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Best New Poets
The ''Best New Poets'' series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing fifty poems from poets without a previously published collection. The first edition of the series appeared in 2005, and was published, as all later editions have been, by Samovar Press. In 2006, the University of Virginia Press began distributing the anthology. Selection and Editors Poems are nominated for the series by creative writing programs and literary magazines, though poets can also self-nominate through an online submission system. The poems to be included in the anthology are selected by a guest editor. Previous guest editors include George Garrett (2005), Eric Pankey (2006), Natasha Trethewey (2007), Mark Strand (2008), Kim Addonizio (2009), Claudia Emerson (2010), D. A. Powell (2011), Matthew Dickman (2012), Brenda Shaughnessy (2013), Dorianne Laux (2014) Tracy K. Smith. (2015), Mary Szybist (2016), and Natalie Diaz (2017). Selected Poets The series, begun by University of Virgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Virginia Press
The University of Virginia Press (or UVaP) is a university press that is part of the University of Virginia. It was established in 1963 as the University Press of Virginia, under the initiative of the university's then President, Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. Victor Reynolds, previously director of the Cornell University Press, was the first director. The first two publications of the press were reprints of works by Carl Bridenbaugh. The first original book, published in May 1964, was ''A Voyage to Virginia in 1609, Two Narratives'', an edition of William Strachey's ''True Reportory'' and Silvester Jourdain's ''A Discovery of The Barmudas'', edited by Folger Shakespeare Library director Louis Booker Wright. Walker Cowen was the second director of the press, and was succeeded by Nancy Essig in 1988. Penelope Kaiserlian served as director from 2001 until her retirement in 2012. The press's name was changed to the University of Virginia Press in 2002.David Maurer"University of Virginia Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Ager
Deborah Ager is an American poet, essayist, and editor. Life Deborah Ager founded the poetry magazine known as ''32 poems'' or ''32 Poems Magazine'' in 2003 with the poet John Poch. She was educated at the University of Maryland (B.A.) and the University of Florida (M.F.A.). She has published three books. She co-edited the anthologies ''Old Flame: 10 Years of 32 Poems Magazine'' (2012) with John Poch and Bill Beverly and ''The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry'' (2013) with M. E. Silverman. Her writing has appeared in ''New England Review'', ''The Georgia Review'', Birmingham Poetry Review, Los Angeles Review, ''North American Review'', and ''Best New Poets 2006''. She has received fellowships and/or scholarships from the MacDowell Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. She was a Walter E. Dakin fellow at the Sewanee Writers' Conference as well as a Tennessee Williams Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Iowa Press
The University of Iowa Press is a university press that is part of the University of Iowa. Established in 1969, thUniversity of Iowa Pressis an academic publisher of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. The UI Press is the only university press in Iowa, also dedicated to the preservation of literature, history, culture, wildlife, and natural areas of the Midwest. Scholarly titles include reference and course books, and trade books published by the UI Press include the winners of the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize, as well as other titles. References External linksUniversity of Iowa Press |
Zach Savich
Zach Savich (born December 1, 1982, in Lansing, Michigan) is an American poet. Life Savich is the author of the poetry collections ''Full Catastrophe Living'' ( University of Iowa Press, 2009) which won the 2008 Iowa Poetry Prize; ''Annulments'' (University of Colorado Press, 2010) which won the 2010 Colorado Prize for Poetry; and ''The Firestorm'' (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2011) which won the 2010 Cleveland State University Poetry Center Open Competition. He is also the author of the chapbook ''The Man Who Lost His Head'' (Omnidawn, 2010) selected by Elizabeth Robinson as the winner of the 2010 Omnidawn Chapbook Poetry Prize and a nonfiction book, ''Events Film Cannot Withstand'' (Rescue+Press, 2011 ). His poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including ''A Public Space'', '' Colorado Review'', the '' Denver Quarterly'', '' Gulf Coast'', and '' Best New Poets'' 2008. Savich received a B.A. in English from the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Poetry Series
The National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program. Every year since 1979, the National Poetry Series has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry. Manuscripts are solicited through an annual open competition, judged and chosen by poets of national stature, and issued by various publishers. Past judges of this prestigious series include Louise Glück (12th Poet Laureate of the United States), Tracy K. Smith (22nd Poet Laureate of the United States), Ada Limón (24th Poet Laureate of the United States), and Richard Blanco (United States inaugural poet). The National Poetry Series has also created the Paz Prize for Poetry, named in honor of Nobel Prize-winning poet, Octavio Paz; this award recognizes a previously unpublished poetry book written in Spanish by a distinguished poet residing in the U.S. This award is highly recognized as one of the most important prizes in Spanish languages in the United States. Past winners of this prize include Dinapiera Di Donat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Journey
