poem Project Christina Gabbitas, who is a children’s author based not far from York, has won an award for a project that ...
We begin the week with a look at the Google Doodle, which was dedicated to a South African poet and the Stately home featuring in a film about the life of Siegfried Sassoon. Google Doodle Dedicated to South African Poet The Google Doodle on 12th May was dedicated to Mazisi Kunene the South African anti-apartheid campaigner and poet. Kunene’s ...
