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See who won this year's Maine Literary Awards
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe annual award winners were named Thursday by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance at Pascal Hall in Rockport. Awards were given to writers in 17 categories. Entries.
John Burnside, Scottish poet and novelist, dies aged 69
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAnna Webber, John’s literary agent, said in a statement: “This is an immense loss. John Burnside...
How the first National Book Awards reflected 1950s America
Washington Post· 2 days agoIt’s tempting to think that literary awards go to the “best” books of a given year, and most...
Award-winning poet John Burnside dies aged 69
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHe went on to publish many more poems, novels and short-stories, primarily with the publisher...up of the darkness. "We cherished and will go on...
Meg Kearney
GBH News· 6 days agoHer poetry has been featured on Poetry Daily and Garrison Keillor’s “A Writer’s Almanac,” and has been published in myriad literary magazines ...
Theater Alliance Presents POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE: THE JUNE JORDAN EXPEIRENCE
Broadway World· 4 days agoDescribed as a contemporary of literary giants such as Alice Walker and Adrienne Rich, Jordan...
Liberty Park Library salon speaks to power of poetry
The Spokesman-Review· 3 days ago“The wonderful thing about poetry, like in all genres of writing, there’s a whole spectrum of poems being created and there’s lots of different options...
Omar Tyree Makes Literary Return, Holds Tight to Big Dreams, Embarks on Summer Tour - The Baltimore...
Baltimore Times· 2 days agoOmar Tyree, a New York Times Bestseller and NAACP Image Awards winner made a long-awaited literary...
Joan Baez and Amy Tan to appear at the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley
CBS News· 3 days agoMore than 157 writers will attend the mostly free June 1-2 extravaganza, which features panels with...
Poet John Burnside on drug addiction, his abusive father and winning the ‘British Nobel’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJohn Burnside still cannot quite believe he is the winner of the 2023 David Cohen Prize for...