Today in our poetry news roundup, we take a look at the National day dedicated to the poet Sadi. We also have an interesting article about the spelling of William Shakespeare’s name and how it has changed over the years. National Day of the Poet Sadi On Sunday aficionados of Persian literature ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with an article about a poet who has been accepted for the first-ever Cities of Literature residency in Ulyanovsk. We also take a look at the 81st death anniversary of the poet Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal, which took place over the weekend. Poet Gets Residency in Russia...
Our final poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at a play about the life of Aphra Behn, the watery addition to a play inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and finally the Erasure poets finding inspiration in the Mueller report. Stage Debut for the Life of Aphra Behn The ...
Today's poetry news brings you articles about the first bust dedicated to the poet Liu Xiaobo, the Victor Hugo novel that has climbed the best seller list, a rare Mexican poetry book at auction and finally the poetry book that will fund a play park. Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Honoured by Prague A bust in honour ...
Today"s poetry news roundup takes a look at the winner of this year"s Windham-Campbell Poetry Prize, the next Oxford Professor of Poetry and the push to save Walt Whitman"s house. 2019 Winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry Kwame Dawes, an MFA faculty member has been awarded the Windham-Campbell prize for poetry. The ...
