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SP Poet Aliki Branstone named MO Poet Laureate
July 2nd, 2016 Aliki Barnstone, of Columbia, was appointed by Gov. Nixon as Missouri’s new Poet Laureate. Barnstone is Professor of English in the Creative Writing program at the University…
Poet Carson Cistulli Talkin’ Baseball
May 27th, 2016 Smartish Pace poet Carson Cistulli is all things to all people. If all the things people care about are poetry and baseball, that is. Listen here to Carson on…
Poet Matthew Zapruder Named the New Poetry Column Editor for The New York Times Magazine.
March 3rd, 2016 Poet Matthew Zapruder has been appointed the new poetry column editor for The New York Times Magazine. Born in Washington, D.C., he lives in Oakland, where he…
Poet C. D. Wright Dies at 67
January 13th, 2016 C. D. Wright, American award-winning poet and writing professor at Brown University, unexpectedly passed away in her home on January 12, 2016. Her most recent book, Poet, the…
Amit Majmudar appointed as the first Poet Laureate of Ohio
December 28th, 2015 Amit Majmudar was appointed as the first Poet Laureate of Ohio. His work has appeared in many literary magazines including Smartish Pace, and few of his published poems…
Smartish Pace 2015 “The Pushcart Prize” Nominations
December 2nd, 2015 We are pleased to nominate the following poets & poems for The Pushcart Prize: Aaron Belz: “Advice to Children”Joshua Bennett: “Fresh”David Kirby: “A World in Which These…
2015 National Book Awards finalists in Poetry
November 17th, 2015 The five finalists for the 2015 National Book Awards in Poetry are listed below: -Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (University of Pittsburgh Press)-Terrance Hayes, How to Be Drawn (Penguin/Penguin Random…
Poet Joy Harjo wins Wallace Stevens award from the Academy of American Poets
September 14th, 2015 Poet Joy Harjo of Muskogee Creek heritage has won Wallace Stevens award from the Academy of American Poets, found in 1934. Her works include How We Became Human and The Woman…
2015 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship Winners Announced
September 7th, 2015 The Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine announces the five recipients of the 2015 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships, one of the largest awards given…
Poet James Tate Dies at 71
July 9th, 2015 James Tate, Pulitzer Prize winning poet and long time University of Massachusetts professor, died at 71. He wrote over twenty poetry collections, including The Ghost Soldiers and The…