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Today's Poem: "Soil Horizon" by Tiana Clark Sunday, February 3: "Watching TV, Seeing the Shot Woman" by Sarah Blake Saturday, February 2: "Lovers Borrowing the Language of Cicadas" by Cyrus Casselles Friday, February 1: "Satellites" by Leah Falk Thursday, January 31: "The Birds I Know" by Dermot Healy Wednesday, January 30: "Cynthia La'Gail" by Tameka Cage Conley Tuesday, January 29: "Home" by Raye Hendrix |
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The latest poetry headlines from around the web, curated by the Poetry Daily editorial team: Tracy K Smith's Work Diary. U.S. Poet Laureate Smith, one of the most successful and celebrated writers in her field today, is intimately familiar with the daily struggle between creativity and the administrative work of an in-demand poet. Via The New York Times. A Writer’s Choice to Be Borderline Invisible. Small presses and editions remind that that we’re free to stay below the radar in an age of self-promotion. Via Hyperallergic. Overlooked No More. Remembering Forough Farrokhzad, an Iranian poet who broke barriers of sex and society. “What is important is humanity,” she said, “not being a man or a woman.” On The New York Times. For John Ashbery’s Personal Library, a Spot on the Shelves at Harvard. Jennifer Schuessler for the New York Times reports on the acquisition, "which includes more than 5,000 books of poetry, art criticism, architectural history, philosophy, religious history and cookbooks collected over the poet’s lifetime." Finalists Announced for the 2019 Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Awards. The shortlists for the awards include Diana Khoi Nguyen, Justin Phillip Reed, CAConrad, Terrance Hayes, and Brenda Hillman, among the ten finalists. Via Claremont Graduate University. For more poetry news, follow us on Twitter, or check the News page on our website. |
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