U.K. Poet Laureate
Congratulations to Blue Flower Simon Armitage who was named 21st Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom!
Buzzfeed
Two heart-achingly brilliant poems from Camille Dungy: “But look at me. Still/on my hands and knees—still pushing.”
New York Times
The New York Times claims Elizabeth Acevedo’s With the Fire On High as “literary soul food” in this stellar review.
Washington Post
Review of Elizabeth Acevedo’s With The Fire On High a story to reconsider stereotypes with an indelible teen heroine.
The New Yorker
A new poem from Vijay Seshadri: “I wanted to wallow like a water buffalo in the cool,/sagacious mud of my past.”
Bustle
Review of Elizabeth Acevedo’s latest YA novel With The Fire On High: “A Story Of Joy.”
Harvard Arts
USPL Tracy K. Smith awarded 2019 Harvard Arts Medal: “to be recognized as belonging to this place means the world to me.”
Kenyon Review
Interview with Deborah Landau: the fear of annihilation extends beyond the self to a planet on which we’re all soft targets.
The Telegraph
Review of Carolyn Forche’s What You Have Heard is True: “a poet’s-eye view of war in El Salvador.”
Indie Choice Award
Congratulations to Elizabeth Acevedo winner of the 2019 Indie Choice Book Award for her Young Adult novel The Poet X.