THE Poetry Society of Jamaica will mark the start of its 27th anniversary with its monthly fellowship at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston this evening. The occasion, dubbed ‘New Voices’, will focus on new and emerging writers Sean Harrison, Tara Downs and Avi Miller. The society’s administrator, Yashika … Continue reading Poetry Society marks 27th year (via Jamaica Observer)
Poems written by seven Brockport Hill School students were selected for publication in a national poetry collection by the American Library of Poetry. Audrey Archer, Caleb Christiansen, Eileena Frey, Emma Hopsicker, Josh Sidebotham, Lillian LaShomb and Olivia Caleb wrote the winning poems in fourth grade last year, with assistance by teachers Natalie McCue, Julie Wilson … Continue reading Seven young Brockport poets to be published in book (via Democrat & Chronicle)
Francisco Alarcon was an important Mexican-American poet who influenced generations of Chicano writers, including the current U.S. poet laureate. Alarcon died of cancer last week. -- ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: We're going to remember a poet now - a man who melded activism and art - Francisco Alarcon was a Mexican-American writer who used simple language … Continue reading Francisco Alarcon, Whose Poetry Explored Chicano Life In The U.S., Dies (via NPR)
Winner to be announced on March 12, 2016. The shortlist for this year’s Irish Times Poetry Now Award has been announced. The competition recognises the best collection by an Irish poet in the previous year. Five poets have been included on the shortlist. The winner of the €2,000 prize will be announced at this year’s Poetry Now … Continue reading And then there were five: Poetry Now shortlist announced (via Irish Times)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology The roots of MIT's literary and arts traditions can be traced back to the earliest years of the Institute's history. The initial MIT course catalogue of 1865 offered classes in English and other modern languages; the Banjo Club and the first Tech Orchestra were formed in 1884; MIT's Dramashop launched with … Continue reading Celebrating the “Pleasures of Poetry” at MIT (via MIT News)
Washington’s new poet laureate begins his two-year stint on Feb. 1 with hopes of bringing poetry to as many different audiences as possible. Tod Marshall, who was appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee, is the first Eastern Washington resident to serve as poet laureate. Marshall is a poet and English professor at Gonzaga University in Spokane. … Continue reading State’s new poet laureate hopes to bring poetry to many (via The Columbian)
Steamboat Springs — Calling all poets, writers or performance art enthusiasts: Off the Beaten Path’s monthly Poetry Slam is back starting Wednesday. A combination of the written word and performance, the competition — a monthly event in conjunction with Books and Brews' themed happy hour — will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. and is … Continue reading Off the Beaten Path’s Poetry Slam series to resume Wednesday (via Steamboat Today)
A new voice, who judges say “will change British poetry”, has won the TS Eliot poetry prize. Sarah Howe, a fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute, was awarded the £20,000 prize for Loop of Jade, which explores her dual British and Chinese heritage. Howe’s work – the first debut poetry collection to win the British prize since … Continue reading TS Eliot prize: poet Sarah Howe wins with ‘amazing’ debut (The Guardian)
Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy aims to help troubled youths in Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center address their personal issues by writing poetry about their circumstances and upbringing. Jeffrey Brown talks with poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, who turned around his life with writing and education after eight and a half years in … Continue reading Poetry helps youth at a juvenile detention center find peace (via PBS)
Cynthia Gould, the magenta-bobbed host of the open-mic poetry night the Art Bar Poetry Series, likes her poetry nights the way she likes her rock shows: rowdy. “There’s comedy upstairs and bluegrass downstairs, and it amuses me if the poetry floor is the loudest,” she says onstage. It’s the annual New Readers Night, on the first … Continue reading Poets at Toronto’s Art Bar read in public for the first time (via Toronto Star)
