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Witter Bynner Fellowship
Witter Bynner Fellowships are administered by the Library of Congress and sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, an organization that provides grant support for poetry programs through nonprofit organizations. Fellows are chosen by the U.S. Poet Laureate, and are expected to participate in a poetry reading at the Library of Congress in October and to organize a poetry reading in their respective cities. List of Fellows *2017 — Ray Gonzalez *2016 — Allison Adelle Hedge Coke *2015 — Emily Fragos and Bobby C. Rogers *2014 — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, and Jake Adam York (posthumous) *2013 — Sharon Dolin and Shara McCallum *2012 — L. S. Asekoff and Sheila Black *2011 — Forrest Gander and Robert Bringhurst *2010 — Jill McDonough and Atsuro Riley * 2009 — Christina Davis and Mary Szybist *2008 — Matthew Thorburn and Monica Youn * 2007 — Laurie Lamon and David Tucker * 2006 — Joseph Stro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; it also maintains a conservation center in Culpeper, Virginia. The library's functions are overseen by the Librarian of Congress, and its buildings are maintained by the Architect of the Capitol. The Library of Congress is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its "collections are universal, not limited by subject, format, or national boundary, and include research materials from all parts of the world and in more than 470 languages." Congress moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800 after holding sessions for eleven years in the temporary national capitals in New York City and Philadelphia. In both cities, members of the U.S. Congress had access to the sizable collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Szybist
Mary Szybist (born 20 September 1970) is an American poet. She won the National Book Award for Poetry for her collection ''Incarnadine''. Life She grew up in Pennsylvania, earned her B.A. and M.T. (Master of Teaching) from the University of Virginia, and attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a Teaching-Writing Fellow. Szybist's ''Incarnadine'' (Graywolf Press, 2013) was the recipient of the 2013 National Book Award for Poetry, and her collection ''Granted'' (Alice James Books, 2003) won the 2003 Beatrice Hawley Award from Alice James Books and the 2004 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, and was a finalist for the 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry. In a feature on NBCCA poetry finalists, the ''Christian Science Monitor'' wrote: Szybist's poetry has appeared in ''Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, AGNI,'' ''Virginia Quarterly Review, The Iowa Review, Poetry, Tin House,'' and ''The Kenyon Review,'' and ''The Best American Poetry 2008. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Poetry
This article presents lists of historical events related to the writing of poetry during 2004. The historical context of events related to the writing of poetry in 2004 are addressed in articles such as ''History of Poetry'' Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants. Naming names." Members and visitors contribute information which links judges and prize winners in various poetry contests in attempts to document whether some contests have been rigged. * February 16 — Edwin Morgan becomes Scotland's first ever official national poet, The Scots Makar, appointed by the Scottish Parliament. * Jang Jin-sung defects from North Korea. * Publication of remaining fragments of Sappho's Tithonus poem (6th/7th cent. BCE). * ''Samizdat'' poetry magazine, founded in 1998, cease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Walls
Martin Walls (born Brighton, England) is a British-American poet and the first British-born winner of the US Library of Congress Witter Bynner Fellowship. Biography Martin Walls was born in Brighton, England in 1970 and now lives in Baldwinsville, New York with his wife, Christine, and their child Alex. A US Library of Congress Witter Bynner Fellow, he is the author of three books of poemsSmall Human Detail in Care of National Trust (2000) an The Solvay Process (2009). In addition, Walls edits the "online anthology The Book of Snails a collection of poetry and science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Emerson
Claudia Emerson (January 13, 1957 – December 4, 2014) was an American poet. She won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for her poetry collection ''Late Wife'', and was named the Poet Laureate of Virginia by Governor Tim Kaine in 2008. Early life Emerson was born on January 13, 1957, in Chatham, Virginia, and graduated from Chatham Hall preparatory school in 1975. She received her BA in English from the University of Virginia in 1979 and her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1991. Career Emerson published eight poetry collections through Louisiana State University Press's Southern Messenger Poets series: Pharaoh, Pharaoh (1997), Pinion: An Elegy (2002), Late Wife (2005), Figure Studies: Poems (2008), Secure the Shadow (2012), Impossible Bottle (2015), The Opposite House (2015) and Claude before Time and Space (2018). Three collections were published posthumously, The Opposite House (March 2015), Impossible Bottle (September 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK. The British event, ''Howl for Now'', was accompanied by a book of essays of the same name, edited by Simon Warner, reflecting on the piece's enduring power and influence. * Maurice Riordan, Irish poet living in London, named poetry editor of ''Poetry London'' Works published in English Listed by nation where the work was first published (and again by the poet's native land, if different); substantially revised works listed separately: Australia * David Brooks, ''Walking to Point Clear''. Blackheath: Brandl & Schlesinger * Pam Brown, Ken Bolton, and Laurie Duggan, ''Let's Get Lost'', Sydney: Vagabond * Laurie Duggan, ''Compared to What: Selected Poems 1971–2003'', Exeter: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Wanek
