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Poetry Foundation’s Lilly Prizes make for a memorable night: ‘You hear about it, you dream about it,...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor Haki Madhubuti, winning a Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation was a total...
Meet Adrian Matejka, the first Black editor to lead Poetry magazine in its 110-year history
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO — Adrian Matejka, Indiana’s poet laureate from 2018-2019, is still trying to figure out Chicago’s bus system. He laughs about missing his bus heading to the Poetry Foundation on Superior ...
Best Poetry Lessons and Activities
Tech & Learning via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPoetry lessons. Since 1996, Americans have celebrated National Poetry Month throughout the month of April. Reading, writing, and reciting poetry is a...
Nikki Giovanni and Haki Madhubuti among recipients of the 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEleven poets were celebrated as history-making as they joined the remarkable list of recipients of...
What was it like to dive into the poetry pool? My time as guest editor of Poetry Magazine
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCHICAGO -- What is a poet? This is a question that I have been asking most of my life, since...
Navajo Prep students plan reading to mark release of poetry magazine
The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFARMINGTON — Material from what its organizers hope will become a regularly produced bilingual...
Worcester poetry contest, mapping project celebrates local poets, places
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe next time you're out and about in Worcester, you may well be following in the footsteps of...
6 queer poets to read whenever but especially now
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPoet and author Eileen Myles. No one needs an excuse to read poetry. But, should you absolutely, positively need a reason to do so, April being National...
20 Black poets to know this National Black Poetry Day
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoEvery year, the mainstream literary gates seem to open just that much wider to allow for more...
Musician Sarah Swain and poets to celebrate Women's History Month this weekend in Hyannis
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn honor of Women’s History Month, Voices of Poetry is hosting four poets and a musician for a...