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Profile: "I am interested in telling stories not just about me personally but about things that have happened in the world and documenting them in certain kinds of ways."
(TSL)
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Poet Quan Barry on visualizing history through art

Poet, novelist and playwright Quan Barry spoke at the Benton Museum on March 25, reciting several poems and excerp...

tsl.news

Interview: "I am really interested in how form refreshes language ... I'm interested in articulating the experience of my life in the most honest way and how form conveys that."
(South Seattle Emerald)
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Meet Your New Seattle Civic Poet, Dujie Tahat

Dujie Tahat, the newly appointed 2025–26 Seattle Civic Poet, aims to bring poetry into civic institutions like Cit...

southseattleemerald.org

Announcement: "Anne Carson’s Wrong Norma (New Directions) won the award for poetry. A representative accepted the award on Carson’s behalf, thanking Robert Curry, New Directions, and 'everyone in her life.'"
(Publishers Weekly)
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https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/97364-abdurraqib-carson-matar-among-2025-nbcc-award-winners.html

Interview: "I’ve taken a journey… I needed to write to understand where I am now in relation to where I came from."
(Guardian)
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Poet Jason Allen-Paisant: ‘We belong in the picture’

The Jamaican-born author on exploring nature and black identity in his nonfiction debut, his chaotic writing habits, ...

www.theguardian.com

Essay: "When Chicago ... can furnish a profit to grand opera companies and an enthusiastic audience for Poet William Butler Yeats, does it not indicate that idealism hereabouts is triumphing over materialism?"
(Sun Times)
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Oscar Wilde quipped, Seamus Heaney drank, W.B. Yeats shopped

On St. Patrick's Day, a quick look at famous Irish poets visiting Chicago, with a nod to other newcomers whose poetry we have yet to learn.

chicago.suntimes.com

Review: "The speakers (including that of 'Failed Essay on Privilege') of this collection are notable for their unique brand of voracity."
(Cleveland Review)
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Surpassing the Moment: On Elisa Gonzalez’s “Grand Tour” — Cleveland Review of Books

The poems in Grand Tour are marked by restlessness: their speakers seem uncomfortable, even trapped, within their lyric moments.

www.clereviewofbooks.com

Essay: "Pressure yields fiat; fiat yields clarity; clarity yields memorable poems and memorable poems yield reasons to live. Yes. They do. No time to obfuscate."
(Lit Hub)
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“Poetry Remains Indestructible.” On the Resilience of Art in the Face of Fascism

Perhaps poetry is best minted under pressure. Poetry that lasts. George Herbert at Bemerton with consumption. Anna A...

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Interview: "Art enables us to imagine the future. It sounds simple, but it’s crucial."
(Poetry Society)
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https://poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/stopping-by/stopping-by-with-ryo-yamaguchi

Profile: "While Nutter’s acclaim as a poet and educator was already well-established, his daughter Elaine introduced his work to a new audience through TikTok."
(K. Mag)
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https://www.kmagazine.org/post/poet-dad-of-tiktok-how-geoffrey-nutter-redefines-modern-creativity

Profile: "Grefenstette stresses that all of these initiatives are meant to showcase, on both a local and national level, that 'Pittsburgh is a great literary city.'"
(Pittsburgh Magazine)
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The International Poetry Forum Is Back

The International Poetry Forum returns after a 14-year hiatus to revive the Steel City’s role in showcasing renowned writers.

www.pittsburghmagazine.com

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