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Emily Dickinson Documentary
September 28th, 2010 A new documentary explores the scientific side of poet Emily Dickinson. The one-hour film “Seeing New Englandly” will get its first screening tonight at Amherst (MA) Cinema. The documentary…
Llyfr Aneirin & Welch Poetry History
September 9th, 2010 A 13th Century book of poems described as a “national treasure” is to be stored at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth for safekeeping. Llyfr Aneirin (Book of…
Berlin Bombed With Poetry
August 29th, 2010 The Chilean art collective, Casagrande, dropped 100,000 bookmarks printed with poems from a helicopter over Berlin on September 28, 2010. The poems were by 80 poets from Chile and Germany, and…
George Hitchcock Dies
August 28th, 2010 George Hitchcock, a poet, painter and University of California, Santa Cruz, emeritus professor died yesterday at his home in Eugene, OR. Hitchcock founded the literary magazine kayak in 1964 and published…
Oh Canada, Oh Poetry
August 20th, 2010 On August 26, 2010 a new Poet Laureate initiative, Poetry is Public is Poetry, creatively showcases and celebrates the work of Canadian poets. On a series of six…
Ludvik Kundera Dies
August 18th, 2010 Poet and translator Ludvik Kundera has died at the age of 90. Kundera, a cousin of Paris-based author Milan Kundera, died Tuesday. He was a co-founder of the surrealistic group…
Peter Campion Wins Levis Reading Prize
July 26th, 2010 Peter Campion’s The Lions (Chicago) won the 13th annual Levis Reading Prize from Virginia Commonwealth University for the best first or second book of poetry published in 2009. Campion will…
W.S. Merwin Name U.S. Poet Laureate
July 2nd, 2010 The Library of Congress announced that W.S. Merwin will follow Kay Ryan as the 17th Poet Laureate of the United States. The post comes with an annual salary of $35,000. Merwin is the…
Dick Allen Named CT Poet Laureate
June 18th, 2010 The Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism has announced that Dick Allen of Trumbull, CT, is Connecticut’s new Poet Laureate. Allen will serve a five year term…
Wimbledon Appoints Championships Poet
May 19th, 2010 The Wimbledon tennis championship has appointed Matt Harvey as Championships Poet 2010. Harvey is the first such poet and will post new poems each day about the tennis…