Connie Wanek (born June 1, 1952) is an American poet. Life She was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In 1989, she moved with her family to Duluth, Minnesota. She now divides her time between Minnesota and New Mexico. Her work appeared in ''Poetry'', ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''The Virginia Quarterly Review'', ''Quarterly West'', ''Poetry East'', ''Prairie Schooner'', and ''Missouri Review''. She has published four books of poetry, one book of short prose, and served as co-editor (with Joyce Sutphen and Thom Tammaro) of the comprehensive historical anthology of Minnesota women poets, called ''To Sing Along the Way'' (New Rivers Press, 2006). Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of the United States (2004–2006), named her a Witter Bynner Fellow of the Library of Congress for 2006. Awards * Willow Poetry Prize * Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize. * 2006 Witter Bynner Fellowship of the Library of Congress by United States Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. * 2009 George Morr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Stroud (poet)
Joseph Stroud (born 1943, Glendale, California) is an American poet. Life He was educated at the University of San Francisco, California State University at Los Angeles, and San Francisco State University. He is currently retired from teaching at Cabrillo College. He has published five collections of poetry, most recently ''Of This World; New and Selected Poems'' (Copper Canyon Press, 2008) and ''Country of Light ''(Copper Canyon Press, 2004). His work earned a Pushcart Prize in 2000 and has been featured on Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac. He was also a finalist for the Northern California Book Critics Award in 2005 and a year later was selected for a Witter Bynner Fellowship in poetry from the Library of Congress. His poetry articulates a voyage through places and times and voices, often sifting through the details of daily life, searching for miracles (“Inside the pear there’s a paradise we will never know, our only hint the sweetness of its taste.” - Comice, ''Below ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January – The Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Cultural Foundation, founded by the Kyoto, Japan, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, opens the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Hall of Fame, dedicated to the anthology of 100 poems by 100 poets compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 1235. The popularity of the anthology endures, and a Japanese card game, Uta-garuta, uses cards with the poems printed on it.Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and IndustryOgura Hyakunin Isshu, Arashiyama Accessed 2009-03-172009-05-16. * March 29 – The Grolier Poetry Bookshop in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is sold. * May – The Poetry Out Loud recitation contest is created this year by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation in the United States to increase awareness in the art of performing poetry, with a top prize a $20,000 scholarship. State finalists perform in Washington, D.C. duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Tucker (poet)
David Tucker is an American poet, and news editor. Life He graduated from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Donald Hall. He is an assistant managing editor of the Metro section of ''The Star-Ledger of Newark''. He married and had a daughter, Calisa. His second marriage was to Beth Johnson; they have two daughters, Emily, and Amy. Awards * 2007 Witter Bynner Fellowship Witter Bynner Fellowships are administered by the Library of Congress and sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, an organization that provides grant support for poetry programs through nonprofit organizations. Fellows are chosen by t ... * Bakeless prize from the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference Works "The Dancer", ''Poetry Foundation''* * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tucker, David Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Michigan alumni American male poets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Lamon
Laurie Lamon (born 1956) is an American poet. Education Lamon earned her bachelor's degree from Whitworth College (now Whitworth University) in Spokane, Washington, her master's in fine arts from the University of Montana, and her doctorate in English literature from the University of Utah in 1988. Career Lamon is an associate professor of English at Whitworth University and teaches courses that include poetry workshop, creative writing, and contemporary American poetry. Her poems have appeared in ''The New Republic, Ploughshares, The New Criterion, The Colorado Review, The Atlantic Monthly, Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture, Feminist Studies, Primavera, Poetry Northwest,'' and ''Northwest Review.'' Awards * 2001 Pushcart Prize for the poem, ''Pain Thinks of the Beautiful Table'' * 2002 Graves Award in the Humanities. * 2007 Witter Bynner Fellow, named by U.S. poet laureate Donald Hall Donald Andrew Hall Jr. (September 20, 1928 – June 23, 2018) was an Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor book stalls. Named after the famed 10th century classical Arab poet, Al-Mutanabbi, it was an established street for bookselling for hundreds of years and the heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community. On March 8, to remember the tragic event, Baghdad poets presented readings on the remains of the street. This was followed by various poetry readings around the United States commemorating the bombing of the historic center of the literary and intellectual community of Baghdad, many of the readings took place in the final weeks of August 2007. * April 17: Nikki Giovanni, a professor of English a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
