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Found out today that Specular Reflection was a finalist/runner-up for the Poetry Society of America’s New York Chapbook Fellowship as selected by Fanny Howe. You can read the winners and finalists here. Congrats to John Estes for the win with the National Chapbook Fellowship! John is the poetry editor over at Center which published “Mothers Read More …
I discovered two poets at the Tribute to Carcanet Press event the other night that have me excited. The first is Mimi Khalvati, whose work was adeptly read by Marilyn Hacker. I have some of her books on order and will say more when I’ve had a chance to see and process them on the Read More …
David Yezzi read this poem last night at the PSA’s Tribute to Carcanet Press event. The poem is by Sophie Hannah. It’s a bit of an anthem: If People Disapprove Of You. Make being disapproved of your hobby. Make being disapproved of your aim. Devise new ways of scoring points In the Being Disapproved Of Read More …
Returned to the Great Hall at Cooper Union last night for Auden’s Centennial celebration presented by the Poetry Society of America. The program presented his work in a chronological manner, starting with “Taller To-day” from 1928, hitting highlights such as “In Memory of W. B. Yeats” and “September 1, 1939” and ending with “The More Read More …