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Winners of the 2025 National Book Awards Announced – National Book Foundation
National Book Foundation > News > Winners of the 2025 National Book Awards Announced Winners of the 2025 National Book Awards Announced November 2025 News Winners of the National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature announced at the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony The five Winners of the…
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Robert Bly, Poet Who Gave Rise to a Men’s Movement, Dies at 94 – The New York Times
His most famous, and most controversial, work was “Iron John,” which made the case that American men had grown soft and feminized. It made him a cultural phenomenon By Robert D. McFadden, Nov. 22, 2021 Robert Bly, the Minnesota poet, author and translator who articulated the solitude of landscapes, galvanized protests against the Vietnam War…
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat Poet And Small-Press Publisher, Dies At 101 : NPR
Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died in San Francisco. He was 101. Ferlinghetti is probably best known for three things: his Beat poetry, his San Francisco bookstore and small press, and his defense of the First Amendment in a famous court case. His most famous work is a 1958 collection of poetry called A Coney Island of…
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The Writer’s Almanac
Editor’s Note: I was pleased and happy to discover that Garrison Keillor had resumed his “The Writer’s Almanac” podcasts. You can listen to them here: https://art19.com/shows/the-writers-almanac “The Writer’s Almanac is a daily podcast of poetry and historical interest pieces, usually of literary significance, hosted by Garrison Keillor.” Source: The Writer’s Almanac
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Poetry in America | Bringing poetry into living rooms and classrooms around the world
Poetry in America is a production of Verse Video Education, a not-for-profit organization founded by Elisa New that produces the highest quality educational media across disciplines. Source: Poetry in America | Bringing poetry into living rooms and classrooms around the world
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BBC – Culture – Inside the mind of an Oscar-nominated screenwriter
After penning the script for Lion, Luke Davies was nominated for an Academy Award. He tells how he hones his craft. Source: BBC – Culture – Inside the mind of an Oscar-nominated screenwriter
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Everything You Need to Know About the Winter Solstice
“The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” Source: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/ode-west-wind Ode to the West Wind, Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792 – 1822 From astronomy to religion, the year’s shortest day brings enduring mysteries. Source: Everything You Need to Know About the Winter Solstice
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress
As part of National Poetry Month the Poetry and Literature Center has launched the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature, a series of audio-recorded readings of renowned poets and prose writers reading from their work at the Library of Congress. Recordings include readings by former consultants in Poetry Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks and Robert Frost;…
