The Washington Post
Check out The Washington Post’s The Best Poetry Collections of 2017, which includes Frank Bidart and Maggie Smith.
Boston Public Radio
Presidential Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco joins Boston Public Radio to reflect on giving thanks in the face of hardship.
National Book Award
Congratulations to our very own Frank Bidart, winner of the 2017 National Book Award for poetry for his collection Half-Light!
Lannan Fellowship
Congratulations to Javier Zamora, recipient of a 2017 Lannan Literary Fellowship for Poetry!
Sheikh Zayed Award
Congratulations to Dunya Mikhail who was long listed for the 2017 Sheikh Zayed Book Award for The Beekeeper!
The New Yorker
Roxana Robinson’s piece in The New Yorker gives a peak inside her classroom and astute reflection on Madame Bovary.
Poetry Foundation
Read this interview with USPL Tracy K. Smith on diverse reading and having an authentic encounter with a poem.
WBUR
Read about the musical collaboration inspired by Carolyn Forché’s collection Blue Hour.
NSK Neustadt Prize
Congratulations to our very own Marilyn Nelson, winner of the 2017 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature!
SF Gate
Javier Zamora on retracing trauma and memory across borders in his collection Unaccompanied.