Poesia

In 1943 two poets created a fictional writer named Ern Malley to mock modernist literature. Their deception fooled editor Max Harris and led to a celebrated issue of Angry Penguins before the truth emerged.

08 de maio de 2026 Reportado por IA

Poet Marianne Boruch has won the Jackson Poetry Prize.

Osdany Morales's poetry collection Security Questions, translated by Harry Bauld, has been named the winner of the first Poetry in Translation Prize. The award recognizes outstanding poetry collections translated into English, with publication set for early 2027. The book explores themes of exile and memory from Morales's experiences in Cuba.

01 de março de 2026 Reportado por IA

Johanna Bell's new book, Department of the Vanishing, blends poetry and archival elements to explore environmental decline and personal grief in a future marked by mass bird extinctions. Set in 2029, the story follows an archivist dedicated to preserving records of vanished species. The work draws on themes of climate crisis, challenging literary norms as discussed by Amitav Ghosh.

Taifa Leo, um jornal queniano, publicou uma coleção de poemas em suaíli enviados por leitores de várias regiões. Os poemas abordam temas como herança, envelhecimento, doença, política e vida cotidiana.

17 de janeiro de 2026 Reportado por IA

Alan Botsford's latest poetry collection, 'Borderlines: An Astral Experience in Poems', blends elements of poetry and memoir in a genre-straddling work. Drawing inspiration from Dante Alighieri's 'Divine Comedy', it features 108 dramatic interior monologues that piece together moments in the life of Alan, an American poet living and teaching in Japan, from imagined viewpoints like colleagues, students, strangers, or social media connections.