Brooklyn man wins Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award (AP)
AP – A Brooklyn, N.Y., man has been named the winner of the annual $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, one of the largest monetary poetry prizes in the U.S.
“Love Is Not an Emergency”
Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Erin Belieu read this poem. You can also download the recording or subscribe to Slate’s Poetry Podcast on iTunes.
Literary Birthday Celebration: Langston Hughes
Poets Dolores Kendrick and Evie Shockley celebrate the birthday of American poet Langston Hughes by reading selections from his work and discussing his influence on their own writing.
Date: Wednesday, February 1, Noon
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Thom…
Truth in Darkness
In a severe, unsentimental passage about nature, Wallace Stevens wrote, “It was only a glass because he looked in it. It was nothing he could be told.” Moreover, “It was a language he spoke because he must, yet did not know./ It was a page he had…
International Literature: Odysseas Elytis and the Hispanic World
Pedro Serrano, Mexican translator, poet, and critic, joins Dominican poet and critic Rei Berroa in a discussion of the influence of Nobel Laureate Odysseas Elytis on Hispanic poetry and culture. This event is co-sponsored by the Hispanic Division of th…
WEBCAST: Asian-American Poetry Today
Filipino-American poet Eileen Tabios reads from her work, followed by a moderated discussion.
“New Economy”
Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Joshua Rivkin read this poem. You can also download the recording or subscribe to Slate’s Poetry Podcast on iTunes.
Poet Burnside wins prize overshadowed by funding row (Reuters)
Reuters – Scottish writer John Burnside on Monday won the 2011 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, overshadowed this year by the withdrawal of two nominees over a sponsorship deal with an investment company.
