Poetry Hut Blog

Poetry News:

1. — The book-length poem is presented in a series of atmospheric vignettes written primarily in brief couplets, interrupted periodically with parentheticals and postcards and another review here at Ron Slate’s blog —
2. — At the risk of oversimplification, there’s a schism in American poetics: writers who live in the world (so-called lived experience) vs. writers who live by the word —
3. — Poet lands book deal with major publisher —
4. — Anne Sexton’s Scrapbook: A look inside the young poet’s life 16 years before she won the Pulitzer Prize. —
5. — Myth and magic of Wilfred Owen —
6. — In just a few lines, Joe renders redundant the contents of entire libraries on aboriginal dispossession and cultural destruction. —
7. — The Measure of Democracy By John Ashbery, August Kleinzahler, Joshua Mehigan, Mary Jo Bang and J. D. McClatchy—
8. — PW’s Best Books of the Year —

Court Green wants poems about the ’70s &
Shenandoah wants poems and stuff about Flannery O’Connor &
tuesday;an art journal is fresh &
Anti- is fresh &
dead mule is fresh & so is
womb poetry too &
deadline is about a month away: “Initiated in 1998, the Stadler Fellowship offers a recent MFA, MA, or PhD graduate in poetry the opportunity to receive professional training in arts administration and literary editing.”

The Newberry Library, an independent research library located in Chicago, IL, offers long-term and short-term fellowships to scholars who work primarily in the humanities. This year we have joined with the Poetry Foundation to offer a new short-term fellowship to poets and scholars of American Poetry. Please see below for a more thorough description of the award.

*Poetry Foundation/Newberry Library Fellowship in American Poetry*

This short-term fellowship is for working poets and scholars of American poetry. Preference will be given to poets who want to draw upon the Newberry’s collections as part of the creative process. The tenure of the fellowship may be one or two months. The amount of the award is generally $1600 per month. The fellowship is open to United States citizens only. Any American */poet/* with a record of publication is eligible to apply; we welcome applications both from poets residing in the Chicago area and from those who live elsewhere in the United States. */Historians/* or */critics/*/ /should hold a Ph.D. or other terminal degree or be Ph.D. candidates, and must reside outside the Chicago area.

Application due date is June 1st. For more information or to download application materials, visit our Web site at http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html. If you would like materials sent to you by mail, write to Committee on Awards, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610-3380. If you have questions about the fellowships program, contact research@newberry.org or (312) 255-3666.