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By Hillel Italie | Associated Press NEW YORK — Charles Simic, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who awed critics and readers with his singular art of lyricism and economy, tragic insight and disruptive humor, has died at age 84. The death of Simic, the country’s poet laureate from 2007-2008, was confirmed Monday by executive editor Dan […]
Announced on September 13th at the One Water Summit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the US Water Alliance awarded Seattle Civic Poet Jourdan Imani Keith the US Water Prize for Outstanding Artist, 2022. Awarded on an annual basis, the US Water Prize celebrates outstanding achievements in the advancement of sustainable, integrated, and inclusive solutions to our nation’s […]
The Proletarian Poet A new book on Claude McKay is part of an effort to place the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance within the Black radical tradition. Jennifer Wilson ▪ Summer 2022 Claude McKay speaking at the Kremlin, as printed in the […]
Introducing The Great Grandfather of Universal Rapport (Gg4) “These pieces have intrinsic value because they are time capsules that call forth a new era of divine human progress, but reconnecting the people of the planet to these powerful precious elements in a way that invites healing and harmony is our mission.” PHOENIX (PRWEB) July […]
For poet Ada Limón, evidence of poetry is everywhere. It connects big ideas — like fear, isolation, even death — with little details — like field sparrows, a box of matches, or “the body moving / freely.” The award-winning poet’s sixth and latest collection, The Hurting Kind, is a testament to the power of such […]
PJ Harvey is about to read a poem from her new book, Orlam – we are in her publisher’s offices which are strangely empty (are they all working from home?) and have the top floor to ourselves. She is perched daintily on a chair and looks out, at intervals, at a panoramic view of London […]
Elizabeth Alexander, 59, is a poet, best-selling author, cultural advocate and president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist in both
Maya Angelou, the beloved poet who started her career as a calypso singer, is featured on the first in a series of quarters honoring America’s most remarkable women. A poet, writer, actor and activist, Angelou died in 2014. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry and is credited with a […]
When an email from Beyoncé’s office first landed in Warsan Shire’s inbox, she assumed it was some kind of prank. It wasn’t. Beyoncé – the real Beyoncé – was inviting Shire, a 27-year-old British-Somali poet from Wembley, north-west London, to collaborate. The result was the revolutionary 2016 visual album Lemonade, on which Shire is credited […]
Baxter Black, cowboy poet and ‘Morning Edition’ commentator, dies at 77 : NPR
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June 14, 2022
Baxter Black performs at Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival in Indio, California, in April 2010. The cowboy poet, former veterinarian and longtime Morning Edition commentator died on Friday at age 77. Michael Buckner/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Buckner/Getty Images Baxter Black performs at Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival in Indio, California, in April […]