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2009 Beullah Rose Poetry Prize Results
January 8th, 2010 6th Annual Beullah Rose Poetry Prize from Smartish Pace; Clare Banks & Traci O’Dea, Judges1st Prize: “Remember” by Miriam Bird Greenberg2nd Prize: “When My Back Gave Out” by…
Don Paterson Wins Queen’s Medal
December 31st, 2009 For his book Rain, Scottish poet Don Paterson was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry (Buckingham Palace). Carol Ann Duffy, who chaired the judging panel, said Paterson’s work was…
Ruth Lily Dies
December 30th, 2009 Philanthropist Ruth Lilly died on December 30th at the age of 94. She was the last surviving great-grandchild of pharmaceutical magnate Eli Lilly. During her lifetime Lilly donated about $800 million, including…
SP Pushcart Prize Nominations
December 1st, 2009 Smartish Pace 2009 Pushcart Prize Nominations, made by Editor Stephen Reichert From Issue 16 (April, 2009)Sherman Alexie: “Comedy Is Simply a Funny Way of Being Serious”Michael Chitwood: “The…
Baudelaire Letters For Sale
November 25th, 2009 Personal letters, first edition copies of books–including Les Fleurs du mall (The Flowers of Evil) worth an estimated $200,000–and a suicide note written by 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire go on…
European Union’s New Poet/President
November 24th, 2009 Herman Van Rompuy, prime minister of Belgium and the European Union’s new president, is fond of writing haiku and is building a reputation with Japanese poets. “We feel very…
Poet & Translator Yang Xianyi Dies
November 23rd, 2009 Yang Xianyi died in Beijing Monday at the age of 94. Yang was born in Tianjin in 1915 and studied English at Oxford where he met his future wife, the author Gladys Taylor.…
Unpublished Phillip Larkin Letters Donated
November 22nd, 2009 Over 2,500 unpublished letters by Philip Larkin were recently donated to the University of Hull where Larkin spent most of his career as a librarian. The letters…
Keith Waldrop Wins National Book Award
November 20th, 2009 Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy (U. of CA) by Keith Waldrop won the 2009 National Book Award in poetry. The book was selected by judges Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, A. Van Jordan,…
2009 Erskine J. Poetry Prize Results
November 18th, 2009 9th Annual Erskine J. Poetry Prize from Smartish Pace; Stephen Reichert, Judge 1st Prize: “Hue and Cry” by Diane K. Martin2nd Prize: “Water Line” by Bethany Schultz Hurst3rd…