This is my last week of posts for the year. It will be Christmas parties here on out for me! Here is a final list of poetry news from the Fall and Winter months.
Poetry Christmas Gifts!
It's easy to poetry this year for Christmas gifts because there are quite a few "best of" lists available.
- The best poetry books for December (The Washington Post)
- Elizabeth Lund from The Washington Post also does the Best Poetry Collections of 2015.
- The Guardian also has a Best Poetry Books of 2015.
- The winners of the U.S. National Book Award were also announced.
The winner: Robin Coste Lewis, Voyage of the Sable Venus (Alfred A. Knopf)
The Finalists:
Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (University of Pittsburgh Press) Interview
Terrance Hayes, How to Be Drawn (Penguin/Penguin Random House)
Ada Limón, Bright Dead Things (Milkweed Editions) Interview
Patrick Phillips, Elegy for a Broken Machine (Alfred A. Knopf) Interview
Holiday Poems
And if you'd like to hand out free poems of holiday cheer, here are some good resources:
Christmas Poems
Hanukkah Poems
Poetry News
Publishing
2015 Digital Publishing Trends
Living Poets
Billy Bragg: 'I got this crazy idea I was a poet' (The Guardian)
This Feminist Tumblr Star Will Change How You Think About Poetry (Vocativ)
Poet Reviews
John Updike the poet? (NBC)
Legends
Millennial Emily: Reimagining a poetry icon (Martha’s Vineyard Times)
Poet Carl Sandburg's Old House Being Renovated For A New Era (DNA Info Chicago)
Famed Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Birthplace Endangered (The Free Press-Maine)
Remembering Sylvia Plath (New York Daily News)
In honor of Sylvia Plath’s birthday, listen to her read a poem about the depressing side of birthdays (The Boston Globe)
Political Poetry
A poet and a police chief on the language of race (Minnesota Public Radio)
In 'Bastards Of The Reagan Era' Reginald Dwayne Bettes Says His Generation Was 'Just Lost' (NPR Books)
Authors urge China to release Nobel prize winner on seventh anniversary of his arrest (The Guardian)
Outrage over Saudi death sentence for poet on blasphemy charges (CNN)
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