Poets In Partnership/ Pablo Neruda Probe / Well Overdue Book – Poetry News Roundup February 22nd

 

Today My Poetic Side brings you Poets in Partnership, the reopening of the case into the death of Pablo Neruda and an overdue library book! Poets in Partnership The poet Daljit Nagra is currently undertaking a quest to find the best highlights from the last 90 years of poetry archives from the BBC. For the month of March, the poet has selected a number of ...

Shakespeare Celebration/Welsh Poetry Trust Gift/Jnanpth Award – Poetry News Roundup February 19th

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the celebrations for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s first folio, the trust gifting Welsh Poetry and the winners of the 2023 Jnanpith Award. The Dames, and a Queen Celebrating Shakespeare A dozen dames joined Queen Camilla last week, in one of the most illustrious, star studded line-ups of female acting talent that Britain has ...

Thomas Robinson Prize/Arctic Monkey’s Fan Poetry/ Su Dongpo Celebrated – Poetry News Roundup February 14th

 

Today’s poetry news round up takes a look at the Thomas Robinson Prize, the poet who wants to give a poem to the Arctic Monkeys and the interest in Su Dongpo. Rita Dove to be Awarded Thomas Robinson Prize Mercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies has announced that it will be awarding this year’s Thomas Robinson ...

CliPPA Award Judge Announced/Byron’s Biography – Poetry News Roundup February 12th

 

We begin the week on My Poetic Side with a look at the judging panel for this year’s CLiPPA Award. We also take a look at a new biography of the poet Lord Byron. Poetry Award Chair of Judging Panel Announced The poet Liz Berry has been announced as the chair of this year's judging panel for the Centre for ...

Wallace Stevens Program/American Poetry Academy’s Donation/Ledbury Poetry Head Change – Poetry News Roundup February 7th

 

Today’s poetry news round up takes a look at the 58th Wallace Stevens Poetry Program, the largest ever donation to the Academy of American Poetry and a change at the helm of Ledbury Poetry. 58th Wallace Stevens Poetry Program The poet Terrance Hayes, a National Book Award winner and MacArthur “Genius,” will be visiting UConn in March for the 58th ...