Anna Journey (born November 1980 in Arlington, Virginia) is an American poet and essayist who was awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.National Endowment of the Arts 2011 Poetry Fellows She is the author of the essay collection ''An Arrangement of Skin'' (, 2017) and three books of poems: ''The Atheist Wore Goat Silk'' (, 2017), ''Vulgar Remedies'' ( |
Rhett Iseman Trull
Rhett is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Rhett Akins (born 1969), American country singer and songwriter * Rhett Bernstein (born 1987), American soccer player * Rhett Biglands (born 1977), former Australian rules footballer * Rhett Davies (born 1949), English record producer and engineer * Rhett Forrester (1956–1994), American musician and lead singer of the band Riot * Rhett Harty (born 1970), American former soccer defender * Rhett Hall (born 1968), American National Football League defensive lineman * Rhett Lawrence record producer and songwriter * Rhett Lockyear (born 1983), Australian cricket player * Rhett McLaughlin (born 1977), YouTube personality * Rhett Miller (born 1970), lead singer of the alternative country band Old 97's * Rhett Titus, ring name of professional wrestler Everett Lawrence Titus (born 1987) * Rhett Warrener (born 1976), Canadian retired hockey defenceman * Rhett Wiseman (born 1994), American basebal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Rogers
Stephanie Rogers is an American poet from Ohio who now lives in New York City. Her work has appeared in '' The Southern Review'', ''Pleiades'', '' Cream City Review'', ''Madison Review'', and ''The Pinch.'' She co-founded the feminist film review website ''Bitch Flicks'' Life Originally from Ohio, she graduated from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro's Master of Fine Arts program in 2007. She has also studied at Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati. In 2008, she and Amber Leab co-founded the feminist film review website Bitch Flicks. Her work appears in ''The'' ''Southern Review'', ''Pleiades'', ''Cream City Review'', ''Madison Review'', and ''The Pinch''. She lives in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L .... Works *"Dear Sophi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Abramson
Seth Abramson (born October 31, 1976) is an American professor, attorney, author, political columnist, and poet. He is the editor of the ''Best American Experimental Writing'' series and wrote a bestselling trilogy of nonfiction works detailing the foreign policy agenda and political scandals of former president Donald Trump. Early life and education Abramson is a graduate of Dartmouth College (1998), Harvard Law School (2001), the Iowa Writers' Workshop (2009), and the doctoral program in English at University of Wisconsin–Madison (2010; 2016). Career Abramson was a trial attorney for the New Hampshire Public Defender from 2001 to 2007. Abramson became an assistant professor of communication arts and sciences at University of New Hampshire in 2015, and was made affiliate faculty at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in 2018. His teaching areas include digital journalism, post-internet cultural theory, post-internet writing, and legal advocacy. Abramson has written for publica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerri French
Kerri French is an American poet. Life Originally from North Carolina, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She graduated from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro's Master of Fine Arts program in 2006. She has taught at Boston University and Mount Ida College. Her latest project, for ''DIAGRAM'' magazine, is a series of poems focused on British singer Amy Winehouse. Her work appears in ''Agenda'', ''Brooklyn Review'', ''Fugue'', ''Lumina'', ''The Blotter'', ''DIAGRAM'', ''Natural Bridge'', and ''foursquare editions.'' She has broadcast her poems on Sirius Satellite Radio. She currently resides in Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th .... Awards 2009 Larry Franklin and Mei Kwong Fellowship (W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Militello
Jennifer Militello (born ) is an American poet and professor. She is author of the award-winning memoir ''Knock Wood'' which appeared from Dzanc Books in 2019, and five collections of poetry including ''The Pact'', Tupelo Press, 2021. Her first full-length collection of poetry, ''Flinch of Song,'' was published in 2009 by Tupelo Press, and won the Tupelo Press/''Crazyhorse'' First Book Prize. Her second collection, ''Body Thesaurus'', was named a finalist for the Poetry Society of America's Alice Fay di Castagnola Award by Marilyn Hacker in 2010. Her third book ''A Camouflage of Specimens and Garments'' was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award and the Sheila Margaret Motton Prize. Her chapbook ''Anchor Chain, Open Sail'' appeared from Finishing Line Press in 2006. Life Militello was born in New York City and raised in Rhode Island. She has taught at Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is currently teaching in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet
Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born January 31, 1968) is an American poet. Stonestreet's second book, ''The Greenhouse,'' was awarded the 2014 Frost Place Chapbook Prize and published by Bull City Press in August 2014. Her first book, ''Tulips, Water, Ash'', was published by Northeastern University Press, and chosen by Jean Valentine as the last Morse Poetry Prize, before its suspension in 2009 . Education and career Stonestreet is a graduate of Yale University, and she received an MFA in Creative Writing from the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College where she received the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship in Creative Writing. Her poems have been anthologized in ''Best New Poets 2005'' and ''Best New Poets 2006'' (Samovar Press), and they have appeared in literary journals and magazines, including ''The Iowa Review'', ''Bellingham Review'', '' Blackbird'', and ''Third Coast''. Her honors include fellowships from Millay Colony for the Arts and Vermont Studio Center. She lives w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |