Poetry from the Young People’s Poet Laureate, the adventures of Eloise, a DIY cookbook for young chefs, and more of today's best children's book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-29 15:16:09 UTC ]
“I mean that as an organizing principle,” says the U.S. poet laureate, who has edited a new anthology of nature poetry called “You Are Here,” “and also as a slight against prose.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-04-04 09:01:58 UTC ]
California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick, who celebrates the state in "My California," joins the L.A. Times Book Club on Dec. 12. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-11-16 18:48:29 UTC ]
The former US poet laureate, Rita Dove is the National Book Foundation's 2023 Distinguished Contribution medal winner. The post US National Book Foundation Honors Poet Rita Dove appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-09-08 18:57:16 UTC ]
The memoirist and author was best known for his book “The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South." Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-29 02:26:02 UTC ]
In her new role as poet laureate of the United States, Ada Limón will help bridge nature and humanity through new poetry initiatives. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-12 12:00:55 UTC ]
The author of 'The Hurting Kind' and 'The Carrying,' among others, has been named the 24th poet laureate of the United States, succeeding Joy Harjo. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
For this installment in a series of interviews with contemporary poets, contributing editor Peter Mishler corresponded with Tongo Eisen-Martin. Eisen-Martin is the Poet Laureate of San Francisco, California. He is the author of Heaven Is All Goodbyes (City Lights Books, 2017), which was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-01 09:49:18 UTC ]
Poet and playwright Hannah Lavery has been nominated as Edinburgh's new Makar, or poet laureate. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-12 23:21:54 UTC ]
Poet Al Young, who was also a novelist, memoirist, educator, and a former poet laureate of California, died April 17 from the complications of a stroke. He was 81. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
2020 WORKED HARD to be one of the worst years in recent memory, but for readers of Native American literature, this era is proving to be among the most exciting in the history of Indigenous writing, especially for poetry. To wit: Joy Harjo has just begun her second term as poet laureate of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-11-09 18:00:17 UTC ]
A former U.S. poet laureate’s new memoir reflects on the power of storytelling to reconcile past traumas—and offers lessons for surviving the cataclysms of the present. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2020-08-01 12:00:00 UTC ]
NATASHA TRETHEWEY’S Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir is a breakthrough book that artfully balances prose and lyricism as it guides us through unspeakable trauma. Prior to our conversation, I felt a bond with Natasha since I spent much of my youth “as the girl whose brother committed suicide.”... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-07-28 12:30:40 UTC ]
Pulitzer Prize–winning poet and former poet laureate Natasha Trethewey’s memoir tells a tragic and inspiring story that shaped her life and work. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
News and Events Top Row (left to right): Jonathan Auxier, Monica Brown, Tanita S. Davis. Middle row: Adib Khorram, Sonia Patel, Randy Ribay. Bottom row: Cynthia Weill, Tanaya Winder, Janet Wong. World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-04-14 19:33:34 UTC ]
She says our global community is at a dire environmental moment in our collective history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-01-14 12:00:00 UTC ]
A member of the Muscogee Nation, Harjo has authored eight collections of poetry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-06-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
Simon Armitage is replacing Dame Carol Ann Duffy as Poet Laureate, the government has announced. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Naomi Shihab Nye has become the first Arab American author to be named the Young People's Poet Laureate. Nye, a Palestinian American writer and longtime fixture of the San Antonio literary scene, is the seventh poet to be named to the post by the Poetry Foundation. Foundation Director Katherine... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Naomi Shihab Nye has become the first Arab American author to be named the Young People's Poet Laureate. Nye, a Palestinian American writer and longtime fixture of the San Antonio literary scene, is the seventh poet to be named to the post by the Poetry Foundation. Foundation Director... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-13 19:30:00 UTC ]