Little Free Library Crackdown, Langston Hughes Production, and More
Poet Elise Partridge has died; Harper Lee novel number one at Amazon; authenticity in fiction; and other news.
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Poet Elise Partridge has died; Harper Lee novel number one at Amazon; authenticity in fiction; and other news.
The year of the female essayist; Melville House sells out of Torture Report in one day; the history of pulp fiction; and other news.
With help from the Lannan Foundation, one of America’s most prestigious poetry prizes has survived the threat of shutting its doors, instead increasing its monetary award tenfold.
Since appearing in our annual Debut Poets roundup, a number of the one hundred and twelve poets we’ve highlighted have gone on to create a wealth of interesting and important work. The following list includes each poet we’ve featured in the past ten years, his or her debut collection, and the many full-length books that followed.
In our tenth annual look at debut poets, we’ve asked the more than one hundred poets previously included in this feature to nominate their favorite debut collections of 2014. From that longlist of outstanding work, we’ve selected ten poets to feature here, who share their inspirations and influences, how their books began, and advice to those hoping to get their own books out into the world.
PEN American Center’s Human Rights Day event; Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems reissued; poet Heather McHugh’s nonprofit; and other news.