Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96
An Aquarian Age savant, he was a founder of the artists’ collective USCO, which helped define the 1960s with psychedelic, ...
Poet Amanda Gorman helps children find their voice with new picture book
Amanda Gorman made her voice heard in January 2021 while reading the poem for President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Williamsburg Book Festival to celebrate 10th year on Saturday
WILLIAMSBURG — The Williamsburg Book Festival returns this Saturday, offering authors a chance to interact with fans and ...
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‘Changing the world': Poet Amanda Gorman on new children's book
Gorman, 26, rose to literary stardom as a teen herself: In 2015, she published the poetry book “The One for Whom Food is Not Enough.” In 2017, she became the first winner of the National Youth ...
Danielle Legros Georges, Boston’s second poet laureate, a beacon in the Haitian writing community, dies at 60
"We all engage in small and large acts of translation every day," she said of her work as a Haitian-born writer in "a city of immigrants" and "a nation of immigrants." ...
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‘Poet in the New World’ Review: Czesław Miłosz Crosses Over
In his lecture for the 1980 Nobel Prize in literature, the Polish poet Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004) referred to his work as “a quest for reality.” Miłosz’s life was one long defense of ...
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‘Changing the world': Poet Amanda Gorman on new children's book
Amanda Gorman made her voice heard in January 2021 while reading the poem for President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Four years later, she’s helping children find their voice with her new picture ...