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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Resources for Writers and the Role of Community: San Francisco 2015
Jamie Asaye FitzGerald, director of Poets & Writers’ Readings & Workshops (West), leads a discussion about resources available to writers in San Francisco, the importance of community, and how various literary communities can support one...
Kay Ryan Poetry Keynote: San Francisco 2015
Former U.S. poet laureate Kay Ryan, author most recently of The Best of It: New and Selected Poems, which received the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2010, reads a selection of her work at Poets & Writers Live: Inspiration in San...
Literary Resolutions, Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy Made a Dame, and More
The year of the female essayist; Melville House sells out of Torture Report in one day; the history of pulp fiction; and other news.
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National Poetry Series Ups the Ante
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.
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Ten Years of Debut Poets
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.
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Breaking Into the Silence: Our Tenth Annual Look at Debut Poets
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.
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Too Young to Marry but Not Too Young to Die
Ben Arthur's seventh album, Call and Response, to be released next spring, is a collection of "answer songs," each responding to another artist's work. Some respond to songs—for instance, the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" or...
Life in a Box Is a Pretty Life by Dawn Lundy Martin
Dawn Lundy Martin reads two poems from her collection Life in a Box is a Pretty Life, published in December by Nightboat Books.
Ferguson Public Library Sees Donations Spike, James Patterson Campaigns Against Reader Apathy, and More
PEN American Center’s Human Rights Day event; Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems reissued; poet Heather McHugh’s nonprofit; and other news.
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