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Conversation: "Once I began to know my own mind, I understood that I had very few settled beliefs ... That realization was bewildering, and I needed something to help me navigate that bewilderment."
(Adroit)
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A Conversation with Molly Spencer

I first met Molly Spencer in a poetry Zoom room that bloomed during the early days of the COVID pandemic. A ...

theadroitjournal.org

Profile: "I wanted to write back against stereotypes and misconceptions of Indigenous peoples, to use this new language, alongside the influence of oral histories and lived experiences, to reclaim culture, identity, and survivance."
(PW)
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The Luminous Life: Our Twentieth Annual Look at Debut Poets

Ten debut poets who published in 2024 generously share the inspiration, advice, and writers block remedies that have...

www.pw.org

Conversation: "What is ekphrasis in the pure sense? And what does pure even mean?"
(BOMB)
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BOMB Magazine | Lindsay Turner and Stella Corso

Poems that engage with the detritus and the sublime.

bombmagazine.org

Interview: "I’m editing my second book right now, so I’m both leaning into my obsessions [like repeating language] but also trying to find ways to write differently or approach writing differently."
(Zocalo Public Square)
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An Interview with December Poetry Curator Aldo Amparán

Aldo Amparán is the author of Brother Sleep and the forthcoming The House Has Teeth. They are the recipient of ...

www.zocalopublicsquare.org

Report: "There it is, the beginning of the modern Christmas."
(NYT)
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A Famous Christmas Poem Could Sell for $500,000

“A Visit From St. Nicholas” is the beginning of modern Christmas, a manuscript specialist at Christie’s said.

www.nytimes.com

Obituary: "Nikki Giovanni, the charismatic and iconoclastic poet, activist, children’s book author and professor who wrote, irresistibly and sensuously, about race, politics, gender, sex and love, died on Monday in Blacksburg, Va."
(NYT)
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Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81

As a writer, she tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was also a public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.

www.nytimes.com

Profile: "Write the poem you’re afraid to write. That’s the mantra-like advice Jan Beatty has been prescribing to budding poets of all stripes for over three decades."
(Belt Magazine)
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Jan Beatty - Poet. Madwoman. Ally.

Write the poem you’re afraid to write. That’s the mantra-like advice Jan Beatty has been prescribing to buddin...

beltmag.com

Interview: "Somewhere at the bottom of these piles of poems is the overwhelmed little girl sitting in that minivan, I’m not necessarily trying to find her, I’m trying to pull her through the world."
(Only Poems)
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Interview with Luisa Muradyan: On Humor, Heritage, and Writing Between Worlds — ONLY POEMS

In this in-depth interview, poet Luisa Muradyan discusses balancing motherhood and memory, navigating Ukrainian heritage, ...

www.onlypoems.net

Profile: "I felt the weight of speaking to all of that in that moment, the weight of being authentically a Palestinian writer on that stage."
(Seattle Times)
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Redmond writer says she didn't expect National Book Award win

Tuffaha's National Book Award-winning poetry collection "Something About Living" features poems about the Palestinian experience.

www.seattletimes.com

Report: "No one thinks of Edinburgh as a great Gaelic city but it is. Gaelic poets have always lived here."
(BBC)
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Lewis-born Gaelic poet Peter Mackay appointed Scotland's Makar

Lewis-born Peter Mackay was named as the latest holder of the national poetry role at an Edinburgh event.

www.bbc.com

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